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    I generally do my old school gaming on a CRT, but I am thinking of grabbing a Framemeister in the next couple months. I want to be future proofed given that CRTs are no longer produced and HDMI looks like it's going to be around for a while; given modern tvs are cutting even the component jacks it seems like a decent pickup.

     

     

    ^^^^^^

    That. For those who went the CRT path, the future looks a bit uncertain.

     

    Either source an upscaler (older micomsoft units seem to be unaffected by price hikes for now) and related cables plus any required modifications or source more CRTs.

     

    Hoping there will be more projects like the OSSC that can some day match and surpass the XRGB.

     

    I didn't go the upscaler path but find it interesting to read about the different setups and modifications. Will be following this story closely.

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    Here's mine:

     

    NTSC/PAL/Sears/Special: NTSC
    Serial # (Ex: #54035V or #007649): 84753H
    MFG Location (Sunnyvale, Taiwan): Sunnyvale
    (Owner/AA Member), Kikenovic
    (Location= City, State, Country): Apodaca, MX
    A/B Channel Slot (Yes/No): No
    A/B Channel Switch (Yes/No): No
    Functional (Yes/No): Yes
    Previous Owner: Celeste Pérez / Autlán, MX

     

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    Thanks Osgeld and Stephen for your suggestions. By just touching I suspect the 6532 is the culprit (almost immediately gets super hot). I have a working system on the way, I'll use its chips for testing.

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    The fact that Nintendont will run Gamecube games native on the Wii U makes me consider buying one. HDMI Gamecube sounds yummy. Anyone had experience running Gamecube ISOs with Nintendont on the Wii U and how well does it work?

     

    I did it a couple months ago or so. Once you setup the whole enchilada it is a pretty awesome experience. GC games at 480p indeed. The biggest advantage I see is the video processing and scaling which is done at the WiiU. No lag that I can notice.

     

    I typically use the WiiU gamepad since it's wireless but a PS3 controller via the USB port will work as well (as well as others I haven't tested). Thanks to Wii hombrew you could potentially play all Nintendo desk consoles from the NES to the WiiU.

     

    As long as you follow instructions carefully (read, read, read) and run the vWii specific programs you should be good.

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    So last night I took it apart and cleaned everything to the best of my knowledge. Same behavior. Checked the voltage regulator, input is about 11v output is 5.15v (not sure if thats acceptable).

     

    I read on a reddit post that a healthy console would show random vertical colored bars and make noise when no cartridge is present. So I'm thinking something is wrong with the cart slot. Next step will be redoing the solder in the cart port.

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    Hey everyone, hope this thread finds you well.

     

    Recently I got a 2600 Jr. When I insert Pacman or Combat I get a black screen with a green line on the left and red line on the right. With ET I get a distorted line on top. With Kangaroo (brand new) I get scrolling garbage. With no cartridge sometimes I get a solid black screen, sometimes random colors. The BW switch has no effect and the reset and select buttons don't seem to have any effect either.

     

    So far I tried cleaning the slot and the carts with the same results.

     

    You advise is highly appreciated.

     

    https://goo.gl/I4v4wC (with no cart)

     

    https://goo.gl/bWH1HO (Kangaroo)

     

    https://goo.gl/WRnLdD (with ET)

     

    Thanks.

     

     

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    My very first computer was a Tek 8088 PC compatible with a whooping 42 mb HDD. 5.25" 360k floppy drive. Amber monitor. That thing was humongous. Got the job done with PW, Banner, QBasic, Works. For games I mostly remember playing Alleycat (the intro song just comes to mind), Flightmare, Digger, Pacman, Centipede, Hard Hat Mack.

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    Short answer yes. I've done it before. Sometimes I even feel nostalgic about emulation. Around Aug 97 is when I first tried emulation with Nesticle and Genecyst. At the time I didn't have internet at home, part of the fun was to rent a PC after class, bring a box full of floppies, download and copy emus and roms, get home, unload everything, fiddle with the emus configurations and explore all these systems I didn't have "back in the day" or relive past glories. Thanks to emulation I got to relive the glories in the arcades from the comfort of my house and without spending tokens. I got to enjoy the best the Atari 2600 and SNES libraries had to offer (two consoles I didn't have). I discovered some of what the mythical Sega Saturn had to offer, etc. In 98 I sold my Genesis and games, in 99 I sold my PS1 (kept my NES in storage). From 99 to 08 it was 100% emulation for my pre 6th gen gaming.

     

    Fast forward to 2008, I got nostalgic and bought me a Genesis and good amount of games. Later on I found myself getting more games for my NES and later on I was exploring other systems and definitely got back to getting and using real hardware.

     

    Today, emulation still has its place, the Wii is a great emulation box pretty much for everything pre 5th gen. I got a pad converter and use it specially when I want to record some footage.

     

    Using the real hardware helped me to better understand what was it like "back in the day" using these consoles and computers. Consoles like the Saturn and the PC Engine were great to own if you had access to japanese releases. A device like the XEGS was a good value if you needed a PC that got the work done and let you chill out at the same time.

     

    As per PC goes, packages like Virtualbox, VMWare and Dosbox are neat but don't quite replicate the experience. One of my recent projects has been assembling a PC like the one I had back in 2000. I didn't realize I forgot so many things about getting Win98 to play along with productivity software and games. And I'm gonna leave it there for now.

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