Sega Mega Drive Model 1 Different versions ????

Hey guys,

Back with another console to enquirer about, (I bought about 15 consoles for £25 so been going thought them slowly.)

I have come to find a MD M1 and it has a EXT port and it isn't just cut out there is a connection there, I thought it was normal as I don't really play/ use Sega stuff.

So I got another one in the box of consoles and I was wrong this one didn't have it, but they were both PAL models, so I was just wondering what you can use the EXT for and what the differences are in the console models.

Cheers again.

PICS BELOW

EXT port on bottom

EXT port on left

One with EXT slot

One with no EXT slot

 

15 consoles for £25! Man you got a bargain right there...

I just did a quick search and came up with this - http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?11551-the-EXT-port-on-old-Genesis

Also according to Wikipedia:

On the front of the console are two controller input ports, which use 9-pin male D-subminiature connectors.[SUP][107][/SUP] On the rear of all first-model Japanese Mega Drive units and on early American Genesis and PAL (European, Australasian and Asian) Mega Drive units is the EXT input port; a DE-9F (9-pin female D-connector) that was used with the Meganet modem peripheral, released only in Japan.

 

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Ok awesome, how do I find if this could be a DEV kit ? I may take it apart and post some pics.

So is there any differences you know off ?

 

It's not a devkit just an early PAL model, I used to have three of them, I still have a boxed one like this.

 

No EXT port is pretty common.

Less often seen for us, is no RF port. Japan and France at least had such a model.

I believe PAL consoles without TMSS license screen are rarer than NTSC. Worse is they're harder to reliably identify.

 

Have a read of this

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showth...-good-Genesis-1s-and-Genesis-2s-from-bad-ones

No VA7 (as far as I am aware, not in Australia anyway) MD1 for PAL. They are easy to tell as the power port sit further in on the back of the case.

The unit without the DE9 port will have the spot for it on the motherboard, just not fitted. But it makes for a top spot for ordinary AV plugs. Removing the RF box makes for a good spot for a s-video socket.