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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE Memories "Turbo Duo Edition"]

I couldn't care less if you dropped off the face of earth.

Wat... if I say to you, "you're being irrationally butthurt, and here is my reasoning", that is not an ad hominem attack. Calling me a "moron" and a "troglodyte" is.

And about your latest argument: let me reiterate, proof is in the pudding. If you want to make money, offer me a product or service whereby I value the marginal utility of the product or service more than the marginal utility of the money I'm foregoing. Don't get pissy that someone else is doing that.

Tobias did not translate a game. Or patch it. Or create audio dubs for cinemas. Or hack MegaMan, Castlevania, Dragon Warrior, Contra, etc. to play on PCE.

Yikes, go back and re-read my message. You are literate, right?

Anyway, I'm done checking this thread. You guys are just reinforcing my initial impression that you're too emotional to process reason.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE Memories "Turbo Duo Edition"]

You're obviously a moron.

Another ad hominem attack. Consider yourself lucky I'm even bothering to respond.

The only thing of true value that tobias is offering is the content on the disc, which wouldn't exist without people like Tom.  Don't try to say I'm wrong, as we all know you wouldn't pay more than a couple bucks if it was just the case, manual, and a blank disc.

Then why aren't I paying you and others 119 Euro? The proof is in the pudding; he is bringing a real, tangible joy to my doorstep that I can put in my system and play. If he wasn't offering the value, why would I be sending him my money?

The files have zero value sitting around on your hard drive. That's why you're not making money off of them. Their value becomes manifest in the product that Tobias is offering-- not before. An idea is worthless if it hasn't been brought into the world.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE Memories "Turbo Duo Edition"]

I hope, however, that one day you will develop the capacity to understand this issue.

Hah, no arrogance here! Oh yes, I bow before you oh enlightened one...

Troglodytes like you also kill it.

...one so enlightened you resort to ad hominem attacks to make your point.  Obviously you have no substantive argument other than raw emotion.

So who is the enlightened one?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE Memories "Turbo Duo Edition"]

What they are upset about is taking their work, completely misrepresenting it, and selling it for a profit.

No no, I get that! But translating some obscure, thirty year old Japanese video game doesn't entitle you to anything, least of all the back of some moral high horse.

If you want to make money, go offer a product or service whereby people are willing to part with their hard-earned money. Don't get angry at someone else for offering value where you either won't or can't. That's called envy.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE Memories "Turbo Duo Edition"]

Everyone's real problem is just that their "butthurt" when really they should be grateful.

Go fuck yourself

Hah, you guys are too emotional-- can you think logically for five seconds?

Instead of sitting here complaining, why don't you go make your own release, and undercut Tobias on price if you can?

I think he's offering a valuable service and product. I'm more than happy to part with my money at the price he's asking. If you can provide a better product, then I'll be more than happy to buy yours instead.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE Memories "Turbo Duo Edition"]

I have no ethical qualms with what Tobias is doing; no one was stopping others from bringing a similar product to market.

I run a blog, and if someone decided to copy the entirety of it and publish it in book form for profit, I wouldn't be butt hurt; I'd be proud that my stuff was out there for an expanded audience, even if I personally never saw a dime from it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE Memories "Turbo Duo Edition"]

I ordered a set, can't wait to get it I don't own any of the four games, but all four were on my "if I ever win the lottery" list.

I did ask him how he wasn't getting sued, and he told me that NEC's own rights to release games on the platform are expired; why would they bother suing him for re-releasing games to a platform they can't even legally release them on?

That was his explanation anyway.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

Thanks to Keith Courage, my Duo-R is now totally, 100% functional! Played some Ys Book I & II tonight, not so much as a hint of problems. And if anyone is curious, doujindance was very nice about giving me a partial refund to cover the repairs.

Thanks Keith Courage!! 

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

There is a pot on the laser sled-- a gray one-- and it was turned down way too low. Now the laser attempts to read all the way across my audio cd, from the spindle out, only to get to the very outer rim of the disc and then fail.

Keith Courage offered to try his hand at fixing mine, and I'm just going to take him up on the offer at this point; I've already sunk a good six or seven hours into this and still don't have it working.

Thanks to everyone who has given me troubleshooting advice!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

If it doesn't adjust easily try again after slightly adjusting the pot on the laser

Cool, although is that a different pot than the other four (101, 102, 103, and 105)? Or are you talking about 102, which I think is related to the laser?

