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[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: REPAIR GUIDE - TurboDuo: Sound Fix]

just want to add some more to this thread and see if anyone has any suggestions.

the original condition of my duo was low sound. i do not know if it got better or worse after being on for a while as i didn't test that.

i replaced the two post amp caps with 10uF 35v caps from radioshack. sound levels were back to normal. sound quality was maybe a little shitty/peaky sounding but that could just be how it is, i forget. cd audio was perfectly clear. i left it on for a few hours and it started popping, both through the av out and the headphone jack.

I'm going to go and replace the pre amp ones and the other caps people have mentioned to see if that helps. none of the caps look physically bad, though they are so small its entirely possible theyve leaked and its not 100% obvious.

also, does anyone have any tips for removing these kinds of caps?

[General Gaming / Re: atari jaguar]

there are a few copies on ebay in the 20-100 range.

the high side is obviously inflated complete or "sealed" copies. ebay is a mess anymore, but thats another topic entirely.

i dont think its harder than any typical us saturn release to find. i believe it was released in japan as well as the uk.

[General Gaming / Re: atari jaguar]

jag is alright. i never had one when it was new, or even played one for that matter. just got one recently and...well you definitely have to have an appreciation for what goes into making a videogame to find some enjoyment with these. basically as was said, every game feels very unpolished, unfinished, or just vastly lacking in quality when compared to the more mainstream consoles.

many games suffer from really low frame rates, which is i think the biggest turn off. some games like tempest and rayman are excellent. some, like checkered flag, are not. i actually really like cybermorph and would love to try battlemorph but i dont have a cd.

i got a 3do at the same time and...its terrible. i dont know if its just my console or all 3dos (i could never get a straight answer out of anyone) but they exhibit some serious interlace flicker. the screen practically jumps up and down its so bad, and ive tried it on multiple tvs. it actually looks better on an lcd hdtv simply because it cant flicker. the games more often than not suffer from poor framerates (15-20fps) and nearly every game worth playing has been ported to saturn or ps1. many games have that multimedia cd-rom feel, or just an unfinished unpolished one.

while the jag has a few "true classics" (rayman, tempest, avp...though the first two are on saturn and psx) the 3do's library is largely forgettable.

theyre both neat systems to try out but you might tire of them quickly. i really kinda regret getting them as it was quite a bit of money that couldve been used more productively. and i already have a saturn and ps1. i just didnt know so many of the games were just not worth it. the flicker of the 3do just kills it (gives me a headace), and the low framerates of most jag games kill them too.


i briefly compared tempest 2000 on jag and saturn and if you dont play one, you wont be able to tell what youre missing. i think the saturn has some scoring bugs or differences, the star field patterns seem to be different, and the shading/coloring on the playfield is a little different (jag actually looks better.) the saturn one has a better framerate.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: TONS of new stuff added 6/14 :)]

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[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: New IC Region Mod Chips!]

http://www.ee.washington.edu/stores/DataSheets/74ls/74ls157.pdf

its a quad 2-1 mux. its essentially the same as the one the thread is using but its cmos logic instead of analog circuitry i think (or is it ttl.)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: TONS of new stuff added 6/14 :)]

pm sent about the famicom.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: New IC Region Mod Chips!]

im curious to know why you would use the MC14551B over something a little more simple like a 74x157 which is about half the cost, and digital instead of analog. has the 157 been proven not to work?