All in one Turbo-to-PCE converter (and vice-versa)

[Joe Redifer]

I'm not sure where to put this so if this is in a wrong place maybe a mod could move it to where it needs to be.

Anyway this will let you play PCE games on your Turbo and Turbo games on your PCE.

PC-Henshin Turbo

[NecroPhile]

Heh, you being a smart ass?  I'll move it out of the mod sub-forum.

[esteban]

Folks have to hear about this. 

[thesteve]

That is cool

[jtucci31]

At first i thought he couldn't pronounce the name, then i realized the thing IS called a PC-Henshin 

[PikachuWarrior]

I would get this if the green pcb didn't stick out of the console. Is there a way to make it flush?

[esteban]

I would get this if the green pcb didn't stick out of the console. Is there a way to make it flush?

No.

[db-electronics]

I would get this if the green pcb didn't stick out of the console. Is there a way to make it flush?

We need to fit two HuCard-sized objects in there for this to work - first the converter and second the game. It's not really feasible to stack them vertically perfectly because then the converter would be EXTREMELY tall in order to clear the console. Therfore, it has to stick out of the console.

[thesteve]

has this been tested with system cards?

[Joe Redifer]

I don't know why you'd want to use more expensive US System Cards on a Japanese system, but I see no reason why JP System Cards wouldn't work on a US system.

[ishiyakazuo]

I'd have tested it on System Cards but my CD-ROM2 is broken   I'm trying to decide what to do to rectify this situation.
The "Turbo" version of the PC Henshin converter works both ways (TG16 games on PCE, and PCE games on TG16), but if you've got a TG16, just buy the passive edition that db is selling already.  The latest one is designed to work with System Cards (removes the fancy switch that interfered).

[ishiyakazuo]

I would get this if the green pcb didn't stick out of the console. Is there a way to make it flush?

I agree with db on this one.  You can do it, but it'd suck.
Some existing converters have you stick the HuCard's contacts into a connector, which then bends around and you've got all sorts of crazy vias (the things you see on circuit boards when signals go from one layer to the other) and crap everywhere to deal with.  And even then, they aren't flush with the front of the console (they still stick out a bit, because the HuCard on top needs to have somewhere to go).
One thing you *could* do is, if you don't have a CD-ROM unit attached to the TG16 or PCE, all of the HuCard's signals exist on the back of the unit, so in theory you COULD put a second HuCard slot dedicated to the other console back there.  But that would be kinda silly.
... The "no" you got from esteban is looking really good right now, but really, there are many ways to skin a cat.

[esteban]

All design is a compromise between practical design (for reliability), physical constraints, and aesthetics....

Without mods, The HuCARD slot is a physical constraint, no matter which way you slice it.

I think PC-Henshin is an elegant solution, given the constraints. TAKE THE DAMN THING OUT WHEN YOU ARE NOT PLAYING A GAME. You should be doing that anyway (removing HuCARD from slot). I don't see why it is a problem to have a slightly ugly converter whilst playing. 

[ishiyakazuo]

The only time I could see it being a problem is if you have your unit in an entertainment center with doors on it (with room to get a controller cable out), but the door would hit the adapter/HuCard.  Actually, as you can see in those photos, my entertainment center is pretty well full, but the PC Engine has its own shelf, so it can sit back as far as it needs to. ;)

[vincentp98]

hi
on your shop i just see the pc henshin not the turbo version, is that the same ?