Turbo Booster Plus

[Aeutlutian]

 I was Recently looking around on info About the Turbo Booster Plus and on a Topic here , I found out how to use it ,  So I made a Video ,


BTW , I never really knew much about the Turbo Booster plus, I have had it for 10 years or more LOL, I bought it with a TG16 for 1.50 at a Yard-sale, it had no Controller or power cord
, check out my other vids if you want

[Mishran]

I just so happen to be looking for a Turbo Booster. If you decide you don't want it anymore just let me know. I'm sure I have something I can trade you for it. Money, women, maybe total world domination? :-"

[Aeutlutian]

I just so happen to be looking for a Turbo Booster. If you decide you don't want it anymore just let me know. I'm sure I have something I can trade you for it. Money, women, maybe total world domination? :-"

 If I ever Find Another one  I will keep you in mind , But I have only Seen the one have in the wild , So I dunno might be awhile ,

[Dalder]

Not to derail the OP's thread. I happen to have several Turbo Boosters and Turbo Booster PLUS I will need to locate them and then test them. I will add them to my sale/trade thread someday soon.

[esteban]

Welcome, Aeutlutian.

[spenoza]

I wonder if the Turbo Booster Plus is a piece of hardware that could be created by the Turbo community. I guess it depends on the nature of the chips and firmware.

[Charlie]

Electronically/circuit-wise, almost definitely.

Mechanically/case/housing...depends. 

I typically just use an open PCB plugged into the expansion port, without any cover/enclosure.  Don't know how well that would go over for active gaming usage, though.  For example, my most current effort has RGB output, Hsync out, VSync out, VGA out, Composite Video out, Right/Left audio out, and a socket for a homebrew EProm.  (I could easily add a non-volatile memory chip.)   It sticks out, unprotected as it were, about 5 inches from the rear of the TG, and is about 8 inches long.  Kind of big for convenient usage/handlling by the average gameplayer.

So, what kind of cover, if any, would be used?  And, it cosmetics are significant, it would have to attach to the TG cleanly, like the original, which means plastic molding, etc. so it can slide into place.  But even if that's not important, you still have the awkward, exposed, rather large PCB hanging out.

Charlie

[nat]

You could probably just add a small project board inside the system itself with the memory chip on it, and mod the system for the A/V outputs and eliminate the need for any kind of external attachment altogether.

[turbogrfxfan]

why the need for the system card? i think i missed the point of the vid

[Necromancer]

So, what kind of cover, if any, would be used?  And, it cosmetics are significant, it would have to attach to the TG cleanly, like the original, which means plastic molding, etc. so it can slide into place.

Could they be made to fit inside the standard dust cover?

[Charlie]

Probably, but you'd have to have some way to get the signals out of the TG itself, to the circuit inside the dust cover, then out of the dust cover for access to the outside world.  Maybe a connector custom fitted into the TG case, the circuit inside the dust cover has a cable to connect to that connector, and then three RCA jacks mounted into the dust cover for output?

Charlie