FS: Turbo Grafx 16 CD Case, Duo Power supply, Raffle TG-16 Hu-Sleeves

[Bernie]

Forgot I had this stored in my closet.  Got an extra black case, in good condition.  If anyone needs/wants one, please PM me.  I cannot remember what I paid for this, as I have a few of em.  I will consider any offers if someone is interested.  Being as bulky as it is, I will ask for exact shipping.  Keeping it in the USA...unfortunately USPS is now in the business of highway robbery when it comes to shipping, even to Canada... 

RetroGameCave Turbo Duo/PC Engine Duo power supply.  I paid 23 shipped for it, bought it as an extra.  Asking 16 USD shipped.  Those who have one of these know how nice they are.   

And a RAFFLE...  1 pack of HuCARD sleeves and 1 half pack.  From seymore onion.  These are really nice sleeves, specially for replacing the yellowed ones that are most likely in your cases now..    To be in the raffle, just reply you want in for the sleeves. 

[elderbroom]

I'd like in the on the sleeves .. if possible.  I am in Canada, but assume the exception is for the first item.  If won, I'd gladly cover shipping via Paypal.

And yes they are really screwing us for shipments into Canada. I ordered a single TED cover from Shapeways and they charged $11.50 for shipping on something that small and light.  But I just had to have one anyway.

I am going to have to get a service that provides a US address as I am a quick drive into Buffalo, NY to pickup items. Add that to my list of things to do  ;-)

[johnnymad]

Please put me in the raffle. Have a few sleeveless cards.

[johnnykonami]

I would be down for some sleeves!  And thank you for raffling them!

[CPTRAVE]

Don't need sleeves, but I'm interested in the Turbo Case

[NightWolve]

Yeah, I think could use an extra sleeve or two, raffle me in, bud!

Hmmmm, I think I want that special, well-regulated power supply, Bernie!! OK, we got a deal on that one!!!! PM sent!!! Those keep the outside power regulated to 10 Volts exactly, so that's easier on the inside regulators.

The cheap, standard power supply that Hudson/NEC supplied is the usual basic set up: a dry transformer, 4 diodes to form a bridge rectifier for AC to DC conversion, a smoothing capacitor across at 10,000 uF, and even a fuse. It's cheap, and in my house when supplied with like 126 VAC, it ouputs 12 DCVolts (when the thing is rated at 10 V). Just means the internal regulators of the Turbo Duo burn off that extra voltage into heat, but that wears 'em down faster.

Ya know, I did actually do a successful 5 V mod on my SNES (it uses a cheap 10 V standard power supply as well) after the internal regulator burned out (could even add a USB port to power it now), but I don't think I would EVER want to try that with my Turbo Duo. Besides, it has two 5 V regulators, one for the motherboard, the other for the CD component, so probably best to leave it as be!

Quick note while on this subject, I would REALLY recommend to people to get rid of that 3 Amp fuse inside your Turbo Duos, add fuse clip holders, and switch to a 1 Amp fuse. A fuse mod is a good idea to protect the motherboard, the ICs/chips really! I think they made a bad decision in using 3 Amp fuses for protection.

[ifkz]

Please add me to the raffle, I have a lot of loose Hucards in cases that could really use these sleeves.

[NightWolve]

RetroGameCave Turbo Duo power supply is sold!

I wanted to buy that after seeing it on their website long ago, but I didn't like some $23 price for a power supply. Bernie's price for a used one however was much more acceptable.

[Desh]

RetroGameCave Turbo Duo power supply is sold!

I wanted to buy that after seeing it on their website long ago, but I didn't like some $23 price for a power supply. Bernie's price for a used one however was much more acceptable.

Hmm... I would gladly pay $30.00 for a new one if they were still available (they're sold out).  I don't like the fact that I'm throwing extra voltage at my PCE DUO by using the O.E. power supply. 

[NightWolve]

Well, all you need is a regulated 10 VDC supply rated at 1000 mA or more which you can find on eBay. $30 bucks is way over-paying for that. Then you could just take the male plug from your original Turbo Duo supply and put it on the new one. Same thing. Was thinking of doing that but it wasn't much of a priority, then Bernie's deal here came up, so.

[Desh]

Well, all you need is a regulated 10 VDC supply rated at 1000 mA or more which you can find on eBay. $30 bucks is way over-paying for that. Then you could just take the male plug from your original Turbo Duo supply and put it on the new one. Same thing. Was thinking of doing that but it wasn't much of a priority, then Bernie's deal here came up, so.

My issue with this is I don't want to cut up the O.E. power supply.  I've been searching for the correct connector (with no luck) as I have a power supply on hand that would work fine if I can find the right connector.  I believe it's a "Q" DC jack.  I can find many variations of the female jack but am having a hard time finding the male connector.  Even if I were to pay $30.00 it would be worth it to me knowing it's a brand new item that has already been tested for my exact application, plus it saves me a bit of a hassle.  I really want to protect me investment since I recapped it and I finished the homemade region mod on it last night.  Tonight I think I'm going to build the RGB amp and start deciding where I want all of that to go.

