strange SNES >> NTSC >> second LockOutChip

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:29 pm

You had a theory, and I have proven you right. I don't see what the problem is with that?

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:54 pm

who here has a schematic for one of those babies, since that can clearly be used for a Pal/NTSC mod

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:37 am

robwebb@clara.co.uk

That's the retailers email, just ask him. Oh, and make sure to share

maddox · Post by **maddox** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:29 am

Is there a difference betwen the PAL & NTSC Videocable ?
has anyone the pinout from the NTSC SNES ??

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:51 am

Yes. While composite video and composite sync share a pin on PAL, they are seperated on NTSC.

maddox · Post by **maddox** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:04 pm

damn shhhhhhhhhhhhtt

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:47 am

Edit: Just tested it on my American SNES + German Composite cable, it works fine.

maddox · Post by **maddox** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:20 am

nice, good news

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:20 pm

can you test it with a geman scart cable, I don't think they would change anything but I would like conformation that the thing supports RGB fully, and s-video for that matter as well

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:39 am

Well I have this cheap thirdparty gamecube scart cable, I'm not even sure if it SUPPORTS s-vid... but in theory it should work.

for reference;
http://members.optusnet.com.au/eviltim/ ... t.htm#snes

but I'll get right on testing that.

Okay, seems like my TV actually doesn't support s-vid. Which is very odd.

benol · Post by **benol** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:23 am

Kyo wrote:Well I have this cheap thirdparty gamecube scart cable, I'm not even sure if it SUPPORTS s-vid... but in theory it should work.

for reference;
http://members.optusnet.com.au/eviltim/ ... t.htm#snes

but I'll get right on testing that.

Okay, seems like my TV actually doesn't support s-vid. Which is very odd.

That isn't too odd. I don't have a SINGLE TV with S-vid input!

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:55 am

yeah, but our TVs kick your TVs asses...

Post by **bicostp** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:47 pm

Yeah, at least you guys in Europe were smart enough to use an RGB based standard. For whatever dumb reason we Americans decided composite is the way to go. <img src="http://www.skytroniks.com/images/databa ... es/wtf.gif"> It's smear-tastic! (Seriously, composite sucks monkey butt. Red gets smeared, and sharp edges wind up with this dot crawl effect that makes small text on DVD menus illegible on more inexpensive TVs.) Component video was as close to real RGB as we got until HDMI saved the day.

Kyo · Post by **Kyo** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:53 pm

That, and our TVs can do both PAL _and_ NTSC.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:17 pm

Kyo wrote:That, and our TVs can do both PAL _and_ NTSC.

So can most of ours nowadays. Besides, your TVs may have a nicer standard, but you guys have virtually no games to play on them; not to mention that when you do get them, it's a good year after us!

CTFan