YuT666 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) Hi, discovered this one at the back of an VG8235. What is it or what could it be? Thanks. Tom Edited August 28, 2016 by YuT666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Difficult to tell without seeing the inside of the machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuT666 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Yeah, but i only have this pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) It's NOT a momentary switch, so things like reset are out.It switches 4 wires, so *maybe* a power switch to replace one that doesn't function correctly... but I doubt that. If I had to guess, I'd say it's a video mod or speed mod. If it's video... PAL/NTSC? Speed... 4MHz/6MHz?It does not look like something that would go with a printed circuit board. Definitely a do it yourself type of mod.If this is a system you are looking at buying... this could be really neat... or really bad and require soldering to undo some damage.*edit*Maybe an RGB mod?You could ask here:https://www.msx.org/forum Edited August 28, 2016 by JamesD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuT666 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) Now i know ... it is a on/off switch for a second fdd ... Edited August 28, 2016 by YuT666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Now i know ... it is a on/off switch for a second fdd ... 4 wires... what a 3.5" drive requires. Makes sense but I've never seen one. How bad did they butcher the case to get the 2nd drive in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuT666 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 I think, 4 wires go to the internal fdd and the other 4 wires to an external drive ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Ah, I thought the wires were going back into the case but it looks like there might be a connector on the one end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuT666 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 I think, that cutting a hole in a MSX 2 for a second drive would be blasphemy ... Thanks again for help and i really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 The Philips VG-8235 originally came with a full height (?!) floppy drive, single sided so 360K. Most people have replaced it with a half height drive, whether wired as 360K or modified to 720K. Unfortunately the opening is not tall enough to shoe-horn in two drives into the case, unless one finds extra slim 3.5" drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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