I had to post a pic of my playchoice 10 board

[Dav]

Sorry it's not for sale. I just had to post it so I could say neener, neener.

 

 

[jdrew]

Sorry it's not for sale. I just had to post it so I could say neener, neener.

 

That's awesome. Are you interested in sharing a quick runthrough of how you accomplished such an enviable mod? How about some more pictures?

 

It'd be sweet to make a bank of ten cartridge slots, mount it in the coin door, wire it back to the MB with IDE cables, and relocate the power switch somewhere nearby.

 

Kudos,

Josh

[maibock]

lol nice! can't say I've seen that before..

[Dav]

Sorry it's not for sale. I just had to post it so I could say neener, neener.

 

That's awesome. Are you interested in sharing a quick runthrough of how you accomplished such an enviable mod? How about some more pictures?

 

It'd be sweet to make a bank of ten cartridge slots, mount it in the coin door, wire it back to the MB with IDE cables, and relocate the power switch somewhere nearby.

 

Kudos,

Josh

 

 

Thanks, I intended the adapter to point up but after I had the board made I couldn't find any card edge connectors to fit a NES cart. I ended up cutting one of the repair connectors in half and using it but it was a real pain. That's what's holding up the project. I'm thinking of redesigning it with a famicom connector instead of a NES since I can get those edge connectors. I can get adapters to NES cheap. Or possibly I guess I can desolder the connectors from the NES adapters. My adapter also includes nvram to store the game title, but I'll need to write a new bios to take advantage of that feature.

 

Yes, I"ve thought of remoting one of them. It doesn't matter much for me as I'm using a Japanese jamma cab with the board opening in front. I've also thought of hanging another board off of the last slot to add more slots, there's no real limit. Another possible idea would be instead of the adapter plug the roms directly into my board. The extra address lines could be used to make a multicart and add extra games that way.

[Shawn]

If I had access to one of those adaptors 2 years ago I might not have sold my playchoice

[Dav]

I wrote a new PC10 bios today. And I've ordered some edge connectors from China so this may happen after all. If the edge connectors work out I'll order some more boards to test.

[jdrew]

I wrote a new PC10 bios today. And I've ordered some edge connectors from China so this may happen after all. If the edge connectors work out I'll order some more boards to test.

 

 

Keep us updated.

[Memblers]

Any luck with the edge connectors? I'm looking for some of those, can't find any with the right pitch and board thickness.

[Dav]

Any luck with the edge connectors? I'm looking for some of those, can't find any with the right pitch and board thickness.

 

 

Yeah, kind of. I orderd some famicom to NES adapters from Hong Kong. I had to order a bunch of them to get a good price. That gives me 2 options, go with the Famicom connector which is closer to standard or desolder the NES connectors. I kind of like the famicom idea because the playchoice supports the extra sound input famicom carts had. Of course that still leaves the problem of sourcing the famicom connector, but at least it's a standard pitch. Just the ends are a little wider than usual. I did a new layout with both connectors, I need to order a prototype now. I have to get a panel together which will take a few more days. I'm waiting for someone to send me deco cassette stuff as I need to get it on this panel too. I usually get the panels back within a week of ordering. I also thought I'd try a multicart on this panel as well. I haven't added it to my new bios yet, but the idea would be if it detected the multicart it would just add more virtual slots and then scroll the menu as necessary if it goes past 20 slots.

 

Does anyone actually have Famicom carts though? I mean if nobody actually has them I might as well desolder the connectors.