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#41
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TurboDuo : CD-ROM stopped ...
Last post by JoeQuaker - 09/25/2024, 11:25 PM
Does anyone have a spare disk magnet hub thing they can sell? I broke a tab on mine the last time I put it back it back in the lid.. and now I can't make adjustments "live" anymore and wanted to do so recently with probes hooked up to my scope when it acted up again.
#42
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG-16 Manual Scans
Last post by NightWolve - 09/25/2024, 10:17 PM
Quote from: farankoshan on 09/24/2024, 04:28 AMDid you guys ever notice that New Adventure Island's manual has some strange typo and grammar issues?
Check out page 8-9, the heading reads "Be Sure You Know How These Items"
That's it. Hahaha! Was there a slip in quality control? This late into the conversion efforts, did TTi staff start getting sloppy? Hahaha! That heading ends so abruptly.
Huh, you're right, never knew about it! The correction would be something like, "Be Sure You Know About These Items" or maybe with more words, "Be Sure You Know How To Use These Items" ?
Quote from: farankoshanAnd then at the back cover, the word "Adventure" is spelled "Adventyure".
Hm, another one...
#43
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Mysterious Chiptune... (ca...
Last post by NightWolve - 09/25/2024, 12:31 PM
Quote from: farankoshan on 09/25/2024, 12:17 AM12 years later, and we still haven't the slightest idea who composed this stellar track or where this track may have come from.I see, thanks for revisiting this memory, it makes all the trouble rebuilding this site/forum worth it!
Beautiful track nonetheless.
Still happy I was able to rip it when I did, as the app is delisted and gone.
I remember this thread and tune! Esteban still cares about his legacy tg-16.com site so all his links work and I coded a decent audio/video embed module so mp3 files can be played instantly in-thread (as you can see/test).
Trying to make classic threads here more viewable/accessible on mobile phones has been part of the point. Might as well be the best PCEFX archive even if we can't revive much membership activity!
Quote from: esteban on 03/19/2012, 11:37 PMCan you identify the chiptune? It's a damn catchy tune that sounds like it is ripped from an existing PCE/TG-16 game...but I (and many fellow pcefxers) can't figure out what title (if any) the song originates from. What are the chances that Hudson commissioned (created) a new chiptune for the GameBox emulator?I have a hard time believing that Hudson would have taken the time to create a brand-new tune. Call me cynical.Ah, so esteban credits you for providing the mp3. It's protected/mirrored by Wayback here as well, don't worry about it ever being lost even if he closes his site. Maybe I'll also mirror it on my /audio best of PCE collection folder:
Special Thanks! to @farankoshan for providing the .mp3!
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/audio/
Anyway, take care.
#44
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Mysterious Chiptune... (ca...
Last post by farankoshan - 09/25/2024, 12:17 AM
12 years later, and we still haven't the slightest idea who composed this stellar track or where this track may have come from.
Beautiful track nonetheless.
Still happy I was able to rip it when I did, as the app is delisted and gone.
Beautiful track nonetheless.
Still happy I was able to rip it when I did, as the app is delisted and gone.
#45
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG-16 Manual Scans
Last post by farankoshan - 09/24/2024, 04:28 AM
Did you guys ever notice that New Adventure Island's manual has some strange typo and grammar issues?
Check out page 8-9, the heading reads "Be Sure You Know How These Items"
That's it. Hahaha! Was there a slip in quality control? This late into the conversion efforts, did TTi staff start getting sloppy? Hahaha! That heading ends so abruptly.
And then at the back cover, the word "Adventure" is spelled "Adventyure".
Check out page 8-9, the heading reads "Be Sure You Know How These Items"
That's it. Hahaha! Was there a slip in quality control? This late into the conversion efforts, did TTi staff start getting sloppy? Hahaha! That heading ends so abruptly.
And then at the back cover, the word "Adventure" is spelled "Adventyure".
#46
Off-Topic / Re: What are YOU watching on Y...
Last post by raini - 08/28/2024, 08:23 AMlisteting to music Clean Bandit - Rockabye
#47
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PCE GT repair help (super ...
Last post by Tak-MK - 08/12/2024, 05:42 AM
Quote from: segasonicfan on 08/12/2024, 05:11 AMYeah board scans were RetroSix: https://www.retrosix.wiki/board-scans-pc-engine-gt
To get good board "scans" I imagine they just used a camera light box. Something like this:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1656195528/
Yep, I made a camera light box too but bigger to be able to photo other motherboards too, but it's not as good
And regarding the GT and so, the PC just bending while using a hot air gun... either the temperature it's too high, or the board isn't that good as you said... I'd worry too
#48
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PCE GT repair help (super ...
