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emerson

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    electronics repair, old computers, old and somewhat new video games

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  1. Shells only. These were unfortunate donor victims.
  2. Yes it smeared when I tried playing Prince of Persia. No sound outputs that I see. The laptop is pending as another party has expressed interest via pm.
  3. Update with Pentium I laptop and famicom cart shells.
  4. Free for the cost of shipping. You pay shipping. Continental US only please. This is a Telex MagnaByte 5080 LCD monitor designed for overhead projectors. It powers up to an internal boot menu but the screen has some dead lines. I suspect a bad zebra strip connection? As far as I can tell everything is included. l can gut this for some useful parts but I'm hoping it will go to someone who can repair and use it. 14lbs in 20x17x7 inch box from 44240 These are a few lamps for a 55" rear projection tv I no longer own. Take 'em both. Toshiba Satellite 110CS Pentium I laptop. It boots but no OS installed or corrupt hdd. No battery as it had bulged so I tossed it when I received this. The screen looks funky and uneven. This stuff will be up for grabs until May 23rd when Christmas with the Sanfords begins. Possibly more to come as I continue to clean.
  5. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions but I gutted this monitor for the usable parts and threw the rest away over a year ago when I found another amber monitor with notably less burn.
  6. For this application a 1/4W 5% resistor is plenty sufficient. I suggest buying the resistors from Mouser as you'll pay like $0.10 per resistor, $3.50 residential shipping, and receive name brand parts.
  7. Was kind enough to give me a free digital to analog tv tuner and also refunded the extra shipping costs when the original quote was too much. The unit was very well packaged. Overall a nice friendly person to deal with. Thanks again!
  8. I think you have it backwards. If they didn't switch all pins it would defeat the purpose. I suppose if the box were made after serial modems died out then it could omit the ring indicator (pin 9) as a cost savings measure but in all the AB-Y boxes I've taken apart they switch every pin. These switches do not put both peripherals in parallel with each other, but rather connect only one device at a time to the output. There seems to be a misunderstanding here. This may be true for something like an IBM PC joystick that plugs into an actual RS232 serial port. Joysticks for systems like atari and commodore are entirely passive devices and do not utilize any type of communication protocol. Most every AB-Y box like the one you linked to will be entirely passive as well. The only similarity between a 9 pin RS232 serial devices and a 2600 joystick is that they both use a DE9 connector. DE9 is technically the correct name but DB9 is more commonly used. I suspect most of the folks around here that game on actual hardware don't mind unplugging a controller and putting it away when it's not in use. It's kind of like unplugging a cartridge and plugging another one in, isn't it? If you can find an AB-Y box that switches all 9 pins then your idea will work. Be sure to use a straight-thru cable between the AB-Y box and the console, not a null-modem cable. Also know that the metal connectors on this or any switch box will chew up the ends of your joysticks because they have dimples around the inside edges.
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