i did a few side projects with the duo.
First i harvested the laser cover from that NEC cd drive (look above post) to replace the missing one in my duo:
perfect fit. Might paint it brown or black but i think it looks ok.
next i recycled the NEC cd drives power supply by changing its tip to a duo's sized tip i got from a electronics supply:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/jetbue7/ccc-1.jpgworks great,tested it for over an hour of play no overheating on the unit or adapter.
when i ordered that turbo duo sized plug i decided to order some other plugs for a ac adapta plug side project.
Plugs were ordered from
http://www.electronicplus.com/. they don't seem to have a minimum order.
This place also has plugs but they have a $20 minimum http://minute-man.com/
I wanted to be able to use the ac adapters of the 3 main common systems on my turbo duo. The SNES,Sega genesis 1 and 2.
I was able to get the plugs for the genny 1 and genny 2. The snes plug is harder to find and i found it at the $20 minimum order place but all i want is 1 plug.(is a cheapo)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/jetbue7/yyyy.jpgjust has the turbo duo male and genny 1 and 2 female. The genny 2 was straight through wires the genny 1 has the wires reversed.
Behold as i bend sega hardware to do turbo duo's bidding!:
If i can get that really small sega ac adapter that was with the genesis 3 i can have a really tiny adapter for my duo
The specs are:
TurboDuo
Input: 120V AC 60HZ 16W
Output: 10V DC 1000Ma
positive tip
plug Outer Diameter 6.3mm. Inner Diameter 3.0mm
radio shack adaptaplug type Q
Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNS-002
Input AC 120V 60Hz 17W
Output 10V DC 850Ma
Negative Tip
INLINE POWER PLUG WITH CENTER PIN
O.D. 7.5mm I.D. 4.5 with a pin 1mm
No radioshack plug
Genesis MK-1602
Input: 120V 60Hz 17W
Output: 9V DC 1.2A
Negative Tip
plug O.D. 5.5mm I.D. 2.1mm
radioshack adaptaplug type M
nomad,32x,genesis 2,pico MK-2103
Input: 120V AV 60Hz 15W
Output: 10V DC 0.85A
positive tip
plug O.D. 4.75mm. I.D. 1.7mm
radio shack adaptaplug type C
there technical names are coaxial plug type or coaxial power plugs and pcb mount power female or pcb mounted coaxial jacks.
I tested the genny 2 plug for over an hour with my duo with no problem. No over heating on either the duo or ac adapter but genny 2 ac's do get hot even when plugged in a genesis. I haven't been able to find my genny 1 ac adapter. Gave it away or its in this maze of a house. It is untested but will be soon.
The SNES one will have to wait till i can find a cheaper female plug.
Odd things i noticed when putting the original ac adapters to a multimeter is that all of them have higher voltages than whats printed on the label. snes 13v,genny 2 12.5v,genny 1 ?(cant find) I don't have a original turbo duo ac but if its like the one i recycled it has a reading of 12 v.
The Universal ac adapter ive been using is at 9v 900 ma and has an accurate reading on the meter.
As soon as i started using the nec recycled and the genny 2 ac adapter cd games seemed to go faster. faster loading times especially with Dracula x. Could just be my eyes playing tricks on me but i never seen the konami logo show up so fast before. I think my old ac adapter was way underpowered and effected everything. I don't even hear that much searching noises from the lens and stuff. I cant say anything for sure till i do more testing like have my 2 duos run with my old ac and the new ac and connect them to 2 tv's. But il do that later.
If you guys make anything like this be very careful and make sure the wires are rightly set to negative and positive and stuff. Don't explode your system