Need to know if I can remove these on my SNES...

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:36 pm

Can I remove these things? Or do I have to keep them on the SNES board?

Picture 1
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8855/chip14jy.jpg

Picture 2
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5518/chip23vb.jpg

Anybody hve any ideas? Thanks

Mode7 · Post by **Mode7** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:41 pm

I believe you can take off the expansion port as it's not used by anything. I don't think your SNES will die if you do.

As for the RF box, take it out. You CAN use the RCA composite output or go for the gusto and do RGB.

Others, what do you have to say?

SNESguy · Post by **SNESguy** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:03 am

You are FULL GO to remove those parts. Trust me, I removed both of those items and then some for my SNESp.

That little plug on the back was for the CD ROM expansion, but was never used.

Removing the RF unit actually will save you about 50mA of power!

SNESguy

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:05 pm

thank yo very much guys!

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:55 pm

what is the expasion connector on the bottom for anyway???

Post by **marshallh** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:59 pm

Kenny_McCormic wrote:what is the expasion connector on the bottom for anyway???

It was for the SNES CD reader. You were supposed to buy CDs with games on them and play them on your Super Nintendo. Nintendo was developing this with Sony, but Sony was a mess, and Nintendo dumped the idea.
Later, Sony took that idea and made the Playstation.

Mode7 · Post by **Mode7** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:33 pm

... and the SNES controller design, but you can't argue with success.

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:42 pm

It was called the PlayStation even when Sony was developing it for the SNES, actually. There are articles that call it the Super Nintendo PlayStation, although I can't recall where I saw that specifically (probably like EGM or GamePro). It would've been pretty killer (way better than SegaCD) because it did contain some of the stuff that ended up in the final PlayStation (such as a 32-bit architecture, and I believe some of the 3D hardware if not all).

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:54 pm

the fact that sega had something and nintendo did not says a lot, However, 32 bit capabilities would have been better than the 16 bit sega-cd but whose keeping score anyway?