If they can clone the NES RGB PPU...

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Re: If they can clone the NES RGB PPU...

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BitFaced wrote:So it would take more than just copying a pinout?

Uhh yeah
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ApolloBoy wrote:
BitFaced wrote:So it would take more than just copying a pinout?

Uhh yeah

Darn. Maybe I could get lucky in an auction.
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N64/NES/FC/SNES/SFC/GB (SGB)/GBC (Black)(SGB)/FDS/Satellaview/Genesis/Mega Drive/Master System & maybe N64DD/GBC/GBA.
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Re: If they can clone the NES RGB PPU...

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A guy named Ikorb has done some work towards creating a working DAC for the GC:

https://github.com/ikorb/gcvideo

And you can order the blank board from OSHPark here:

https://www.oshpark.com/shared_projects/XKoWs6TP
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^ That's sweet, tho complicated! Glad I grabbed an official one when I heard the prices were rising.
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God damn is that over my head, but wow would I love to get my GCN outputting analog YPbPr thru standard RCA jacks.
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