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Yeah, I had the same issue. Part of the old guard OG crew here too lol.

I wanted to share this craaazyy benheck style portable mod:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e9FhIZkm4cw
Pretty wild!

Its great to see the love here. And Im glad these forums are preserved!

I still do lots of retro gaming stuff, but more designing than modding nowadays. Although I have hundreds of repair videos on youtube so thats been cool. But its not the same as having the oldskool communities on forums like ...

I actually did some PS One LCD modding and repair this past week, which I'll post in the forums later! I have no problem starting new threads and reviving this place a little bit :))

I've been designing new PCBs for retro game systems these days, and I bet Ben wouldn't mind if I shared some of the ...

This thread title is big oof right now.

It seems to come and go...the server has gone up and down a number of times.

I'm glad it's back again (again)! It's a wonderful repository of classic original not-easy-to-find modding and hacking (esp. for LCD screens). I hope Ben and everyone is doing well!

Amazingly, a lot of info still survives on the web. But I thought since we love this screen so much its good to put all that info in one place!
Some of the best PS One info I've seen:
http://forums.modretro.com/index.php?threads/psone-screen-info-and-cutting-guide-wip.1669/
(thanks LOLtronicz ...

I just realized they came back when Element14 show ended. So it was Element14 that probably closed the forums to get us on their dumb site (contract BS I bet). But Ben kept the database...hooray!! Good work Ben

am I late to the party? How long ago did this happen? So cool to see these forms back online

Looking for one of the old rechargeable batteries that don't work. Just need the plastic shell to hack, will pay $10 + ship or trade something.

-Segasonicfan

Looking for the first generation Game Gear that has 2 ASIC chips and no blue BIOS screen when you first turn it on. I dont mind if it has leaky capacitors and has the dim screen problem. If your game gear turns on and boots right into the game without the "produced or licensed from" screen, I'm ...

if you have one that doesn't read discs (or worse) I want it! Drop me a line,

-Segasonicfan

Ah! I got it to work

BC547/8 ARE necessary, and that circuit does a solid job of making the composite sync!

What is required is special OLD drivers from nvida, called Forceware...download that and Powerstrip 3.90 or soft-15khz work like a charm!

Did anyone ever successfully do this? I've been trying recently, and I built that circuit. I used a BC548 instead of 547 since it looks to be the same chip.

However, using powerstrip or soft-15khz (another similar program for this project) with my Geforce 7800GT I had no success. I noticed that ...

well that's your opinion and I respect it but do disagree. I think anyone seeing it side by side would notice the difference. People may tolerate it but there is a difference. I modded a 3" portable TV screens years ago and when I did composite v. RGB it looked much nicer. Regardless of screen size ...

Congrats! These mods are not easy to do. I modded my 36" CRT for RGB and it has been a superb monitor for many years now