Oh sh...what's new!

Again, with the brief hiatus,  I'm kinda back in. Tendinitis still there, nothing I can do about that. Buuuut, new projects to work on.

First off, I got one of those CGA/EGA/YUV to VGA scalers. It's a bare board. That means RGB mods for all my old consoles! Tested and works. Just gotta figure out what I need I'm terms of parts.

Another one is a VGA Dreamcast mod. I was just gonna build the circuit using a proto board, but someone had a premade board. So I scooped that up. Just a matter of getting a few components and I'm set.

My goal is to at least get 2 or 3 of my old consoles to go RGB for the scaler. I'm thinking maybe the N64, SNES, and my model 1 Genesis...to start.

There's still that joystick I want to build up. Also, looking at investing in a new soldering station...so much needed...

As it strikes...

I haven't been working on any projects as of late: I have no supplies. I have to order a bunch, but I think they can stay on the sideline for now.

Only real big project I want to work on now is getting my MV-1F consolized and possibly sold. I'm thinking of just biting the bullet and just selling it as is, holes and all. Otherwise, I think it'll be a nice project to work on and sell off when it's done.

Also, the second 360 that I had (my backup) didn't survive the reflow, so it was reballed and now works like a champ. Got it as backup, but seeing that the next gen is slowly making its way in, I may just sell it off. I have no use for it really...maybe. We'll see.

A brief vaca from modding...

Needed time away from work, so I went home...like home where I was born home. Not gonna think about the projects that need to be done, just relaxing.

Goodbye, 360. Hello, 360.

So, I drove kinda out of my way to get a reflow done on my Elite 360 since it red ringed on me the other day. Whelp, after about an hour or so of wait time and cruising around a half-dead mall, the original Elite didn't survive...well, shit...

So, the guy who did the reflow hooked me up. In the end, I got a working 360 back in my Elite case with a better drive than I had before. Yay me!

I'm sure if we reballed it, it would've survived. But whatever.

TG16 S videoed...

Ah, forgot to add that I did finish that S-Video on my TG16. Works and looks freaking AWESOME! I also managed to do a quick and dirty preamp for a sound boost...yeah, I've been made fun of on some forums, but at least the sound is better that what it was straight out from the mainboard... That was something that no one on any board could figure out, so whatever. It works.

Updates and Red Ring woes...

Quick and simple. I got my Turbo EverDrive. May I just say BEST. FLASHCARD. FOR. TG16/PC ENGINE. EVAR! I've just been messing with it and I'm loving that majority of the HuCard library can be played from just one Micro SD card. Love it!

On the opposite side of the spectrum, my 360 Elite red ringed on me. I tried fixing it once with the ever so prevalent X-clamp fix, but it only lasted about a year (7 months if you consider continuous play). I'm getting it reflowed tomorrow by someone who has a really good reflow setup. Here's to hoping for a good fix.

S-Video Madness...

I know that with retro systems, RGB is the way to go. However, I don't have that luxury. If my HDTV accepts the signal, I'm ok with it, but with some, like my CMVS, it didn't like the component part of it...which was my biggest selling point on the Neobitz. I got S-Video to work fine with them, and I'm happy with the results.

I did add S-Video to my SNES the other night. WOW, what a difference from RF or even composite makes. I've never seen Mario Kart or Killer Instinct so vivid before. I'm happy with it.

I still plan on doing the S-Video mods to the TG16 and PCE Duo... Speaking of which, I also just picked up a flash card for the PCE/TG. An Everdrive. I've already have just about all EDs available, and just today, the creator of it (KRIKzz) has made preorder available. I just had to scoop one up.