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And miss out on the fun of making my own?!?! If it was an A/V cord I might would see what we could work out in trade or something. I've been trying to steer clear of RF. I bet I have 10 RF cords that never even see use. I need to check at a local store and see if they have a controller for it. If not I'll hit you up. I'm sure I have something here in my collection or bank account to offer you for them. B

Cool. And knowing is half the battle... I am gonna pop it open tonight to see it has room for some female RCA jacks to fit on the back and mod it out that way with standard Composite V and Stereo Audio. I don't really want to put money into the cords for a Saturn and finding a 10 Pin Mini DIN connector to make the cord has been hard for me. I get 6 Pin DIN for $2 or less all day to make SMS, SG1, and C64 cords. I will still need a controller though. B

AHhhh. Now I get it! Worth a try I guess. B

So it's 2011 and I finally got a Sega Saturn. My nephew ran across it at a yard sale. No cords, no controllers, Nothing! It had the Daytona game inside it though. It's a Model MK-80000A. I decided that since he's 10, he really couldn't do anything with it so I hooked him up. I traded him a Genesis 2 with 2 controllers, 6 games, RF and PS for it. I had 3 Genesis and 2 of them were model 2 so it was a win win for both of us. Now for the fun part. Checking to see if it works. I had a power cord that fit so that was no problem. To check the A/V outputs, I pulled up the pin outs for it. Then I stripped down some stereo RCA wires, tinned them with some solder (to give them a little more strength), and jammed them into the correct holes. The cool thing is I got to walk my nephew through it this time. Whether or not he retained it is another story This Link has been a GOD SEND for me messing with different A/V outs. I mean, they are all right there on one page! So now I have an image on the TV! It booted to a Language select which I could not get past w/o a controller so I could not test the game I have to get a good feel for it. I know the thing works. Now I want to know some more about the thing. Obviously there are 2 controller ports on the front. There's a CD tray on the top along with a cartridge slot. I thought at 1st this was to make the console backwards compatible but as it turns out, it for a memory card or something. The back has 3 port and a door. 2 ports are obvious. The AC IN and the A/V Out. The other is labeled Communication Connector. What is this for? A Modem? From what I read, the modem went into the cartridge slot on top of the unit. Inside the door I see two things. One is a slot for a flat battery that is missing. Now I know why it asked me what language I wanted at the beginning. The 3 volt battery keeps power to some of the RAM that holds the language and clock information if I am not misinterpreting the information I have read. Also inside the door I see something that looks like some sort of cartridge slot. Maybe this is for expansion? Or maybe a port that was never used due to the short life of the system? I can't find anything about this one. So now that I have rambled for a bit, I guess I really have three questions about this unit. 1.) What's the Communication Connector's use? 2.) What's the slot inside the door on the back for? 3.) Am I right about the 3v battery inside the door? Thanks in advance B

|123| |456| ----- 1,4,5 = ground 6 = 12V DC 0.8A 2,3 = 3.3V DC 2.7A I would go check my PSU but like I said, I cannot get the ends of my leads to get deep enough into it to make connections with the pins. It's a small hole. As far as the fuse, I am not sure. I'd have to open one of mine and have a look. B

Sounds like a power problem to me. Test your power supply. I would say use a multimeter but the pinouts on the n64 PSU are very small. I cannot get my leads into them. Maybe a friend near you has a working system that you could use for a day to mix up the cords to find the problem. That would beat buying a working PSU for a system that may be faulty. On a side note, I had the same problem with a Sega Genesis I picked up at a thrift store. When I opened the unit I found that the LED was busted. I replaced it (with a Green LED ) and it worked just fine. You need a security bit to open the n64 though. B

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Might wanna think about slightly more recent with DOS based computers too. Tandy, 386, and 486 get $30 easy and you can pick them up at thrifts (sometimes with monitors) for $10-15. Maybe that's just my area though. Might even get lucky with some Pentium II or III stuff at those prices. I see these eBay store asking $60-100 for these machines. Many even asking $200-300 for a 486?!?! I wounder if they get it? If they do, maybe you can get that lucky. B

Have you checked on craigslist for some C64 stuff? C64 stuff sales pretty good. I grabbed 3 c64, 3 1541 drives, printer, tape deck, all the cords, 600 disk for $160. From time to time, you can run across lots this size on ebay for about that much, maybe a little more, on eBay. I sold all but 1 c64c, a 1541ii and about 200 disk and got $200. Kept the printer and tape deck too but still have not tested them. They sale from crap anyway alone. You friend is crazy! Pointers? I would not recommend C+4's to make money unless you pay like $5 for them. Printers do not sale well either. Ribbons cost as much or more than the printers. Breadbox 64's sale better than c64c's. Open C64 software to international. Shipping is High for monitors and PS's Cassette players do not sale well alone. watched on in box go for $2 + $10 this week listing a 1541 as Untested = dead. "Tested but as-is" is fine Working SX-64 will clear $100 easy. Just thought I would share that little bit. I've been watching c64 stuff on eBay pretty hard since I sold my stuff to get my $$$ back. If I had been patient, or maybe just broke the lots up better, I could have clear $300 maybe. No regrets on my end though. I got some nice c64 stuff for nothing but my time invested. I'm currently unemployed so I have nothing but time B

Which cord are you using to connect the XP machine to the 1541? I guess it's at least a XE1541. I just made a X1541 the other day to connect my 486 and my 1541ii. I was going to use Star Commander but I'm having trouble getting it on the 486. It's a 2megs file and the 486 only has 5.25 and 3.5 floppy drives. I haven't really check out my other options of moving the file i.e. networking to my other machines, installing a CD drive ect. I have a win98se machine that I am going to use instead but I am waiting (again) on the diodes to get here so I can complete an XE1541. I was hoping the old 98 machine would be old enough to use the X1541, but it is not. Unfortunately, my set up does not look as nice as yours, but it is in my living room. Space is a BIG issue for me right now. The C64c sits underneath my 22" flat that I use for my main PC. It's a real eye catcher to those who do not know whats going on. Looks like the C64 has a nice desktop going on. The big Commodore wallpaper really adds too it My 1084 just died too. I have replaced it with a cute RCA TruFlat TV that has S-Video in. I am really liking the video quality on it. Just noticed that since Atari Age shares my FB profile pic you can see my set up before my 1084 died B

The last time I played it, I hit 50k and had to turn it off. It's about time for me to pull the 2600 out again though. Great Game! I loved this one as a kid. B

The 1541u-II is just too expensive for me right now. Very nice though. A Flash Cart of some type would be nice to have as well. Hell, I'd even like to get a modem for it, but 1st I just want one of my PC's talking with a 1541 drive. I picked up a cute little TV with S-video in today, so I'm 1/2 way back in business. B

I had been messing with my old C64 a lot lately until my monitor just died. Sure I could hook it up to the TV or something but I want a dedicated screen for it. Looking for a cheep CRT TV with S-vid in right now. That would defiantly be a nice "on the go" machine though. As far as games, the C64 is still very a live with a lot of home brews coming down the pipes all the time. Lately I've just been playing VICE with Paperboy, Wizard of Wor, Summer Games, and a little bit of Giana Sisters 2 thrown in the mix. When I get my x1541 cable finished (waiting on parts in the mail. I was out of 6 PIN DINs) the c64 will find it's place back on my desk and I can kick Vice to the curb, new monitor or not. I'll drag an old CRT out of storage if need be. B