Recent content by Threedog

Re: 1989 famicom true rgb, s-video, stereo sound, nes contro A few reasons, really. 1. Using the NES style RF box allows my to use pretty much any wall wart power source I can lay my hands on, since the RF box has a built in rectifier. 2. AV+RF= redundancy. Do I need it? Nah. But I got it...

Re: 1989 famicom true rgb, s-video, stereo sound, nes contro I'm working on more or less the same stuff you did to yours, minus the stereo mod. So far, I've swapped the RF board with one from a toaster NES, giving me AV, a better power supply, and if anyone cares, it now works on channel 3...

Yeah, I promised pictures. I didn't take any yet, things have been crazy over here. I think the last couple items I need for the project arrived in the mail, but I won't be able to pick up the package until the end of next week. I'll get some pictures before I start on the controller adapter.

I A/V modded my Famicom by replacing the Japanese RF board/box with the box from an American Toaster model NES, leaving all the metal shielding on, and the system now displays very faint jailbars. Not nearly as pronounced as on the US toploader NES, but they're there nonetheless. The only game I...

Awwwwright! AV mod complete! Well ok, AV mod working. Didn't take long, eh? I can't honestly say by any stretch or the imagination that I have achieved the promised effect (Performing an AV mod that doesn't make the Famicom look like it was modded by a child who's dad works at Radio Shack...)...

Yeeeeaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! Famicom finally arrived in the mail today! What was that, like 2 months?? It's a little bit faded, definitely shows signs of use, but it appears to be in working order. I don't have a proper RF switch, so I had to kind of rig up a cable thingumabob to get it working. The...

Re: 1989 famicom true rgb, s-video, stereo sound, nes contro Way to beat me to it, Drakon! I'm still waiting on my Famicom to arrive in the mail. Definitely going to have to step up my game when it does arrive! Well done.

Nope. That's brake cleaner. It's good for removing grease, but not paint. What you want is actual brake fluid. The fluid you pour into your brake master cylinder. https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/imag ... PYSHv-pnaQ

Brake fluid is real good for removing paint from plastic without removing the plastic from itself, but it's rather nasty stuff. If you're going to use it, do it outside. Everything should clean up with water when you're done.

Wow! I would have loved one of those for my old Cadillac.

Probably gonna need one of those. PM sent.

Well, I won't ask "why" 'cause I guess it's none of my business, but I will ask: why not carry the concept further and mount a NOAC to it, and provide traces for audio and composite vid out?

Ok vskid3, it would appear that you were right. I powered the screen from the wall wart that was supplied with it, rather than 12v from my arcade power supply, and the rolling picture and thick horizontal bars went away. I can't really tell if the colors are right because the backlight is still...

(Currently under the influence of soju, hope this makes sense.) Well, that doesn't seem to make much sense... Voltage is voltage, regardless of current draw (or so I thought...) Either way, if I fed the poor little thing too much voltage, the only part that should be damaged is the backlight...

Brand new ps1 screen finally arrived in the mail today. I wasn't able to test it properly since I don't have a console that it can plug into directly, so I just tore it right open and hooked it up to my Neo Geo MVS board, meaning of course I can't return the screen, so I have no option other...