P.S. I followed your advice and dumped the original fuse in favor of a 1 amp.

[NightWolve]

My issue with this is I don't want to cut up the O.E. power supply.

See, what I was gonna do probably is open up the original, desolder the wires from the PCB, open the new one, and resolder straight to it. That way, I wouldn't have a cut, and black electrical tape on the wire externally somewhere. It'd be one piece. That's the way to do it. However, if protecting the original (O.E.) for reselling some day is of interest, then you probably don't wanna render it obsolete like that.

P.S. I followed your advice and dumped the original fuse in favor of a 1 amp.

Oh cool, yeah, I learned my lesson from my SNES... I kept getting surges while modding it and I burned out all my 1 to 1.5 Amp fuses, then I had like a 2 or 3 Amp one left in stock, thought it wouldn't happen again, and it did... When I finally got another fuse, I found that certain games were showing graphics corruption... Long story short, I learned that the surge had damaged one of the SRAM chips... So THEN I bought a pack of 40 1 Amp fuses on eBay for $4 bucks from a Chinese seller... But if I had just been patient and not used a 2-3 Amp one at hand, I could've avoided permanent damage like that...

The Turbo Duo on paper says it draws 850 mA (normal operating range), close to an amp, but if a 1 Amp fuse burns out on ya, a 1.5 Amp one would be more proper then and should be OK (SNES by default uses a 1.5 Amp pico fuse, has to be resoldered if it blows). I definitely think a 3 Amp one is too high and unnecessarily so.

[ifkz]

Well, all you need is a regulated 10 VDC supply rated at 1000 mA or more which you can find on eBay. $30 bucks is way over-paying for that. Then you could just take the male plug from your original Turbo Duo supply and put it on the new one. Same thing. Was thinking of doing that but it wasn't much of a priority, then Bernie's deal here came up, so.

My issue with this is I don't want to cut up the O.E. power supply.  I've been searching for the correct connector (with no luck) as I have a power supply on hand that would work fine if I can find the right connector.  I believe it's a "Q" DC jack.  I can find many variations of the female jack but am having a hard time finding the male connector.  Even if I were to pay $30.00 it would be worth it to me knowing it's a brand new item that has already been tested for my exact application, plus it saves me a bit of a hassle.  I really want to protect me investment since I recapped it and I finished the homemade region mod on it last night.  Tonight I think I'm going to build the RGB amp and start deciding where I want all of that to go.

P.S. I followed your advice and dumped the original fuse in favor of a 1 amp.

Here is your connector, search for this number on ebay:  321057538152
I hope this helps!  I am using it on my own rebuilt Duo.

[vestcoat]

unfortunately USPS is now in the business of highway robbery when it comes to shipping, even to Canada... 

This is due to Bush's "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act" passed in 2006. It requires the USPS to prefund health benefits for employees that haven't been born yet to the tune of $5-6 BILLION a year. Not surprisingly, the postal service's annual profits have disappeared and they've been in the red ever since.

[NightWolve]

This is due to Bush's "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act" passed in 2006. It requires the USPS to prefund health benefits for employees that haven't been born yet to the tune of $5-6 BILLION a year. Not surprisingly, the postal service's annual profits have disappeared and they've been in the red ever since.

Never heard of this, but looking it up shows that they stopped diverting money to that fund in June of 2011 and it hasn't resumed since or on & off. That'd be about a 3 year period of deferrals (not 100% sure on resumption, though - came from uncited Wiki source). I also think that just cause a president doesn't veto a bill but signs it, it doesn't mean he "owns it" essentially as if he fought for the idea. The major politicians responsible for drafting this law were Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Tom Davis (R-VA), Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) - 2 democrats, 2 republicans.

Another point about the law that's made to defend it is that USPS would be worse off debt-wise without the changes it made because of prior mandated funding for military pensions and some pension escrow fund, this: "These payments would have cost the Postal Service $2.9 billion more over ten years than the Postal Service is required to pay into the Retiree Health Benefits Fund.  This would have left the Postal Service in a worse financial position today."

EDIT: So, it didn't pay anything again to that fund in 2013 actually judging by this article. Quote: "USPS already owes $16.7 billion to the fund that it was unable to pay in fiscal 2013."

I wondered if resumption had occurred since Waxman's page says that "In 2017, four years from now, the obligation to prefund the Retiree Health Benefits Fund ceases." and his page was published in May 2013. Anyway, not sure on the resumption issue since the first 2011 deferral, but from what I'm reading, this fund/law is not the cause of the problem and it was there before.