Last post by segasonicfan - 08/12/2024, 05:17 AM
A further update on my painful journey of PCE repair....
So I swapped the full chipset back into my white CoreGrafx today. Only now it's dead too
Next steps are:
a) recap everything (maybe caps died from hot air gun)
b) get a different game to try
I am worried that the Hudson ASICs are just so sensitive to anything they die with the slightest short, reverse voltage, or any similar issue. Although I'm not sure what could have killed them in the swap, everything was triple-checked and both systems are rock solid V4.9V.
The Sega ASICs, made around the same time, are much more robust it seems. It's a real bummer.
My white CoreGrafx just gives me a black screen. Continuity checked the full ribbon cable and thats fine. All pins for all chips check out under microscope and "push test" with tweezers. One pad was damaged and jumped with inductor wire, not a bigge.
What *is* a biggie is that the PCB substrate began to warp and bubble during reflow. These old 80s boards are just crap compared to the PCE GT / 90's stuff. It seriously was bowing after a single chip removal. The solder joints are all large enough that I don't believe it's what is causing the current issue though (plus I managed to minimize some of this).
Re; PC Engine GT, I removed the full chipset on Main PCB and cleaned it all. But it already looked great. Now it's a spotless mystery dead system.
Removing the volume knob is tricky btw - note there's a sorta hidden extra ground tab in the middle, so it actually has like 8 points to desolder. It's a cool design to add ground below the resistive path, but man that was annoying cause I've never seen that before.
So I swapped the full chipset back into my white CoreGrafx today. Only now it's dead too
Next steps are:
a) recap everything (maybe caps died from hot air gun)
b) get a different game to try
I am worried that the Hudson ASICs are just so sensitive to anything they die with the slightest short, reverse voltage, or any similar issue. Although I'm not sure what could have killed them in the swap, everything was triple-checked and both systems are rock solid V4.9V.
The Sega ASICs, made around the same time, are much more robust it seems. It's a real bummer.
My white CoreGrafx just gives me a black screen. Continuity checked the full ribbon cable and thats fine. All pins for all chips check out under microscope and "push test" with tweezers. One pad was damaged and jumped with inductor wire, not a bigge.
What *is* a biggie is that the PCB substrate began to warp and bubble during reflow. These old 80s boards are just crap compared to the PCE GT / 90's stuff. It seriously was bowing after a single chip removal. The solder joints are all large enough that I don't believe it's what is causing the current issue though (plus I managed to minimize some of this).
Re; PC Engine GT, I removed the full chipset on Main PCB and cleaned it all. But it already looked great. Now it's a spotless mystery dead system.
Removing the volume knob is tricky btw - note there's a sorta hidden extra ground tab in the middle, so it actually has like 8 points to desolder. It's a cool design to add ground below the resistive path, but man that was annoying cause I've never seen that before.
#49
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PCE GT repair help (super ...
Last post by segasonicfan - 08/12/2024, 05:11 AM
Quote from: Tak-MK on 08/11/2024, 09:19 AMMany thanks for all the debugging info and photos! I feel bad for not being able to help after such work...
btw, just out of curiosity, how did you make the photos/scans of the boards? Plain normal scanner? Phone camera with lights? I'm searching for a better way of documenting mine but I'm always having some lightning issues...
P.S.: I've just read that they were done by retrosixI'll have to continue trying then.
Thanks a lot again!
Yeah board scans were RetroSix: https://www.retrosix.wiki/board-scans-pc-engine-gt
To get good board "scans" I imagine they just used a camera light box. Something like this:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1656195528/
#50
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PCE GT repair help (super ...
Last post by Tak-MK - 08/11/2024, 09:19 AM
Many thanks for all the debugging info and photos! I feel bad for not being able to help after such work...
btw, just out of curiosity, how did you make the photos/scans of the boards? Plain normal scanner? Phone camera with lights? I'm searching for a better way of documenting mine but I'm always having some lightning issues...
P.S.: I've just read that they were done by retrosix I'll have to continue trying then.
Thanks a lot again!
btw, just out of curiosity, how did you make the photos/scans of the boards? Plain normal scanner? Phone camera with lights? I'm searching for a better way of documenting mine but I'm always having some lightning issues...
P.S.: I've just read that they were done by retrosix
I'll have to continue trying then.Thanks a lot again!