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  3. Posted

    Quite responsive as they used conductive rubber that just about every game controller post-Crash used rather than metal dome. And it's small enough you could play it one handed. If you're ambidextrous, you could probably play 2 controllers game like Raiders of the Lost Ark without having to swap controller or stop to change hands.

     

    PS they also made Power Stick for Colecovision. Looks like the tiny Atari version with the number pad cobbled on the back end. I think they also did Intellivision too.

  4. Posted

    The market rate is over $100 for working version. It's funny how a 30 year old hard drive the size of 3 bricks, requires external power, and really old computer is worth as much as today's pocket sized portable hard drive that can hold about 100,000 times the old hard drive capacity.

     

    I'll keep poking. I'd like that extra $50 over "untested but looks good" rate.

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    Before Macintosh had SCSI, Apple released a 20MB hard drive that connected via floppy drive port. It only lasted a short time as Mac Plus came out with built in SCSI that was faster.

     

    Anyway I have this hard drive but I don't have a Macintosh with the external disk drive port. I have a Powerbook Duo with minidock that has square 20 pin connector, a Mac Centris 610 with only internal disk drive, a Wallstreet G3 and iMac with no disk drive support. Any of you have experience with the oddball hard drive and can tell me how to test it beside powering it on and watching for any smoke.

     

    According to Google, it used hard drive that had completely different connector and is not SCSI or IDE at all. A propriety format that was only used in Apple HD20. So taking it apart is not an option unless the disk drive connector inside is a regular 20 pin that is same as standard Macintosh internal drive, then I could open it and run the flat 20 connector cable.

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    GSP also has to eat loss if the package arrived damaged. Seller are not dinged for chargeback. I had someone who bought a vintage guitar for over $400, it was shipped to Australia. The seller showed picture it was extremely well packed, you could probably place an egg in there and run it through cement mixer for days and still not crack the egg. The guitar arrived crushed because of really poor packing. Seems GSP repacked them into smaller box to save on shipping cost.

     

    I sent a few older games that were MIB to someone in France. It was packed well. The person in France got the games and instruction but no box. He got the full refund and gets to keep the games and I didn't need to do anything. Lucky because eBay usually won't consider box condition when someone files a dispute.

  7. Posted

    If that was Intellivision version, there would be piranha feeding frenzy here with about 20 offering to buy in the first 3 seconds. Intellivision is without any current flashable cart and Intellivision is a real pain in the butt to build hardware for, modern flash chips aren't compatible with G1 ROM addressing and data scheme. You need to demux and remux everything between the cart slot and the flash chips and do it fast enough it doesn't cause Intellivision to crash due to missed bit.

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    Gotcha Bill. (Yes, I am now newataridave; I had to re-register.) I really wish some HDTV manufactuerer would address the issues associated with playing retro consoles on HDTVs. I mean, what are retro gamers going to do when all the CRTs have died? 4K is already close on the horizon, and I don't know how longer used TV and TV repair shops, and thrift stores, will continue to sell used CRTs.

     

    Locally none allows it anymore. Goodwill banned CRT TVs at the start of past July and Salvation Army have refused for a while. Other smaller thrift shops and flea market don't carry it either. It's probably a coincidence but I saw a lot more CRT TV at yard sale this year than usual.

     

    Get a VCR while you can, VCR (without actually playing tapes) could last a long time compared to CRT TV and VCR usually works as old non-compliant video to more compliant video converter.

  9. Posted

    An 8PDT switch would be less wire to mod with but it'd be manual switch only, no soft switching by holding button on power on. My TG-16 is modded with an 8PDT switch but it's now useless since I got TurboEverdrive which has built in PCE/TG-16 converter.

     

    Modding TG-16 is slightly easier because PCE didn't have region lock. Modding PCE to play TG-16 games requires one minor mod to a CPU to fake the region lock.

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    Used to have a Willhem programmer some years ago then it went bad. I still like to be able to read or progra, 2k and 4k eproms so naturally it'd require external power, typically around 12.5v just for vpp

     

    I haven't been able to find out if modern USB based programmer can handle old EPROM gracefully or if it'd throw a fit and balk at anything needing more than 5v.

     

    PS glad I don't need to do 1k, a typical 2708 needs weird voltage. It's usually easier to double up ROM image and burn it to 2716 and tie uppermost address pin to Vcc or gnd permanently.

