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@typhlosion unfortunate! again, wish we could just do it for you or something but unfortunately you can't send physical objects over the internet yet
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@pup_hime to be fair there are plenty of apple varieties that are green when ripe too
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@typhlosion yeah not the preferred solution, we've cut PCBs before but only to fix bugs in prototypes and stuff

i'd tell you to check a radioshack but, well

is there an electronics repair place near you? maybe even a batteries plus? (i doubt batteries plus would have it but i'm throwing things at the wall to see what sticks)
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@typhlosion you could also in theory cut the trace on the PCB instead of cutting the IC pin, that you could do with a pocketknife

i didn't think of it at first just because cutting the IC is a cleaner solution and cutting the PCB is something we're a little loath to do on an NES... but it's still just the 10NES chip, no one has any nostalgia for that, mostly just frustration with needing to try a bunch of times to get their games to boot
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@typhlosion aw dammit, that's no good :<

Maybe still worth a try? You can get by with thicker ones than it looks like would work.

Would offer to let you use ours but i doubt you live nearby
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@Facet ooh, looking forward to that. LA is a good game
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I guess we can understand why--a charge pump would generate less noise than a conventional switching regulator, lessening the need to keep a strictly known clock frequency, and they're not usually used for high loads (and lower load also means lower noise due to lower currents involved)

but the thing we're doing for work right now has a requirement that they all be synchronized, and the requirement comes from the sponsor, not anyone we know or can interact with directly
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@typhlosion aw, that's unfortunate

might be worth ordering a pair off ebay or something, they're pretty cheap
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@hi_cial bleh, here's hoping that goes away soon
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would be nice if there were charge pump controllers that could be synchronized to an external clock, but it doesn't look like they exist.
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@socks hey, good work!
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@codl a cute!
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@typhlosion remember that the chip is quite small and you need to cut just one leg of it, so make sure you get ones with a fine point
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@typhlosion a pair of side cutters, doesn't even need to be good ones but you probably need something finer than your typical wire cutters. they'll look something like this

here's one i can personally vouch for being good but honestly any would work, you can probably find ones at your local hardware store https://www.amazon.com/Xcelite-General-Purpose-Shearcutter-Diagonal/dp/B07BM2GRHT
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@typhlosion so no soldering required -F

@typhlosion oh i just looked it up and apparently it's actually just cut one leg of the 10NES (pin 4 specifically)
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@typhlosion but what the 10NES does is just reset the console if it detects a counterfeit game, so a reset loop sounds exactly like the 10NES acting up, as it is prone to doing even on genuine games
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@typhlosion i think soldering like one wire somewhere and cutting one leg of the 10NES or something like that, it's a pretty trivial modification
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@typhlosion could that be be the 10NES chip doing its thing? it can be kinda sensitive, might be best to just disable it because its only purpose is to be DRM
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@ziphi What are NFEs? Now I'm curious
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