I have a TurboGrafx 16 (American system) that I want modded region

[kattare]

borked TG-CD's can be spendy.  If it's just the laser that is broken, you're only out ~$30 for a replacement.  If the brittle gear inside there is broken, you're out ~$50 for a CDR-35D unit that has swappable guts.

Hope that helps.  ;-)

[kattare]

Is this the one you're looking at?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350326849375&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Lemme know and I won't bid on it.  :-)

[kattare]

Like, soon... 1 day left.  =/

[_joshuaTurbo]

Is this the one you're looking at?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350326849375&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Yeah she's the one.  I dunno how much higher I want to go though.  I'll go to $40 ish, but no higher, won't hurt my feelings if ya win it

Nice thing is, the seller told me he'd meet me at MGC to pick up item rather than pay the shipping charges.  =)

Lemme know and I won't bid on it.  :-)

[ceti alpha]

Is this the one you're looking at?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350326849375&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Yeah she's the one.  I dunno how much higher I want to go though.  I'll go to $40 ish, but no higher, won't hurt my feelings if ya win it

Nice thing is, the seller told me he'd meet me at MGC to pick up item rather than pay the shipping charges.  =)

Lemme know and I won't bid on it.  :-)

Woa! I just read this and clicked on the ebay link and there was 1 minute and 4 seconds left.

OK. So it jumped from $41 US to $67.93 US in the last couple seconds. I'm guessing you didn't go higher than the 41$ turbo?

[blueraven]

$68 is quite a bit; past my cap but at least it came with a power supply.

 

[_joshuaTurbo]

yeah, its probably best I didn't win it anywhoo.  if 16-bit/madgear is selling cause he can't fix it, its probably pretty F'd.

I'll keep looking tho!!

[kattare]

My cap on these is about $50 shipped, much past that and by the time you repair it, add a TG-16 to it, and a 3.0 system card, you're in the $200+ range and you woulda been better off with a Duo, not even accounting for time spent on the repairs.  I frequently wonder who's spending $82 bucks on something like this thinking it's a good deal.

[Necromancer]

I frequently wonder who's spending $82 bucks on something like this thinking it's a good deal.

I'd guess it's someone gambling that it'll be an easy fix (blown fuse, cracked solder, operator error, etc.).

[_joshuaTurbo]

I may have found a quick fix to this situation... maybe...

I found a sale of a fried Power base and working CD-rom2 unit (Allegedly)  and a Working Power base unit and Non working DC-rom2 unit that doesn't spin the disc's. 

Maybe I can Frankenstein these into one working system?  Anyway- the whole two sales were far less expensive than the one ebay Auction we were looking at.  =)  And I got a CD-rom2 system card (Maybe 2) in the deal! 

-TS

[ceti alpha]

I may have found a quick fix to this situation... maybe...

I found a sale of a fried Power base and working CD-rom2 unit (Allegedly)  and a Working Power base unit and Non working DC-rom2 unit that doesn't spin the disc's. 

Maybe I can Frankenstein these into one working system?  Anyway- the whole two sales were far less expensive than the one ebay Auction we were looking at.  =)  And I got a CD-rom2 system card (Maybe 2) in the deal! 

-TS

Hopefully this will get you back in action.  This was the Atari Age deal?

[_joshuaTurbo]

I may have found a quick fix to this situation... maybe...

I found a sale of a fried Power base and working CD-rom2 unit (Allegedly)  and a Working Power base unit and Non working DC-rom2 unit that doesn't spin the disc's. 

Maybe I can Frankenstein these into one working system?  Anyway- the whole two sales were far less expensive than the one ebay Auction we were looking at.  =)  And I got a CD-rom2 system card (Maybe 2) in the deal! 

-TS

Hopefully this will get you back in action.  This was the Atari Age deal?

yes sir!  Two actually-  Really liking the site BTW- thank you for the linkage!! 

[unclebugspayton]

I just got my system back for D-Lite And its Sweeeeeeeeeet! Working Perfect.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Ok, doing a little searching around. It seems that the AC adapter for the Turbo CD power base unit is pretty pricey....

ugh... 

I think I have a working power base and working CD unit, and all I hope I need is an AC adapter....

I should have just pounced on a Duo R...... *sigh*

Anyone know of a place to get less expensive AC adapters?

[kattare]

They're not too horribly priced at radio shack.  Can't remember the exact tip, but if you take in the unit most shacks have the test plugs where you can figure it out.  Once you have the plug figured out you just have to figure out the polarity (should be right on the unit) and the voltage/amperage.  I believe you're looking for a 12v, 1.5a adapter.  (someone please correct me if I'm wrong)

If you're not comfortable with going the radio shack route, I can probably custom make you an adapter that would work.  I'd just have to pull my TG-CD unit out of the attic to test it on.  Been a while since I played on it, the duo-r is a lot more convenient.