Hey, Bryan - thanks for the reply. I've actually already got a US Turbo
Duo, a Japanese Duo-RX, and 3 TG16 CD units (all three exhibit problems
reading CDs and need the laser assemblies adjusted, I just haven't done so)
I was mainly curious about the PAL systems as I've no boxed/complete Turbo
Grafx, and the price is right on those. Turbo Grafx systems seem to have
skyrocketed in prices at auction in recent years, and I'm just not looking
to sink further money in on that as of yet.
Ah, the problems with being a relatively poor retro gamer *grin*
Thanks again for the reply, and take care!
-David
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:30:33 -0400, "Bryan aka R.I.P."
<xxxxxx@gamezero.com>
wrote:
> As far as I know... US cards will not work in the PAL units because they
> are converted Japanese systems, so region lock-out applies.
>
> Power supply? I don't know. You'll need to compare connectors and
> voltage/amp requirements. I'm not familiar with George's listing though
> to see what you're talking about. For sure the TG-16 power-supply is not
> going to work with any of the PCE/Duo models.
>
> Can't speak to any degree about slow-down issues. I imagine there are
> games where it will be an issue though since I've seen the problem on
> other consoles from that era.
>
> The card converters only work with US systems if nothing else but due to
> the region lockout issue on Japanese systems.
>
> Personally, unless you have a really good compelling reason to buy a PAL
> system (eg, collection completion-ism) I would say just buy a Japanese
> system directly and not deal with the headaches. I just did an e-bay
> scan and see systems from anywhere from $90 to $300, fwiw.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Bryan
>
> On 6/18/2012 1:03 PM, dgalzerano1 wrote:
>> Hey, folks...
>>
>> I've a few questions which will probably amount to old hat for most of
>> you
>> guys, but I can't seem to find answers through Googling.
>>
>> I'm debating about picking up a NOS PAL Turbo Grafx from ebay (George
>> posted a link to them on eBay quite awhile back - they're still
around).
>> I'm in the US, so NTSC is the region here, of course. I know that many
>> newer CRTs will display PAL frequencies with no problems, and I know
that
>> you can easily RGB mod the PCE family of systems allowing for them to
be
>> used with an RGB monitor that will also easily handle the PAL
>> frequencies.
>> Are there any other problems or caveats to using a PAL system in the
US?
>>
>> What kind of power adapter would I need? Or would it work fine with my
US
>> TG16 power adapter?
>>
>> Is there a problem with slow-down due to the 50/60hz frequencies?
>> (playing
>> PAL/Japanese cartridges on my US SNES/NES systems, sometimes the games
>> play
>> slower - SFC Return of Double Dragon does this)
>>
>> And lastly, what about HuCards? We all know about the Region lockout
for
>> PCE/TG16 Hucards, but how does this work in relation to PAL units? Are
>> they
>> compatible with US hucards or Japanese hucards? (I have a Kisado from
the
>> final run that was sold through the original TZD, but don't think this
>> would be usable in anything other than a US TG16)
>>
>> Sorry for what is probably alot of stupid questions - short of my
Duo-R,
>> I've never used or tried to use a system from another region.
>>
>> Thanks for any light you guys can shed!
>>
>> -David
>>