Snes cd add on

[SignOfZeta]

The original Wondermega is...its just untouchable. Completely unf*ckwithable. JDM gold, that thing.

[SegaSonic91]

Didn't realize that original Wondermega looks ugly. It's like someone tried to marry a cheap ass CD player with a Duo shell.

HA!  What a joke!  The Wondermega is GORGEOUS!  Especially when powered on.  By far my favourite console I own.  I do love the MD/MCD/32X stack as well, though.  It's a damn shame the WM does not do RGB.  I no longer use it for that reason.

[Enternal]

The original Wondermega is...its just untouchable. Completely unf*ckwithable. JDM gold, that thing.

This is the real sega/mega cd king

[majors]

Since this thread is already necro'd...MAGFest is in the talks on getting the Nintendo PlayStation dev unit to the museum area for display. Security is the primary concern at this point.

On a side note, Rob is running a 8-10 unit console area with half obey and the other half 8 and 16bit systems. The rest of the museum will be a 40+ old (crusty) computers, with some random fun items in the mix.

[BigusSchmuck]

Not to let this topic die, Ben Heck has a two part series going on tearing this thing apart and repairing it.

[esteban]

Not to let this topic die, Ben Heck has a two part series going on tearing this thing apart and repairing it.
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Folks can jump to the 20:00 minute mark to hear Heck diss our poor PCE/TG-16 (he doesn't use the upgraded SCD System Card)...

[BigusSchmuck]

Not to let this topic die, Ben Heck has a two part series going on tearing this thing apart and repairing it.
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Folks can jump to the 20:00 minute mark to hear Heck diss our poor PCE/TG-16 (he doesn't use the upgraded SCD System Card)...

(Screenshot coming....)

Yeah forgot to mention that. Still pretty neat to see the beastie taken apart.

[Punch]

LOL imagine a Snes with only 64KB program RAM at a time... it would have been more limiting for Nintendo/Sony than it was for NEC/Hudson given how both consoles work...

It is actually 256kb... forget about it

[NightWolve]

Ah, that just got made, so no part II yet.

[BigusSchmuck]

Ah, that just got made, so no part II yet.

Part 2:

[esteban]

Ah, that just got made, so no part II yet.

Part 2:
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I hope they find software somewhere...in the attic!

[NightWolve]

Nice, so mainly it was in need of full capacitor replacement although one of the jumper wires was about disabling the CD support which he figured out.

[xelement5x]

Nice, so mainly it was in need of full capacitor replacement although one of the jumper wires was about disabling the CD support which he figured out.

Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't just preemptively replace all the caps instead of the 3 he pointed out.  Though maybe the original owner wanted to keep it as stock as possible.

[NightWolve]

Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't just preemptively replace all the caps instead of the 3 he pointed out.

Yeah, that to me is lazy/unwise... All of them are ~20-25-30 something years old, and you had 3 that showed visible signs of failure, so the prudent/wise thing to do is get rid of them all for replacement with newer, better manufactured ones... And if you really care, maybe pay a little more for low-ESR Panasonic caps and what not. If you're smart like Steve-o, you can even determine where ceramic or tants could work as suitable replacements for electrolytic.

I personally had bad luck once on my SNES using 4 ceramic caps related to the S-Video/Composite output amp/circuit, so sometimes there are cases where you should leave it to the pros when trying that if you don't truly understand the science behind it and are just a parts-swapper. In which case, best to just stick with replacing them with the same model.