Megadrive/Genisis switchless mods???

Discussion in 'Sega Discussion' started by cde, May 17, 2008.

  1. hl718

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    Laziness is the mother of invention. :)

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    segaloco Enthusiastic Member

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    Heh, I still prefer switches, no matter how "inventive" switchless is. It also helps with hardware debugging and such, if I were to ever test a rom on a real system, I would love to be able to play with region switches, make sure that 50/60Hz doesnt mess with anything I put in. (I doubt it would, but still.)
     
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    you can connect RESET on pin 20 of the 68k (it's in the right upper corner of the board).

    to bad you can't change modes without reseting the system.
     
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    Wouldn't it be cool to make the bi/tri-color LEDs replace the model 2 Megadrive power light? I might try this.
     
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    I think you must be aware of this but I don't find it anywhere on the forum:

    Megadrive switchless by DForce3000:
    http://dforce3000.de/index.php?p=news&t=mod

    I do it on my Jap Megadrive and it works like a charm.
    But the Led size is too large for the original megadrive led hole.

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    Have you tried this mod and if so, what did you do?
     
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    Bad_Ad84 The Tick

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    You could sand the led to make it smaller.
     
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    Emperor Udan Spirited Member

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    I finally finished it and it works perfectly. :Rock:

    I used dremel to bring the led as close as possible to the hole from inside.
    Looking at the megadrive from outside is now like the original.

    Thanks DForce3000. :clap:
     
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    So - a thought...
    (I'm not sure much about PAL games as I have none)
    JP Megadrive games appear to have a notch partway down the side...
    US Genesis games do not...

    How about an optical sensor for region auto-switch?
     
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