  12. Posted

    Thought I'd help contribute to this thread. The EXT connector for PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 has the same pinout but the metal shield around the connector is different shaped. PC Engine is more rectangle shaped with straight sides while TG16 is more trapezoid shaped with angled sides.

     

    Since you're not comfortable with soldering, you could always ask for AV mod service in the WTB section. A common mod uses Genesis 2 style AV port so you could get either composite or RGB out. Yes, TG-16 and PCE can output raw RGB and with about 50 cents worth of parts make a basic amp circuit that will work with most RGB monitor. My TG16 is modded and hooked to a Commodore monitor, the image is so sharp it almost hurts to look at it (and Commodore monitor are shit compared to Sony PVM!!!)

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    Maybe I'll dig up a pre-iMac era Macintosh. Using the often-overlooked SCSI Disk Mode (which turned pre G3 Powerbooks into expensive external SCSI drive), I should be able to get it added and many early PowerPC usually came with 7.5 or newer that should allow basic internet access.

     

    There isn't any cheap local Macs on Craigslist and eBay is going around $40-$50 shipped for Macs not 100% tested or missing hard drive :/ Some of the later Powerbooks that do have SCSI port and USB are actually a bit cheaper.

  21. Posted

    Digging through pile of leftovers from 20 years ago I found a 500MB hard drive that is 2.5", one of the last made before everyone stopped making 2.5" SCSI drives completely. I think it came out of my old Powerbook which had died long ago.

     

    I checked around and it costs an arm and a leg to connect it to anything. A 2.5" to 3.5" adapter is not cheap. A SCSI to IDE bridge is over $100. Or SCSI to USB over $50 and requires older OS to use as it hasn't been supported for years. pretty much anything pre-serial SCSI is too dang expensive.

     

    I do have a working Powerbook Duo 280c that could use this hard drive but it does not have modem, disk drive, or USB, and with only room for one internal hard drive and no external hard drive case that can hold 2.5" drive, and the hard drive I found definitely does not have any OS as it won't boot (blinking ? icon)

     

    Even if I can get a cheap external hard drive case and hook it to my Powerbook via SCSI dock, it has System 7.1 so that rules out getting cheap external serial modem since basic internet software wasn't included as standard until System 7.5 or later, and I don't have any PC that has working serial port. I don't even know if a cheap USB to serial would work for file transfer. One that is true RS232 seems to costs a lot :P

     

    Any idea how can I access the hard drive to check and verify it works, transfer anything that may be important, and wipe it clean so I can sell em? I have:

    Powerbook Duo with SCSI dock, no modem, no USB, no CD burner (no software and no driver either) I do not have the big Duo Dock or I would have used 2.5" to 3.5" adapter and installed one inside.

    iMac with OS 9.2 and USB + internet capable.

  22. Posted · Edited by Uzumaki

     

    Although the thread is called "thrift finds" I wouldn't take it literally, it's finds from pretty much any source, which, considering the state of classic game hunting, is damn near a miracle anywhere anymore.

     

    I was just kidding :P

     

    Anyway spent all day today hunting at yard sales and such. There must have been 200 stops before I called it a day and went back home. http://www.yardsaletrail.com/ started at Port Huron and only got to Lexington. Normally a 30 minutes drive at the most, I took about 8 hours. In the entire time I've found too many overpriced XBox (pre 360), PS2, Wii, and assorted games. The cheap disc games were the icky sport games. And a grand total of 2 Atari 2600 game carts which I passed. (one a Sears Target Plus and another Moon Patrol with very loose label). Bunch of smashed Intellivision game boxes, all dirt common and not worth the $5 seller wanted. No video game buy for me this year but I did have one hell of a steal:

     

    LEGO 8547 Robotic set that normally retailed for around $250 for only $20. Many missing pieces but all the sensors and motors were present along with working computer unit. Those parts alone usually goes for $200 to $250 on the used market.

     

    PS if I had more money and more time, there were also a 250 miles long garage sale run on US-12 from Port Huron all the way almost to Chicago this weekend. Alas my family sucked and choose to have reunion tomorrow :P

  25. Posted

    I do have one gripe about Hard Drivin'. After you figure how to control the car in Lynx version, you could do multiple laps without once touching the brake (get that TEMP light flashing too) and when you finally run out of time and do another race against computer, it's also easy to leave the computer in the dust.

     

    It gets too easy and somewhat boring after a while because it's somewhat limited in variation.

     

    STUN Runner is still more fun in the end because you're also dealing with bunch of enemies, not just figuring the best track and path to win.

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