Mass Producable N64P...Coming soon!

Post by **Gamelver** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:33 pm

it'd be a whole new design, though, with custom made cases

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G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:27 pm

Go for it by all means. There are plenty of people who want something like this, and I'm not gonna make that many. Besides, competion is fun

I have yet another question to ask. I was going to paint the entire case blue, but it looked kind of drab, and the color of blue was the same as the 'B' button (oops). So, what I was thinking was painting the bottom case RED and the screen case BLUE. That way it would kind of have an inverted Mario-ish look to it. It would also take care of the B button problem. So how about it?

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:53 am

paint the whole thing orange!

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:46 pm

Back! In case anybody noticed, I have been gone for quite a while. I was temporarily banned from the PC by my parents...
So while I was suspended from PC activity, I got some work done on the N64. Oh yeah, I got the screen from Jeff. Took a while thanks to stupid mail service.

I tried my 8AA's with no regulators idea. The N64+screen ran for 30 minutes before resetting. I had to put a couple caps on the lines to get even that. So I guess that plan is out.

Then I tried using an old 3V ( it is actually 3.14V)car converter I had. It worked fine, but it had a problem. There was a weird noise coming from it. Sort of a squeal. It wasn't overheating or anything though, so I guess it could work if I could find a way to get rid of the noise. Ideas?

The only other idea I have is getting some 3.3V regs from digi-key, but I have had some bad experience with them over heating. Maybe Gamelver's idea of two 7805's and a resistor would work. I may try that.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:33 am

G-force wrote:Oh yeah, I got the screen from Jeff.

Sweet! Everything show up okay?

Also, now that its arrived, so I get added to the good trader list?

Post by **Gamelver** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:27 pm

hmmm.....I wonder if we could reengineer those 3V regulators from radioshack to output 3.3V....as I've said before, 3V isn't really enough for the 3.3V line....perhaps I'll draw up the circuit diagram of the 3V regulator

oh, and I know how ya feel about being banned from your PC...kind of...my dad set our router to only allow me access to the internet from 5:00 to 6:30

.....if only I could get the password for the router settings...*sigh*...

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:29 pm

Jeff wrote:
G-force wrote:Oh yeah, I got the screen from Jeff.
Sweet! Everything show up okay?

Also, now that its arrived, so I get added to the good trader list?

Well, I did get it and the screen does work, but the hinge is really loose. Probably from the lack of any padding in the box it got knocked around a bit. The screen is a bit off center too, pretty sure I can fix that though. And the hinge thing is okay too, since I have extra parts from my past portables. And it did take almost a month to get it...

Gamelver, RS sells 3V regulators? I've been in and all I could find was adjustable, and 7805's.

Post by **Gamelver** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:57 pm

of course they sell them!!...in the form of 3V car adapters

....which is basically just a 3V regulator...

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:10 pm

Ah... That's actually the 3V car adapter I mentioned above. If you have one I want to ask a question, does it make a noise when you turn on the N64? And I have used it for quite powering my N64 and I noticed no problems with the game graphics, sound, etc. Only that darn sound is keeping me from using it!

N Rage64 · Post by **N Rage64** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:18 pm

by mass production do mean all the little kids in your neighborhood will be working in your basment in a production line like slaves and thats a sweet idea

superdeformed · Post by **superdeformed** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:27 pm

Gamelver wrote:oh, and I know how ya feel about being banned from your PC...kind of...my dad set our router to only allow me access to the internet from 5:00 to 6:30 .....if only I could get the password for the router settings...*sigh*...

Just bump the hard-reset button on the router and make your own settings

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Post by **Gamelver** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:58 pm

yeah, I could do that...and I probably will.....but for some reason (probably my little brother's doing) the internet's on right now

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new york cheech · Post by **new york cheech** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:31 pm

Gamelver wrote:of course they sell them!!...in the form of 3V car adapters ....which is basically just a 3V regulator...

is there any way that i can put like 7.2 volts into and still get the 3v?

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:31 pm

new york cheech wrote:
Gamelver wrote:of course they sell them!!...in the form of 3V car adapters ....which is basically just a 3V regulator...
is there any way that i can put like 7.2 volts into and still get the 3v?

Yep. It works fine

Except for the odd noise that comes from it...

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:52 am

G-force if u do make them how much will you sell them for i might buy one