I vaguely remember there being something that looked like a pot on the side of the laser sled itself... I think it was white.

Just want to make sure so I don't make my problems worse

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

Forgot to say without disc

Oh, right! So, if I don't have a disc on the spindle and hit the "Run" button, the laser moves to the spindle, bobs up and down once or twice, and... that's it. I can see a red light coming out of the lens during this process, which then shuts off once it realizes there's no disc there.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

Thanks for the suggestions! Here are my findings:

Start by cleaning the lens

That was the very first thing I did, before I even opened the case or anything. No effect.

Next check the cables to the laser

Good idea; cables look ok though, all connected, no obvious issues.

Laser sled should move to spindle then lens should light and bob

So here is what happens with the way I have things adjusted right now:

1) I put the disc on the spindle, magnet on top of it
2) I hit the "Run" button on the controller
3) The cd spins gently. As it does so, the laser sled moves to the spindle and the lens bobs up and down, making a "click" sound as it does so
4) The cd starts to spin more quickly until it's going at a fair clip
5) The cd continues to spin, and spin, and spin, for a good, full ten seconds or so. The laser doesn't appear to be doing anything during this time period-- or at least, the sled isn't moving or anything
6) Finally, the lens bobs up and down again-- "Click!"--, the cd spins down completely, and the screen says "Please check disc!"

The original PSU puts out 1A so that's not the issue.

Cool, so I'm on the right path with the power. Only thing that occurred to me was that maybe the actual output from either my wall socket or the Radio Shack power supply was less than 1 amp... one other thread on this forum had a guy with a problem like mine, and it worked in someone else's house but not his own. I doubt this is my problem, but I haven't abandoned the theory either.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

That's good advice; I've given up, at least for tonight, I'm a little out of my depth here with all of this pot adjustment business. Any recommendations on a specific person to PM for help?

I am also going to contact doujindance and see what he says; I bought this from him so I wouldn't have to spend entire nights like this one screwing around.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

Still no luck... starting to wonder if this is even a pots issue... disc is spinning great, laser is alive, but it just can not recognize any audio cd or my game ("please set disc!").

Could my power be too weak? It's 9 volts, 1 amp-- maybe it needs more than one amp to work correctly? And the cd looks a little wobbly while it's spinning, almost like car wheels that are slightly out of balance... maybe that's causing a problem?

Wish I had a working one of these sitting right next to it so I could compare behavior. Also wish I had a multimeter, and knew how to actually use one-- I'm just fumbling in the dark at the moment.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

Thanks for the reassurance! If I can't get it going I'll gladly pay someone to help me out, it's really cool that an awesome community like this exists for the PC Engine.

I can get why people are so passionate about the platform; I've two HuCard games so far-- Alien Crush and Legendary Axe-- and I've played them to death the past few months. If only I can get this copy of Ys Book I & II going... 

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

Still tweaking... I'm really thankful he provides the service that he does, but I paid good money for the unit, it's too bad he couldn't have had this calibrated correctly. Judging from some other posters here, it does sound like his quality is slipping. Maybe I should have bought from someone else.

In his defence, it did play an audio cd the day I got it. But I'm starting to think that was just a fluke-- had I tried it a second time that day I bet it wouldn't have worked.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / PC Engine Duo-R cd problem]

Could someone please help me out with a Duo-R problem? I'd really appreciate it, super excited to potentially get this working!

So, I've got a doujindance Duo-R that plays HuCards perfectly, but won't even play an audio cd. Oddly, it played an audio cd the day I got it, but then the cd part of the console went unused until I just got my first cd-based game a week or so ago, which it wouldn't and won't play. I hadn't even so much as opened the system up in the interim, no idea why it would play an audio cd a couple of months ago and won't now.

So tonight I've been tweaking the VR102 pot, and I got the cd so that it was spinning brilliantly, but still wouldn't actually recognize my audio cd. I moved on to the VR101 pot per this awesome guide, and now I can't get the darned thing to spin the disc at all, even when I set VR101 back to its original position.

Did I kill the laser or something?? If I take the disc off I can see a red light coming out of the laser, so it appears to still be alive. Anyone have any ideas on what I should try next?

EDIT: I just walked back over to it after taking a 15 minute break, and now it spins the disc again. I wonder if temperature had something to do with it, or if it was just a coincidence? I guess I'll just continue tweaking