Atariman

When I was responding, the thought crossed my mind, but I didn't think to post it - Good catch!

Yeah, I agree - once you've got an intermediate mac, writing system disks is easy. In my experience, once I had one of the older external floppy drives, it was no problem. I think at one point, I was even writing disks for my Apple IIGS from one of my PowerPCs using the previously mentioned drive, then using the same floppy drive to boot the GS! (I think that was the intermediate mac, at least - It could've been a number of different ones, I suppose (Trying to remember when I stopped using my Quadra)) That's one of the great things I always liked about the older Apple computers - if you amassed enough old stuff, there was ALWAYS some way to get a file from point A to point B or create what you needed with what you had. Great stuff for a kid with no money to start on back in the 90's!

Not that I have used mine extensively, but what makes them 'garbage'? From what I can tell, it is a pretty run-of-the-mill power strip. (No, mine's not for sale I bought it out of curiosity a few years ago)

If I remember correctly, Curt mentioned that he will be sending out confirmation messages shortly before the XM ships so as to ensure that they get to their proper homes. I, too, have moved a couple time since ordering my XMs, so this information stuck out at me when he posted it awhile back.

I always thought Kirby's Dreamland had one of the best soundtracks of any Gameboy game. I'm still impressed by the sounds they managed to pump out of that thing!

I also agree with this post. The Jaguar is my favorite console as well and your post pretty well sums up how I feel!

I'd be interested as well, karri! Sounds cool!

I might potentially be interested in being a tester as well. I have access to a wide range of components, have numerous work/rework stations at my place of work, many Lynx IIs, and an Atmel micro programmer (can't remember what the model number is, but it is capable of setting the config bits and whatnot). I also have a decent-sized lynx library and would only need code and a schematic if parts were an issue.

Ha! I was just thinking about that TV not long ago. I admit that I wanted one back in the 90's - I remember drooling over that and the N64 at Toy Works/Kay Bee.

Strange... I've definitely never seen one like that. The box looks awfully convincing, but I guess with a little bit of effort, anything can be made to look genuinely old. I'm on the fence. On the one hand, I've never seen one like that, but on the other hand, maybe this is a rarer supply that was sold with 2600 Jrs late in their life cycle...

No, I am pressing it, although I am beginning think that the reset button may be on the fritz. Hmmm... Yeah, if that isn't doing anything, I would be inclined to agree!

To answer the original question (regarding the 2600, anyway)... It sounds like you are neglecting to press the Reset switch.

Yeah, but going lower can be a potential problem, too, when it comes to future repairs. I'd never want to do repairs with anything but a true drop-in replacement since I would likely forget what the original rating was, assuming that the fuse managed to hang on for awhile.

@Ax - Although I haven't fully disassembled one, I have heard that the CDX hates people and is nightmarish to put back together. Beware!

The metal plate is for shielding and helps keep the units together. It isn't absolutely necessary, but nice to have. It takes the same power supply as the Genesis I. If you are using it with the Genesis II, you don't need any extra cables. If you are using it with a Genesis I, you need to add a cable going from the headphone jack of the Genesis to the mix jack on the back of the SegaCD unit in order to hear the sound from the actual Genesis through the stereo RCA jacks on the back of the SegaCD.

ROM-cart based systems are actually programmable (Atari 2600, NES, etc) while the non-programmable systems have the games built permanently into the hardware (Odyssey, various pong consoles, etc). Some of these non-programmable consoles used "key" carts that didn't truly have any data on them, but served to "unlock" each of the games already built into a console (I think this is how the Odyssey worked).

Based on the information from the first page you linked, it didn't use ROM cartridges and wasn't able to be programmed, so they sound unrelated. (The Fairchild Channel F was the first console release in the U.S. to use ROM carts, IIRC)

It sounds like you should be safe just replacing the voltage regulator. You can get these fairly cheap at Radio Shack.

The reason they both work is due to the way they shift out the data from the controller. They both send a clock signal to the controller which responds by shifting out the data bit by bit until it receives the signal to load the next set of values into its shifters. The NES will just tell the SNES controller to load before it is totally done shifting its data out. The lucky thing is that Nintendo organized the serial data the same way between both consoles!

I definitely remember this game. A friend of mine and I used to play it quite a bit! It has been a number of years, so I don't remember it nearly as well as you, but I do remember liking it. Oddly enough, I can still recall some of the bleeps and bloops it made through the PC speaker, though. I may have to bust it out in dosbox as well...

What power supply are you using? 15V sounds a bit high for a 9V supply even when it isn't loaded down. I agree that it sounds like the voltage regulator needs to be replaced. I don't know about the capacitor, though. I don't have a SMS handy where I am right now, so I can't look at the guts to know if the capacitor you are referencing is electrolytic or not. Can you post a picture of it?

Actually, if I remember correctly, I believe it meant 5200 graphics + 2600 compatibility = 7800.

Did you successfully get 5V on the 7805 regulator? Years ago I did the same thing you did and had to replace the voltage regulator to get it working again.

I'd be surprised if this label variation isn't known, but I can't say for sure (I'm not going to look it up, either!). I know there are other 7800 games that have slight label variations as I have kept them when I came across them, but don't have a list of those that I have observed handy. I have a vague recollection of having two slightly different Karateka carts as well as a few others.

Agreed. Unless you know for sure what the inductor does in the circuit, you could be making the drive harder to repair later by simply bypassing parts