Author Topic: PCE-volution Poster Giveaway - Winner Selected  (Read 3456 times)

futurematt

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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #75 on: September 10, 2010, 04:38:13 AM »
....As far as the RAU-30 + the SCD/LTAd.... yeah good luck finding someone with all those pieces for a pic.  Technically, it would fall inside the guidelines of an unmodded setup, so if anyone has these two pieces and parts to connect on each end.... give me a pic and a name for the setup, and I will find a way to add it to the poster.... the more ridiculous the setup the better.... I would like to limit this to only one of these insane combos though (if I get any at all). 

Since the LTSCDAd doesn't fit on the IFU directly, does it work on the tail end of the RAU?  This may be a case where the only option is to put the RAU on the tail end of the LTSCDAd, which means it would have to be a SCD2 setup....   Can anyone confirm this?

LOL! Connecting two adaptors together is pretty daft, especially as I have reasons to suspect that signal quality may well be lost in all those (32?) pin port connectors - my RAU30 bust pretty quick if that's anything to go by...
you mean connecting the SCDLTad to the the grey female end of the RAU 30, as opposed to the cheerful white 'faux pc engine' male inseminator end...?! I'm sure that would work cos the SCDLTad has a small 'male' end (!!) which goes up into the SCDROM2. The SCDLTad would never fit into the actual IFU 30 though cos it's too chunky, and would look absolutely awful in any case.
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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #76 on: September 10, 2010, 11:30:48 AM »
Yeah, it wasn't meant for the IFU-30, so I kinda figured it would have the same issue on the gray end of the RAU-30.  Even my craziness didn't come up with the stacked adapters, but in theory it would work... losses and all!  LOL 

No poster in the mail today.  I'm crossing my fingers that I will get it tomorrow.


....As far as the RAU-30 + the SCD/LTAd.... yeah good luck finding someone with all those pieces for a pic.  Technically, it would fall inside the guidelines of an unmodded setup, so if anyone has these two pieces and parts to connect on each end.... give me a pic and a name for the setup, and I will find a way to add it to the poster.... the more ridiculous the setup the better.... I would like to limit this to only one of these insane combos though (if I get any at all). 

Since the LTSCDAd doesn't fit on the IFU directly, does it work on the tail end of the RAU?  This may be a case where the only option is to put the RAU on the tail end of the LTSCDAd, which means it would have to be a SCD2 setup....   Can anyone confirm this?

LOL! Connecting two adaptors together is pretty daft, especially as I have reasons to suspect that signal quality may well be lost in all those (32?) pin port connectors - my RAU30 bust pretty quick if that's anything to go by...
you mean connecting the SCDLTad to the the grey female end of the RAU 30, as opposed to the cheerful white 'faux pc engine' male inseminator end...?! I'm sure that would work cos the SCDLTad has a small 'male' end (!!) which goes up into the SCDROM2. The SCDLTad would never fit into the actual IFU 30 though cos it's too chunky, and would look absolutely awful in any case.
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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #77 on: September 15, 2010, 01:41:01 PM »
The poster came today... I'm a little disappointed.  The print on the silk turned out too fuzzy with the text and console images.  I'm gonna check around with different printers to see if I can get a reasonable price on a paper print.  If anyone has any suggestions on where to check, let me know.

The poster is 24"x40" but I think it would still be ok at about 22"x36" size.





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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #78 on: September 15, 2010, 09:01:18 PM »
What is this printed on, and why would you go with anything other than paper (except maybe Lambda Duraflex, which is expensive as hell)? I guess I missed that part of the thread.

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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #79 on: September 15, 2010, 11:13:51 PM »
The one I got is printed on silk.  It's a lot cheaper and worked great for other stuff, but it's just not good for text (the finished fot works out to be about 12pt for the text inside the boxes.)  You can read it, but it's not crisp - hence the reason I just got 1 test print.

The first quote I got for a paper would be $25 for a 24"x36" print, and I'm guessing it will cost a few dollars for me to ship, so I doubt many people want to pay $30 for a poster.  (The silk print I could sell at half that price, but I want it to be right.)  I'm going to check with other places and get specs for the paper and cost differences before I place any order.

I was thinking I would order 20 copies if I can get the final cost to be about $20. (which would be enough to cover everyone who has mentioned they want one + a couple extra). 
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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #80 on: September 16, 2010, 04:05:07 AM »
I was thinking I would order 20 copies if I can get the final cost to be about $20.


Have you looked into any of the online on-demand printing services, like CafePress (which is what Mr. Nanto uses to sell his lovely Legacy Poster).  One of them ought to get you close to that price and handle shipping troubles for you too.
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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #81 on: September 16, 2010, 05:29:52 AM »
I would rather have the thing on paper for whatever price. Paper is the most high res output method there is.

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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #82 on: September 21, 2010, 11:33:41 PM »
Paper sample came yesterday.  It's gonna be sweet!  I just need to do a little more editing before I order copies.

The posters will be a little under 24x36 and will be $15 + shipping (I think the poster tubes will be $5, but I will confirm and post in the first post). 

