PC Engine TenNoKoe2 RGB Hack Success

[CC_Devil]

I've just finished modding a TenNoKoe2 with an RGB cable.

This is basically the Expansion Connector Method described by Lawrence on the site (http://www.gamesx.com/rgbadd/duorgb.php).
I used a Mega Drive Scart cable (Model 3085) which already contains a very nice RGB amplifier.
It was a bit hard closing the TenNoKoe2 with the extra cable but the electronics part was straight-forward.

I haven't seen too many of those, so I thought I'd share.

Pics are here: http://img199.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=backpbz.jpg

[NFG]

Nice work.  

I've never seen that official SCART lead, I'd be interested in seeing what kind of amp they used.

FYI, here's the RGB mod I made on my own Tennokoe:

Ah geez, it was linked on that page anyway.  I spent 20 minutes looking for this image.  =)

I don't like attaching permanent cables as a rule, I'm always changing my mind and connecting different cables to it.  =/

[CC_Devil]

Yeah, I kind of agonized about the decision to permanently attach the cable to it, especially since they are harder and harder to find, but I figured it would be easier than trying to source these damn DIN8 262 deg connectors.
These guys did it though: http://www.otakus-store.com/article-22089886.html

There is a nice article about the RGB cable here: http://www.segakore.fr/articles/mod_cable_rgb_fr_md.html
It was the cable that came bundled with the 1st gen Mega Drives in France.
The cable does two things: modify the SYNC signal so that it follows the Scart standard, and amplify the R G B signals.
The mod that's outlined in the article is so that you can use this cable on an NTSC system: instead of using the SYNC signal, simply reroute the composite video signal to the appropriate pin on the Scart plug.
What's funny is that the French Mega Drives did not even output Composite Video, only SYNC, but the cables had all the leads wired.
Not sure why this was; maybe somebody got over-zealous when reading the scart specs and decided to use sync instead of video, but I've never come across a TV set that couldn't derive sync from composite video.

Gotta love Scart though. Thanks to that standard, we had RGB-enabled consoles as early as 1988 in France!