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- dragonhead
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wont be an issue. im good at soldering. ive actually impressed a soldering tech from Rockwell Automation.G-force wrote:Good luck! soldering to the rom on the radica is about as easy as picking a nose hair from a pissed off rhino. It's not that the wiring is that hard... It's getting the rom off without ripping apart the board. Hopefully you'll have better luck than some of us have.
ive got a good iron and good braid.
by the way, i ordered the screen.
also, how true is the radica controller to the original?
and am i the only one who doesnt like tact switches for buttons? i plan to use mouse switches instead.
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Radica controllers are awesome, I don't know if the buttons either feel more clicky, or that my genesis controller buttons aren't at their finest because of use over the past.. erm... 13 years? lol.dragonhead wrote:wont be an issue. im good at soldering. ive actually impressed a soldering tech from Rockwell Automation.G-force wrote:Good luck! soldering to the rom on the radica is about as easy as picking a nose hair from a pissed off rhino. It's not that the wiring is that hard... It's getting the rom off without ripping apart the board. Hopefully you'll have better luck than some of us have.
ive got a good iron and good braid.
by the way, i ordered the screen.
also, how true is the radica controller to the original?
and am i the only one who doesnt like tact switches for buttons? i plan to use mouse switches instead.
I'm pretty sure there is hardly any difference between the SFII Radica and normal ones, and no, it can't play S3+S&K, i'll hold off on a genesis portable until it can play that
- dragonhead
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i bought the sonic 2 radica. i thought there was a mod for the radica that let it play those games. maybe ill buy a flashcart and write the combo rom to it (legal since ill own the real games anyway)Negative_Creep wrote:I'm pretty sure there is hardly any difference between the SFII Radica and normal ones, and no, it can't play S3+S&K, i'll hold off on a genesis portable until it can play that
any im just waiting for stuff to arrive now.
i found some crazy NiMH AA batteries i might get
YES THATS RIGHT! 2900MAH!! nearly 3Ah for one AA battery!
- dragonhead
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Having static is new, but sounding like crap is standard. The mix both stereo channels into one mono channel on the Radica, I guess to save on cabling. There's audio mods to separate stereo out and improve sound in this sticky: http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=17720dragonhead wrote:ok got the radica just now. played with it for a few. the sound was aweful! sounded static-y and overly loud. is this always the case? is there a fix? sounds like i can fix it with a resistor on the audio line.
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not if you fried something between the led and battery. Is the chip somewhere there? Did you scratch off a trace or snap the battery wires? Post a pic of it now, and maybe someone more knowledgeable then me can figure it out. Once I thought I fried my superjoy, only to find that I didn't put the battery pack in. I found this out 1 month later. Maybe that just means you shouldn't listen to me though.
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so i got the 2nd radica today. havnt torn it apart yet.
ive been rethinking my battery situation here. it seems that getting 6 nimh batteries and charger will cost more that buying a 7.2v LiION pack with protection chip and charger.
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?P ... rodID=1209
think 2000mah will be enough?
ive been rethinking my battery situation here. it seems that getting 6 nimh batteries and charger will cost more that buying a 7.2v LiION pack with protection chip and charger.
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?P ... rodID=1209
think 2000mah will be enough?
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well since its been rather slow here lately and im still waiting for my screen to arrive from china, i decided to start on the controls.
earlier i pulled apart an old answering machine, and what i found was about 2 dozen tact switches. so i decided to try to use those in the controls.
the result:
perfectly executed. mechanically and functionally sound.
the conclusion? Complete Failure. it feels AWFUL. i have determined that i HATE tact switches. no feedback and no button travel whatsoever. only that very subtle stiff click.
looks like its rubber dome for me!
oh by the way, anyone want to donate 3 NES controller buttons to a good cause? aka ME? all the buttons i have were in contoured controllers and therefore are not uniform in shape for a flat surface. i say NES because the DPAD im using (as you can see) is red.
earlier i pulled apart an old answering machine, and what i found was about 2 dozen tact switches. so i decided to try to use those in the controls.
the result:
perfectly executed. mechanically and functionally sound.
the conclusion? Complete Failure. it feels AWFUL. i have determined that i HATE tact switches. no feedback and no button travel whatsoever. only that very subtle stiff click.
looks like its rubber dome for me!
oh by the way, anyone want to donate 3 NES controller buttons to a good cause? aka ME? all the buttons i have were in contoured controllers and therefore are not uniform in shape for a flat surface. i say NES because the DPAD im using (as you can see) is red.
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