I'm only planning on ordering 15 or so copies unless more people tell me that they want one  (please send me a PM).  I'll be placing the order on the week of September 26, so let me know soon if possible.
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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #83 on: September 24, 2010, 08:18:25 PM »
I'm gonna try to squeeze in possibly the craziest of all setups:

Turbo Express + PCE GT Tuner + RCA to Miniplug Cable + PCE DUO RX + Rondo = DracX Special Huey:



If I can get the final tweaking done this weekend, I will place the order for prints next week.
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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #84 on: September 24, 2010, 08:35:23 PM »
Why isn't that Duo RX something wackier? An Express getting its signal from an LT (hooked to an IFU with the ROM ROM amp via the RAU-30) would be the most hilariously stupid thing ever since the LT already has a better screen.

Of course, you'd probably have to photoshop that...unless Tats wants to take a picture, or one of the very few others who actually own all that crap.

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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #85 on: September 25, 2010, 01:44:56 AM »
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Turbo Express + PCE GT Tuner + RCA to Miniplug Cable + PCE DUO RX + Rondo = DracX Special Huey:
If it's going to be on the poster, I think you should 'keep it in the family'. How about a TG-16 CD-Rom setup instead of the RX?
(fwiw, I actually did this once, with a video camera to make the rca->tuner connection, so I could tape a gameplay session.)

And if that's fair game, I'd love to see the briefcase hooked to the LT.....sort of the Japanese version of this.

As for the name, how about the 'Notso Portable'?

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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #86 on: September 25, 2010, 06:09:50 AM »
Since the LT fits directly into the briefcase like a regular PC Engine, I'm sure it will be on the poster.

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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #87 on: September 25, 2010, 09:58:28 AM »
Yes, the standard LT/IFU setup is already on the poster.
This is intended as the silliest getup.  I did this BITD just to be able to tell everyone I could play a CD game on the express.  I actually played about 70% through Drac this way, but it wore thin... the game's too much fun on the little screen.

The reason the setup was chosen this way

Express = Huey only!?  Of course....
Duo-RX = Last of the line for the hardware.....  :(
Dracula X = Often considered the system's greatest game  (Insert your own opinion)

What do they have in common?  "X", so that's why I chose them the way I did.
Maybe not as fun as Tat's version of the Drac X Special Huey, but I'm guessing more people have a Duo and and Express/Tuner than do any of the actual special hueys.


BTW, when I played through BITD, I hooked up the TGCD to the Express the same way. 

You actually do get Audio and Video with the RCA to Miniplug, but of course, the express will only serve as a monitor, and you will need to use the controller on your SCD setup to actually play. 

Just a novelty, but then again, so is the poster!
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Re: PCE-volution * System Hardware Family Tree
« Reply #88 on: September 26, 2010, 01:40:15 PM »
I'm going to remove the "system card" for the PC II

I can't confirm that this system is compatible with a CD Rom, but the image on the box shows a system card in the unit.  I would think the PC Boy is a brother to this unit and that one is 220V - wouldn't that make it incompatible with the IFU-30?  Not to mention, this is probably PAL as well.

Isn't there a similar issue with trying to connect a PAL/220V TG16PAL to a US TGCD base? 

Does anyone know if the electrical or broadcast issues would for sure eliminate this possibility?


I'm also trying to do some final cleanup.  I will be adding the LD-ROM2 logo since they are part of this family tree.  I used the text on this manual image for the NEC Laseractive logo - anyone know if I am way off on this one?  http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/laserdisc_archive/nec/nec_pce-ld1/nec_pce-ld1_manual.jpg

Here are direct links to some of the other images I've used:
PC-KD863G
http://www.pinkgorillagames.com/retro/PCE.pckd863g.jpg

X1 Twin
http://www2e.biglobe.ne.jp/~alf/computer/history/catalog/x1twin.jpg


Some other pics of the rarer stuff:
PC Boy
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2095/sany1136hw2.jpg

And another GREAT archive with tons of pics:
http://www.kaori30.com/index.php?action=liste&address=45&pos_offset=
Including The NEC LD-Rom2 Box
and someundentified items
UFO Super Game (White Shuttle Clone) listed as Shuttle Clone Blanc
http://kaori30.com/photo_blog.php?photo=71908.1.jpg
Pack Core Puissance 5 (Appears to be another Core Grafx clone)
and more great pics of the Vistar including it's box
http://kaori30.com/photo_blog.php?photo=71904.3.jpg











To go with the PC Boy, add in the Jamiko PC-II IC Card System (DY-730), a clone of the CoreGrafx I.
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Re: PCE-volution Poster Have Been Ordered! Should be Available week of 10/3
« Reply #89 on: October 03, 2010, 07:57:05 AM »
One of these days, I want to get an "upright vacuum" setup (SuperGrafX + Jp SCD2) with a duo tap, two NEC Ave 6-button pads, an Arcade Card, and a PCE flash HuCard... my life would be complete.  :p