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Title: Cracked Supergrafx Board? No problem!
Post by: Keith Courage on April 20, 2022, 09:52:09 PM
and that's how it's done! 5-6 hours worth of work but the system works as it should now.


(https://i.postimg.cc/QKmfynLq/IMG-20220420-033628485.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QKmfynLq)

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Title: Re: Cracked Supergrafx Board? No problem!
Post by: majors on April 21, 2022, 10:41:41 AM
Just a few days past Easter, but it has arisen! Keith continues to do the lords work.
Title: Re: Cracked Supergrafx Board? No problem!
Post by: Necromancer on April 21, 2022, 08:44:14 PM
Damn, look at that spaghetti!  Nicely done, Keith.   :clap:

Quote from: majors on April 21, 2022, 10:41:41 AM
Just a few days past Easter, but it has arisen! Keith continues to do the lords work.

Ha!  Is it gonna ascend to silicon heaven and open the pearly gates next?
Title: Re: Cracked Supergrafx Board? No problem!
Post by: Keith Courage on April 21, 2022, 09:57:02 PM
Quote from: Necromancer on April 21, 2022, 08:44:14 PM
Damn, look at that spaghetti!  Nicely done, Keith.   :clap:

Hah Yeah, I could have tried to just bridge the connections across the cracked area of the board but I've found more times then not, it's generally more full proof to just run wires since the cracked area could potentially bend again. Plus some of those traces are crazy super tiny.
Title: Re: Cracked Supergrafx Board? No problem!
Post by: MasterofBiscuits on April 24, 2022, 05:03:05 AM
Excellent work sir! Would you like some chicken with those noodles  :D