Famicom (not Mini) build (WIP)

[MadRikXIV]

@obsidianspider said in Famicom (not Mini) build (WIP):

@FlyingTomahawk I've not seen a Famicom in person, but they don't look that small inside.

I'm trying to map components out: You want

• A Pi Zero (possibly Pi Zero W) inside
• on the back you want full-size HDMI and a power in
• Where the controllers used to come out you want Micro USB cables to charge the controllers.

Am I missing anything? Any regular USB ports? On the back? In front where the 15-pin connector used to be?

I'll try using these dimensions found online to mock something up with GIMP

@obsidianspider Do these help grabbed them quickly

[obsidianspider]

@MadRikXIV Wow! Those really do! Thanks!

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk how's the bleach working?

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

Morning!
Nothing new. 2.5 days and counting....
Maybe it's just me or maybe I stared at it too long but I think it got a tiny bit whiter.
I expect to see clear results after 5-6 days though.
Some keep the stuff for almost 1 month in there.

[edmaul69]

@FlyingTomahawk keep it in there as long as you like. I am now curious about how well it will work.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@edmaul69

Thanks for your patience.
Me too, looking forward to the final result.
If that works I'll get me a pub-yellow SNES for $3-4 bucks, bleach it and put my second Pi Zero in there.

[FlyingTomahawk]

Guys hold on to something.
Remember the co-worker of mine which is the ultimate Hard-off guide? Well he knows that I am looking for Famicoms. This is the picture he send me.

Yes! 4 Famicoms coming my way! More than enough for builds or scientific purposes.
He bought all 4 em.

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk you really are going to make a sofa out of Famicoms…

They're all quite "pub yellow", I hope they were cheap.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

Yup, cheap. They're junk.
You don't like pub-yellow? It's part of their history. :-))
If the current bleach experiment works I'll have 4 "white" Famicoms. ;-)

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk pub yellow may be for some, but not me. I'm very eager to see how the bleach experiment works out.

[FlyingTomahawk]

3rd day.
Did it get any better? You guys tell me.

Here one the first picture.

I know the light is different so hard to really tell.
I would have to take it out or take it to the exact same place and re take the picture.
But I think the pub-yellow has faded a bit, right?

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk It looks whiter to me. How are the stickers and red plastic holding up?

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

They look good thus far.
Red plastics seem to be unaffected by it.
The red Famicom logo on the front also looks undamaged or same as it was at the very beginning.
Let's see how that looks after 1 week.
Worst case, stickers I can print and reapply.

[space cadet]

Definitely working. I'm going to do the same with my brown nes case ; )

[edmaul69]

@FlyingTomahawk looking good to me.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@space-cadet

If you give this a go try to get this.

wide haiter ex power

I think Amazon sells it.
It's not just bleach but also smell remover. It doesn't smell like bleach but more like soap.

[FlyingTomahawk]

Not sure it is good visible but when moving the eject switch you can see a thin line of its old color.
I think it would have been better to remove the 2 stickers and the one that points to the plug on the front before bleaching.

[edmaul69]

@FlyingTomahawk it looks really good. The white under the clear decals matches the console now.

[FlyingTomahawk]

Its even becoming more white than under those decals that is why I think I should have removed them. But I'm gonna get 4 more Famicoms so plenty of chance to improve.

I am positively surprised that it worked that good in such short time even with such cloudy weather.
I'm gonna keep it a bit longer in there till I get the other Famicoms then I'll just swap and continue the withening process with the same liquid. Let's see how many Famicoms can be bleached.

[edmaul69]

@FlyingTomahawk feel free to remove the clear decals if you need. I will try to find replacements. If they arent there i am not really bothered by it. If it was a new system i would have removed all the clear instructional decals. I remove them off of all my stereo components, tv's and computers too.