Writing emulators and FPGA cores?! Excellent, welcome.

Nice. yeah, I also want to do a composite mod at some point so might end up printing this, thanks.

Ahhh, didn't know that. I'll try out the Traco then.

Thanks, it works!!! For anyone interested, here are the steps and issues I went through: * Replaced the 7805 with a LM7805CV, the only kind I have on hand. Before installing I verified it output 5V with 9V in, in a test environment * For fun, tested the old 7805 that was pulled, sure enough, with 9V...

Thanks Tom. For the ground I mostly used the motherboard ground plane strip that the metal enclosure parts plug into, I tried to check my readings as suggested but I couldn't get the machine to get out of "black screen" and run correctly - but they did match as far as the "black screen" low voltage ...

Thanks, very helpful. Ok, I took it out and to my surprise, it actually turned on - for around ten seconds. Then it shutoff, black screen. If I leave it on, it kind of toggles on/off at kind of random intervals around 5 to 30 seconds apart. I checked the three power pins on one of the 4116 and while...

Oops, no I tested them wrong! I misunderstood the label. I had the negative lead on the N pin in the middle... I went and re-rested correctly...! The two pins on the left: 19V AC The two pins on the right: 11.7V DC So while the values are a little high, I guess under load they probably come down a b...

Thanks, I've posted the pic in a new thread in the hardware area.

Hey guys, So I was playing my Creativision one day around a year ago and it just died, video went blank. But when I toggled the power I did notice a flicker or light or something that made me think it was getting some. Anyway, I opened it up and was surprised to find 0 dc on everything, so it didn't...

Yep, it's an NTSC Japanese model. The power supply says 100V, "Cherryko" branded, hmm. Will take a close look and open a thread with pics if it isn't an obvious problem. Thanks for the replies and info!