3DO Consoles outputing 240i Signal but with adding a switch you can set it to 240p

It only works on 3DO consoles with the VDP536 Chip

Pin 52 progressive output (high 5V)

Pin 52 interlace output (low GND)

(red is 5V and yellow/purple leads to Pin 52)

I removed the RF-Unit and put the switch at the same position of the chanel switching

For usage power up in interlace mod (switch off) and after power on the console

switch on to activate the 240p Mode.

If you turn the console on with 240p activated (switch on) you only get a black picture.

Same when you change a disc and you close the console with 240p activated (switch on)

the case need some cleaning

Some pics

(interlaced)

progressive is sharper and more stable and not shaking anymore :-)))

Last wekk I got a great gadget called goDMD Clock. The main usage of it is to show the time, date, temp and Pinball Animations from the DMD.

This new version is build with 2 RGB-Led Array in a total resolution of 128×32 Pixel.

You can order it here (If you have trouble with the shop mail me at info@wolfsoft.de)

Here you can see what I am talking about

After contact with the developer, he added  image rgb support to the editor

https://bintray.com/sker65/pin2dmd/Editor#files

Here you will find a package including one demofile. gridlee You only have to change variable base to your path were the package extracted

To do some animations for goDMD you have to use mame. I am using groovymame, because it can be set to output native pixel resolution of the games. So you will get a pixelperfect output for the goDMD.

start mame via commandline: groovymame -mngwrite griddle.mng griddle and do some gaming. After exit you will find a griddle.mng.

To split the griddle.mng into pictures I used a programm  advmng

start it in the path where the griddle.mng via commandline: advmng.exe -x griddle.mng

After this you will get a lot of pictures like: gridlee-00000022.png (Resolution: 245×240)

With the help of irfanview (a pictureviewer) you can create a custom selection (under edit) with Width: 128 and Height: 32.

After Pressing the Button: Save and apply to image you will see a window on top of the left png.

Move it with the help of arrowkeys to the area of interest

In Top Line you see (Selection: 0,0) this marks the X,Y Position. You have to enter these values in

Under File: Batch conversion (set to PNG Output Format) and press Advanced Button: Here you can set the X-pos, Y-pos Position

Mark the amount of png you want to crop and add them

Start Batch

now you have a lot of cutted pictures in the right resolution

now put a animaions.properties in this folder

After this try to import it in the pin2dmd editor under animations: Load Animations

Here you can download new Fonts for the goDMD Clock ArcadeFonts_go_DMD

Today I got the NES Mini including a second Controller.

So what we have to do is to open it reversible ;-). With the help of a cutter knife and a heatgun. It opens good and here we are.

Hu after over 30 years a new NES Controller in my hands…

and look on the rear side. Graved the german adress of Nintendo

the wii/ NES Mini PCB

I took an old good shaped PCB from a “junk” original NES Controller

and it fitts like a charm

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and it playes like the first day in 1986