Book: Internationally Applicable?

Robbie Nekoda · Post by **Robbie Nekoda** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:38 pm

Hi!

I'm really pumped about the idea of building a portable SNES, and this book looks like just the thing I need. However, since it applies to the US, will it be applicable in the UK, in terms of voltage and such? Since the UK usually needs voltage adaptors to run US stuff, I don't want to fry all my equipment by using the wrong voltage!

Thanks!

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:51 pm

voltage is voltage. The reason you need the adapters is because your outlets give 220 volts, while ours give 120.

Robbie Nekoda · Post by **Robbie Nekoda** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:56 pm

Yeah. But the thing is, if I was gonna make a handheld Snes, I'd need to import a MiniSnes while all the rest of the materials would be from the UK. Add to the the fact that the book is apparently written only for the US...would it be safe?

Sorry, I'm new.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:02 pm

Robbie Nekoda wrote:Yeah. But the thing is, if I was gonna make a handheld Snes, I'd need to import a MiniSnes while all the rest of the materials would be from the UK. Add to the the fact that the book is apparently written only for the US...would it be safe?

Sorry, I'm new.

There shouldn't be any difference between UK parts and US parts. And the book should be apliccable anywhere you can buy the parts in the book.

Robbie Nekoda · Post by **Robbie Nekoda** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:04 pm

I see.

One more question, probably a real nooby one: Can I use a regular PAL snesinstead of a minisnes?

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:07 pm

no get a pal snes junior

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:08 pm

Robbie Nekoda wrote:I see.

One more question, probably a real nooby one: Can I use a regular PAL snesinstead of a minisnes?

Not unless you use a PAL PSone screen. I'm not sure what model ben used in his handmade SNESp.

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:08 pm

Ahh... The question that hurts to hear.

YES!

Robbie Nekoda · Post by **Robbie Nekoda** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:12 pm

nos_slived wrote:Ahh... The question that hurts to hear.

YES!

Heh.

Forgive me, I haven't the faintest clue what to do as of yet. I'm just a guy with a screwdriver, a soldering iron and a lot of enthusiasm.

Jack: I don't think the Snes Jr was released over here. Hm...

I trust the book will tell of how to convert a regular Snes as well as a Minisnes?

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:15 pm

it was it was called the junior in europe and japan but the mini or v2 here.

TheTooth · Post by **TheTooth** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:43 pm

I trust the book will tell of how to convert a regular Snes as well as a Minisnes?

The book only tells how to make a portable out of a mini-snes. This is because the snes board is huge, too huge, in fact, to make a viable portable. NES, mini-snes, PSOne, and atari 2600 are the only systems covered in the book.

On the bright side, it's a fantastically well written book and even someone brand new to electronics can follow the directions and come out with a professional looking portable.

Post by **benheck** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 6:48 pm

If you get a PAL SNES and a PAL screen you should be fine. This goes for other systems as well.

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:51 pm

Robbie Nekoda wrote:
nos_slived wrote:Ahh... The question that hurts to hear.

YES!
Heh.

Forgive me, I haven't the faintest clue what to do as of yet. I'm just a guy with a screwdriver, a soldering iron and a lot of enthusiasm.

Don't worry about it. Like others said, it is big and isn't coverred in the book, but it would work.

Glad to hear that you're pumped.

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:02 pm

Take a potato. Cut it, fry it, mash it, julienne it, bake it, stomp on it and drive over it. In the end, it's still a potato.

Take electricity. Add to it, resist it, amplify it, change it from AC to DC and back, and what do you have in the end? Electricity.

I'm just saying that all the difference between countries' electrical systems is the amount of electricity and the shape of the plug.

As long as you don't mix NTSC and PAL together without an adaptor, you should be okay.