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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion => Topic started by: tjsnh on October 29, 2016, 09:52:54 AM

Title: Casemodding turbotap into TG-16 chassis?
Post by: tjsnh on October 29, 2016, 09:52:54 AM

Just curious,

Anyone know if anyone has tried doing a bit of a casemod project to use a turbotap's guts inside a TG-16 chassis to add more controller ports to the front of the unit? (even if just two)

It seems like a fairly obvious project, but I haven't been able to find any docs on people doing it.

Title: Re: Casemodding turbotap into TG-16 chassis?
Post by: tjsnh on October 29, 2016, 01:07:18 PM

I've considered snagging a "parts only" $20 range 16 off ebay to play around with this idea. It seems like the left side of the case has the physical space and unused frontage to make this happen, but I don't think I've ever seen/handled a turbotap in person so it's difficult to be sure. I've done a fair amount of PC casemodding before, so I tend to enjoy these kinds of projects.

Not sure if I'll get around to trying, figured I'd ask if it was already "a thing" first to absorb any pre-existing wisdom.

Title: Re: Casemodding turbotap into TG-16 chassis?
Post by: HuMan on October 31, 2016, 05:52:30 AM

The only difficulty here is trying to hide the original controller port so it can't interfere with the integrated Turbo Tap. The other problem is the Turbo Tap PCB may get in the way by adding extra height to the controller ports. It might be better to construct a custom Turbo Tap PCB using 8 pin mini DIN sockets instead. Or just use a PC Engine tap.

EDIT: forgot about the PCE tap...

Title: Re: Casemodding turbotap into TG-16 chassis?
Post by: blueraven on October 31, 2016, 06:42:09 AM

Sounds cool.

MAKE IT SO.

Title: Re: Casemodding turbotap into TG-16 chassis?
Post by: sirhcman on October 31, 2016, 07:58:10 AM

Quote from: tjsnh on October 29, 2016, 09:52:54 AM

Just curious,

Anyone know if anyone has tried doing a bit of a casemod project to use a turbotap's guts inside a TG-16 chassis to add more controller ports to the front of the unit? (even if just two)

It seems like a fairly obvious project, but I haven't been able to find any docs on people doing it.

Someone here did it. There was a project thread on it somewhere...

Edit: Found it, cjames did it. It wasn't for a full 5 players but for two controller ports on 1 system. Sadly it looks like the image links are broken :(

Luckily there is a small picture of it in his sig:
(http://i58.tinypic.com/2mplq11.jpg)

http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17726.0

Here is the video of it working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJjHrtANT5Y

Title: Re: Casemodding turbotap into TG-16 chassis?
Post by: tjsnh on October 31, 2016, 08:13:58 AM

Awesome! Thanks for the link, great video.