copperboy

Personally, I haven't understood this either. Why would a surge come through the plug? If I have a chemical battery, such as a Duracell alkaline 1.5 V, where is the 3rd wire? It doesn't make sense. There should be 2 wires only. I know that the 3rd wire is ground but why? Is it in case lightning comes through my window and hits my computer case? Is the ground wire really connected to something? The motherboard? Or does it just connect to the case? Another bizarre thing with AC is that one wire is called hot and the other wire is called neutral. I think the neutral connects to the center tap. If you touch the neutral, you don't feel anything. If you touch the hot wire, you feel a buzz (Please don't try this). PS: your XBox 360 power supply does not have neutral. Mine is like yours. Also, I am using a PC power cable (3 prongs).

I don't know. Also, it does not matter. SATA is backwards and forwards compatible. For example, the the chipset on the motherboard is SATA1 and you plug in a SATA3 HDD, they will talk to each other and settle on the slower interface, which is SATA1. For example, the the chipset on the motherboard is SATA2 and you plug in a SATA1 HDD, they will talk to each other and settle on the slower interface, which is SATA1. I don't think that you can plug in any HDD. The XBox 360 will simply not show that it saw a HDD plugged in. I have tried it. It has to be a XBox 360 HDD. These contain a certain firmware. Someone made a tool that allows you to flash the firmware of your PC and laptop HDD. But, it is limited to only a few models.

It's very sad news. I sometimes think about me dying. I am also reminded of an old Roseanne episode. "Harleys never die... just the owners" from "Roseanne" Born to Be Wild (TV Episode 1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kIXRHcIP0Q By okidokivideos Length = 1:26

Did you wipe with copper wool? The biggest PITA is that it is very hard to open the Atari cartridges. I gave up on some of them.

Yes, the controller port of controller 1 had a problem long ago when I had the Gemini for a few years (1985?). I think since we insert and remove the controller often, it flexes and develops a crack in the metal. This was fixed. Port 2 is fine since I never used it.

I would have to see if there is a better cable and that adapter at my thrift store or electronics store. I did a temporary connection with a cable TV coax cable. The image looks pretty clean. Woohoo!

I tried the original Coleco switch + AV cable since somehow I misplaced the original RF cable. I don't know what the internal of the AV cable is like. I think the AV cable is 3 mm to 4 mm in thickness. For the NES and Sega Genesis switcher thing, the RF cable is integrated. I think they are 3 mm diameter.

Is that just a connection (just a conductor) or is there a resistor or a circuit inside?

Does anybody here have Coleco Gemini? I am doing some maintenance work on mine. The original TV to Game switch thing seems to produce a very noisy picture. 80% of the dots are randomly white so I can’t see anything. I tried with a NES switcher but it is still way too noisy. I tried with a SEGA Genesis switcher but it is still way too noisy.

I see. I didn't know that product existed from SEGA. I guess you have made an equivalent version of it with similar chips. I assume the SEGA CD device can somehow identify that this card is inserted and copy the entire RAM to this cartridge. Is there a way to save standard SEGA Genesis/mastersystem games to something? Is there a way to save NES games to something? As a kid, I use to set a game on pause and leave the NES "ON" for hours, until I came back. I got tired after playing it for 2 -3 hours.

What's this? Is it a DRAM chip and it needs electricity to keep its memory? Also, you need something to write the game binary to the RAM chip?

Your mom bought it when she was a teen?

Mine is Serial = 020027820 I bought it Thursday, Mar 25, 2021 on ebay, from Quebec.

I remember wanting Night Rider back then. It was one of the few games that used the wheel thingy that my Coleco Gemini had. I took a look at Star Raiders on youtube. It looks great. The sound effects are like Solaris. What is the keypad controller for? 100 € is a good deal. Mostly, they are 10$, 15$, 20$ in Canada. A few are +60$.

That looks like a 15 inch TV. I have something like that and it is made by Sharp. The picture quality, the sharpness is very good. You can go into the menu and adjust sharpness.