What does this chip do

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rapps
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What does this chip do

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Hello guys, i just bought a 2nd hand saturn ( Tectoy Version ) and i cracked it open to see if it had a modchip.

Instead i found this little guy and no modchip.
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What could that be? Pal / Ntsc converter? Region unlock?

Thanks in advance!
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Re: What does this chip do

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Wow, cool I have no idea. You live in Brasil?
Perhaps for the video signal?
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Re: What does this chip do

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d123456

Yes i do, i'm betting my coins on a video signal converter too, that's a bit sad cause i badly wanted to play some games :lol:
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Re: What does this chip do

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It might convert NTSC composite/svideo/RF color to PAL.

If so that normally only matters for TVs incompatible with PAL color, and aren't using an RGB cable (RGB is the Saturn original color before encoding).
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