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#61

Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread

Last post by NightWolve - 12/10/2024, 02:29 AM

Made from a deleted PCE/TurboGrafx YouTube video I extracted out of WayBack.
See: pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?msg=208700
(ep: Retro Hardware - TurboGrafx-16 via youtube.com/user/TheGameStation)



Big Wayback TurboGrafx-CD Surprise! ; ) To illustrate how big the original TurboGrafx-CD box was, I guess this YouTube content creator had a friend hide behind it and then stand up to say "Surprise!" Unless he found the clip from someone else. And I dunno why he deleted the video, pretty well edited and short, to the point about Hudson/NEC legacy...

#62

News / Re: The Brothers DuoMazov 2.0 ...

Last post by NightWolve - 12/02/2024, 01:34 AM

pcengine-fx.com/reviews/duomazov/
pcengine-fx.com/reviews/duomazov/ys-book-i-and-ii.html
pcengine-fx.com/reviews/duomazov/ys-iv-dawn-of-ys.html


I took a quick excursion tonight to make my small collection of DuoMazov reviews format better on mobile (Android phone in my case). : )

Here's how it looks on my Samsung Galaxy OLED. Quick'n'dirty CSS dynamic media resizing I learned, good enough.

The way that Nat coded the pages made it pretty easy to work something up in a few hours. So the width is changed to 100%, all images to 49%, and the title & side bars made invisible when the window/screen width is < 720-860px using dynamic support in CSS (JavaScript not necessary).

Future: Yeah, I'd still like to build a script to download/process the whole site some day from WayBack, or if Nat has all the files in a local HDD to share, that'd be nice too!

P. S. In case I didn't mention here, I did start a preliminary Perl script for such a purpose to work with Wayback and used it to download the TurboStation-16 PCEFX section that Aaron deleted in 2003:

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/TS/


Also, try the "?dir" command option I added to the site to access all media/images:

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/TS/?dir

Not everything was saved in Wayback, most of the videos and audio files were lost unfortunately. But lots of manual scans were recovered, nearly all - I patched some missing ones and ~2 Falcom audio tracks.

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/TS/mp3_selections_-_ys_collection.html

_{► /mp3/Ys Piano Collection 2 - 06.mp3}

_{► /mp3/TOWER OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH-04.mp3}

#63

Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo CD-Rom issue

Last post by djsote - 11/20/2024, 03:43 AM

Thanks for your answer, i go to check all the vias if i see something.

Thanks again!

#64

Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo CD-Rom issue

Last post by NightWolve - 11/19/2024, 03:31 PM

I got a hold of Steve on that, the PCE EE expert, he says:

That sounds like no response from the Sony chips. Odds are it's a bad via again... Could be anywhere between the card slot and the motor controller. This time it's likely data bus, not power.

Sounds like you need to go on a via repair-spree! Clean and repair as many vias as you can. Between the card slot and motor controller helps narrow an area down but I'd go further since others are likely to fail and cause unpredictable symptoms/problems.

So sand, flux, maybe push clean copper inbetween the via where you can see it stick out both sides and then solder it. And of course check continuity from both sides to make sure the traces are restored when finished to be 100% it's repaired.

Good luck!

#65

Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo CD-Rom issue

Last post by djsote - 11/19/2024, 10:30 AM

You want a photo of the area? Do you not know what a via looks like?? It's a drilled hole to divert a trace from one side to the other, top to bottom. If it's corroded you can shine it up with sand paper, both sides, add flux and then apply solder both sides! That should restore full conductivity/continuity. Once finished, check continuity with a DMM that you get 0 to low Ohms.

Thanks for your answer.

I found the via and solved it, but now, the laser go down when i power on the pce. But the disc not spin, and when i hit run button, doesnt do nothing. Change the message to please wait and nothing, doesnt spin, and doesnt read nothing.

Any ideas?

Regards

#66

Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo CD-Rom issue

Last post by NightWolve - 11/09/2024, 10:50 PM

You want a photo of the area? Do you not know what a via looks like?? It's a drilled hole to divert a trace from one side to the other, top to bottom. If it's corroded you can shine it up with sand paper, both sides, add flux and then apply solder both sides! That should restore full conductivity/continuity. Once finished, check continuity with a DMM that you get 0 to low Ohms.

#67

Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo CD-Rom issue

Last post by djsote - 11/08/2024, 10:17 AM

what KC said was correct
there are 2 huge traces that run across the front of the unit sending 5V to the CD system
the VIA near the 47uf caps by the LED gets eaten away and you lose 5V to the chips causing this issue

Hi,

Can you show me, whats is this via? Because i have the same problem. 2,4v in the first 2 pins of the spinner.

#68

Off-Topic / Re: Audio Interview with Victo...

Last post by NightWolve - 11/04/2024, 12:26 AM

I got a special one for ya retro fans and figured I might as well append it here!

GameSack @Joe Redifer, Coury of My Life in Gaming, sat down to chat today with none other than Victor Ireland of Working Designs!

They're discussing the recent Lunar remasters by GungHo America (AKA exXSEED Part Deux).

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/881c616e-7520-4271-9913-814372d1d165?t=120

https://retrohangover.captivate.fm/episode/interview-with-victor-ireland-ft-coury-of-mlig-joe-of-game-sack

#69

PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Some important NEWS about ...

Last post by Keith Courage - 11/01/2024, 06:26 AM

I've added an example/demo to show what I want exactly:

That's from macross.fandom.com. So imagine the 20-year PCEFX history of 20,000+ images being displayed/filtered like that at the top of the forum, randomized order every time you refresh, and if you click on one it takes you to the thread/post, etc. It'd be a 20-year walk down memory lane for random OG veterans/visitors. That's what we can do to celebrate/preserve!

But yeah, first I need to finish disabling broken/lost images where there's no hope, and finish repairing the ones that are recoverable, mostly thanks to WayBack, or manual detective work like you saw in this example with expiring Sega-16 links. Melf lost his webmaster and that's part of why he's ready to say good-bye and go archive mode, but I can do my own IT from 25 years ago, so I don't have to pay anyone else, I just need hosting/domain costs, then time/motivation.

Here is a flyer/promo I got from the 92 Consumer electronics show in Chicago.

#70

Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC-Engine Duo-RX CD-Rom Is...

Last post by NightWolve - 10/20/2024, 09:56 AM

I'm also looking forward to any good games that have been released since FX-Unit Yuki I should check out or any new noteworthy translation projects that have come out since then as I've not really been paying attention to the scene, for example did the Kaze no Xanadu I&II trans/english dub ever come out?

Same story with the Legend of Xanadu projects unfortunately: SamIAm got too busy with a growing family so that hobby work was put on indefinite hold/hibernation... The FX-Unit Yuki team however is working on a new PCE homebrew I noted in the forum news/chat modules.

Anyway, congrats on fixing your CD laser, that's the type of DIY success stories I like to see!