v1605

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Why have one oled when you can have two? The regulator shows the current power voltage and ma usage.

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No boot screen, just a black screen with no audio

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What are the odds he even pays out?

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

If they do, are they competitive? Or are they doing the same thing. It could also be like car dealerships in certain states, you're not allowed to just open one within x miles of another (though that refers to more of the same brand). Wouldn't surprise me if they can't have dealerships near each other due to backwards legislation.

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly why John Deer should not be allowed to do this. Any threat to the food supply should be considered a national security risk.

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

The real question is what other options do farms have? Let's say their tracker breaks down and repair is no longer an option. How many other manufacturers are making the type of equipment they need? And how expensive would it be to enter that market to compete? To me it seems like John Deer has a monopoly and is exploiting it.

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Depends but a nice condition N64 with the cables and expansion pak is probably about $100 without a controller. If you plan on connecting it to a modern TV, you need a decent scaler that can do Svideo/composite, so another $60 for the RAD2X. You even can complicate it more by throwing in cheaper RGB mods if you have a compatible system but that adds probably around $60 if you can't do it yourself.

Their price point is very competitive, especially considering its plug and play.

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What was your cleaning process for the cart and slot contacts?

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

It was probably a disk copier. Here is a video that goes over how those work. https://youtu.be/MP9YR4BXrzA?si=VTgIynQI2fjaXjxE

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

I'm not sure if the SNAC interface could support something like a 34 pin floppy drive without major changes to the cores themselves.

Now the rotary phone idea...

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yes because it is actually reading the disk. I even move the tracks a little between reads so it makes some more noise.

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

It's a FPGA, open source, emulation device that can play tons of different retro consoles, computers, and arcade machines.

https://mister-devel.github.io/MkDocs_MiSTer/

There are various vendors that you can get kits from.

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's an adapter that you can build up yourself so that you can launch games on your Mister/TapTo device via a floppy disc. There are definitely dozens of us that wanted this!

 

Code and hardware for the project can be found here https://github.com/v1605/tapto-floppy

 

Some background, I originally removed the chips from the board on the left for a Pocket Color Build. It's original fault was no power, which turned out to be a dirty power switch and corroded battery contacts.

The new board had signs of corrosion under the solder mask and previous work (bent ram pins and bridges on the cpu). I decided to move the chips on the other instead of trying to restore the traces. Soldering all went well, until my hand slipped while testing if the connections were solid. One of the pins (bottom left) is pretty bent and the pad on the end was partially lifted.

I was able to heat all those back up and confirm no bridges and the pads are connected. Booted up a quick game to test a screen, sounds and all the buttons. Everything is working.

Moral of the story, be careful and don't put too much pressure on those pins.

 

The SGB CPU is compatible with the DMG. By swapping the CPU, your Gameboy will skip the falling Nintendo animation. This decreases the boot speed.

 

What's everyone playing? I'm enjoying Mr. Driller for the GBC.

 

Looks like a bunch of bug fixes and some new display modes. No DAC

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Thought I would show this off here too.

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This is an open source project that adds a GBC processor and screen into a DMG shell. Have to say, I really enjoy the weight. The github can be found here.

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This was my first attempt doing a trace repair on a HDMI port. Seems like everything seems to be working after replacing those caps as well. Played through the tutorial of gears 5 with no issues.

What I've tested:

  1. Playing downloaded game
  2. Playing a Blu-ray
  3. Playing on a 4k TV and 1440 monitor. This one the auto detect preferred 120hz 1080p but manually selecting resolution works great.

What I've learned:

  1. Wired all the pads before soldering the port. I attached the front wires after the port was soldered. Should have just done them all.
  2. A cheap grinding pen is so much easier to use than a knife to expose the traces.
  3. 0201 are very hard to work with.
 

Picked up this Series X to do a trace repair for the hdmi, turns out 2 caps were ripped off the board as well. The one was still partially connected and easy to bodge. The second circled is missing. I'm curious if anyone knows the replacement value.

The similar caps in the area all read between 18.6 to 19.6 uf when out of circuit, so it could be a few values (though no guarantee this cap wasn't unique and completely different).

 

The 369 in 1 can be reflashed with the Nightrap rom. Funny thing too, the bootleg shell feels higher quality.

 

Just another option for people looking to buy a extender (though really consider investing learning how to build one yourself). InsideGadgets is very well known in the community for the GBxCart Flasher and their flash carts so no risks on quality in my opinion.

Disclaimer: I am the developer of the project and have not been compensated in any way from InsideGadgets.

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