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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Console Chat => Topic started by: Tatsujin on November 24, 2009, 11:22:53 PM

Title: NAVI GET 4 OKU (now w/ teh inside :))
Post by: Tatsujin on November 24, 2009, 11:22:53 PM: i've found that neat device which should help in lottery wins. as you already might have figured out by yourself, it quite ressembles to an other well known game device from the past.

(http://img213.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/6/7/4/7/fukutan902-img600x450-1254155895flckik45698.jpg)

and yes you're right, there's nothing less inside than a wonderswan color hardware. everything, the screen buttons, fixing screw, contrast poti etc. are placed at the very same position.

i will open it later on to watch the inside. hope that there's still cart slot.

btw. it's made in japan 2001, the WSC in 2000. probably this manufacturer (Nihon IT Contents) was looking for a cheap hardware to use for their NAVI GET 4 OKU device, and found out, that the WSC was already heading south, so they could get WSC devices for the cheap.
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (lol)
Post by: guyjin on November 25, 2009, 01:19:57 AM: that's awesome.

I've been meaning to open up my WSC (to try to fix a problematic power button) but it has some obnoxious proprietary screws. Does this use the same screws? Where might I find the proper bit?
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (lol)
Post by: SignOfZeta on November 25, 2009, 01:49:12 AM: Dude, I totally want to hack a Swan Crystal into that case to upgrade the NAVI GET 4 OKU's capabilities. Its hard to see the screen with my failing eye site, through the cloud of cigarette smoke, etc.

This thing is pretty funny.
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (lol)
Post by: Necromancer on November 25, 2009, 02:24:56 AM: That's rather goofy. Kinda reminds me of the Atari Jaguar dental equipment. :lol:

Quote from: guyjin on November 25, 2009, 01:19:57 AM
Where might I find the proper bit?

Would one of these bits (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91310) fit? Hard to beat that price for general disassembly fun and mayhem.
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (lol)
Post by: esteban on November 25, 2009, 02:29:24 AM: This is intriguing. I am not familiar with NAVI GET 4 OKU, but you say it generated lottery numbers?

It is the software that I am curious about. Is it as exciting as it sounds? :)

Anyway, electronics that are re-purposed (or used for niche corporate applications) are always fun to find out about.

Doesn't our own Mr. Covell have a bunch of neat info on how the NES was used in an exercise bike, Gameboys used in the medical industry for monitoring ______, etc. etc.?

Fun stuff.
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (lol)
Post by: Necromancer on November 25, 2009, 02:47:02 AM: Quote from: esteban on November 25, 2009, 02:29:24 AM
..... NES was used in an exercise bike, Gameboys used in the medical industry for monitoring ______, etc. etc.?

..... and the Turbo used in paint store kiosks.
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (lol)
Post by: guyjin on November 25, 2009, 03:32:06 AM: Quote from: Necromancer on November 25, 2009, 02:24:56 AM
That's rather goofy. Kinda reminds me of the Atari Jaguar dental equipment. :lol:

Quote from: guyjin on November 25, 2009, 01:19:57 AM
Where might I find the proper bit?

Would one of these bits (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91310) fit? Hard to beat that price for general disassembly fun and mayhem.

I don't know, but it's cheap enough that I'm willing to take the gamble :)
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (lol)
Post by: Tatsujin on November 26, 2009, 11:15:30 PM: just as I assumed, there is a full functionable WSC in it, even with the very same type of PCB as the one I have opened to compare (may there was just one version of it anyway).

but to my very surprise, I have found a special cart in it, on which the NAVI GET 4 OKU software runs. just for fun I have exchanged the lotto cart with a official WSC cart (mr. driller). and this time, not so much surprised anymore, they run on both devices

opened (l: navi get 4 oku; r: reak WSC)
(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9572/p1090174.jpg)

taken out the lotto cart:
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8110/p1090175.jpg)

PCB front side:
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/390/p1090177.jpg)

exchanged carts:
(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4227/p1090188w.jpg)

lotto cart front:
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7721/p1090178.jpg)

lotto cart back:
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7882/p1090179j.jpg)

AND NOW! power on with exchanged carts:
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5078/p1090185.jpg)

:D
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (now w/ teh inside :))
Post by: guyjin on November 27, 2009, 05:25:43 AM: Awesome!
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (now w/ teh inside :))
Post by: ccovell on November 27, 2009, 10:32:35 AM: Quote from: esteban on November 25, 2009, 02:29:24 AM
Doesn't our own Mr. Covell have a bunch of neat info on how the NES was used in an exercise bike, Gameboys used in the medical industry for monitoring ______, etc. etc.?
Not me...
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (now w/ teh inside :))
Post by: guyjin on November 28, 2009, 06:26:51 AM: so does anything interesting happen on the lotto cart when you push the y-buttons?
Title: Re: NAVI GET 4 OKU (now w/ teh inside :))
Post by: esteban on November 28, 2009, 07:23:15 AM: Tats, it's time to make your own "navi get 4 oku" label so the cart doesn't have to naked any longer.

Quote from: ccovell on November 27, 2009, 10:32:35 AM
Quote from: esteban on November 25, 2009, 02:29:24 AM
Doesn't our own Mr. Covell have a bunch of neat info on how the NES was used in an exercise bike, Gameboys used in the medical industry for monitoring ______, etc. etc.?
Not me...

Hmmm, I am clearly confusing information found on one (or more sites). I wonder if the site(s) I'm looking for still exist...