Sega Genesis Model 1: Funny story...
I bought a broken genesis from the flea market for $5, I was going to take it apart and see how it works. Whilst walking home, I decided to take a walk down a random alley looking for more computer stuff. But I Discovered something very interesting... I found an entire sega genesis sitting on a box of trinkets from the 90's. It had a really bad cartrige slot, it was all cracked... but I thought, hey, this is my lucky day....
So I took it all home... The found genesis worked like a charm. The one I bought, was of course, broken.
I decided to take the good looking case (from the broken one) and put it on the old dusty neglected one (found), but this genesis was special... They looked identical to eachother board wise, exept one had a thompson 68k and one had a motorola 68k, but this one was different... It looked to be resoldered to the board, but this wasnt the orignal processor... It was a 16mhz processor with an 16mhz crystal, in place of the 7.6mhz MC68k and the 7.6mhz Crystal... I Was Bewildered on how good the board looked, but how bad the case was. I grabbed a sonic 2 cart off my desk, fired up the machine caseless, and to my amazement, the processor didnt warm up at all, the graphics looked so clear, and the sound seemed less distorted, I researched it and found out that it was a processor modification (duh) but it was done so professionally I was shocked... Unfortuneatly, I was going to keep it for myself, I kept it for a few weeks, but I didnt have enough cash, so I sold it for a smooth $50 so I cold get some new cool clothes...
Im planning on buying it back... It's been painted gold now...
PSONE: I broke it
I wired up a light to the power and the ground of the controller slot of my clear PSone, and I fried the entire board...
Nuff said, I didnt use the proper LED