gbc question

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:06 pm

if I do get them, I will probably not give away the extras for free. Possibly sell them( 10-25 cents a crystal?).

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:45 pm

RS near me also stocks less components. They seem to be trying to completely get away from their initial offerings, namely as a place where one could get things for their electronic-based hobbys... it seems all they sell now are cell-phones, children's toys, and junky consumer electronics. Like a cheap-mans Sharper Image.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:55 pm

The worst part is that about 2 years ago, they only had 5 soldering iron at my local one. They now have 1. Guess who bought the others?

What happens when they run out? It seems like these days, nobody wants to break something apart and fix it. In fact, why even pay somebody to fix it! Just get a new one, the poor quality gives stuff a low enough price to do so.

I am personally hoping for a DIY renaissance, and it is already helped along by the internet. And MAKE magazine. That magazine ROCKS, if you do not have it, get it.

eurddrue · Post by **eurddrue** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:02 pm

Hey guys do you think that it would be worth it to buy a gbc and overclock it or just mody my gba, I'm already planning on led modding it because the screen sucks

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:15 am

better yet, why don't you just overclock the gba, AND led mod it.

schmellyfart · Post by **schmellyfart** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:07 pm

You cant led mod the gbc like you would a ps1 screen.

stuntpenguin007 · Post by **stuntpenguin007** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:59 pm

would a 25 mhz crystal be too much? I have a 14 and a 25, just wondering which would be best. If possible I would like to approximatly double the speed.

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:40 pm

stuntpenguin007 wrote:would a 25 mhz crystal be too much? I have a 14 and a 25, just wondering which would be best. If possible I would like to approximatly double the speed.

I can't speak from experience, but Vskid already mentioned that he'd suggest the 14 mhz crystal as being the perfect balance of speed and playablity.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:49 pm

After a certain point (About double speed) the crystal frequency stops mattering. I have one that is using a 69mhz crystal!

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:25 pm

No, it does not. a 24mhz one is thrice as fast, and a 32mhz is four times as fast. It never stops mattering, but instead keeps getting more unplayable.

If you do this (stupid) mod, at least put in a switch so you can switch back to the original 8mhz crystal should you decide you want to enjoy a game.

eurddrue · Post by **eurddrue** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:26 pm

this does work on a gba? and the mad hacker I meant do both. I guess that I really screwed up my wording

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:22 pm

Bibin wrote:No, it does not. a 24mhz one is thrice as fast, and a 32mhz is four times as fast. It never stops mattering, but instead keeps getting more unplayable.

If you do this (stupid) mod, at least put in a switch so you can switch back to the original 8mhz crystal should you decide you want to enjoy a game.

Yes, it does. I have a gameboy color right here in front of me with a 69 mhz crystal, and it is running pokemon blue at just barely over double speed. You are completely wrong, it DOES stop mattering. The clock may be running at a crazy high speed, but that does not mean that the rest of the hardware can keep up. After just over double speed, the GBC can just not keep up anymore, and maintains that speed.

Don't spout off about stuff when you have not even tried it. Especially when someone else is sitting right there who has.

And the mod is not stupid, pokemon is much more playable now, and those are the only games left on my GBC that do not have enhanced, updated ports or sequels with a simailar style on a newer system.

stuntpenguin007 · Post by **stuntpenguin007** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:25 pm

I used ther 24 or 25 whatever it was... crystal and pokemon is a whole lot better now. I timed a real life minute and it took about 3 1/2 game minutes.

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:36 pm

Is the game Pokemon that time consuming!?

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:53 pm

Aguiluz wrote:Is the game Pokemon that time consuming!?

It is before you get a bike. With it OC'd to 14MHz, walking is almost as fast as the bike, and the bike is like warp speed. When you can play for 12 hours and get 20 hours of playtime on the game, it starts making sense.