Never seen something like this before. IC102 has a plastic metal shield thing? U populate I pads. 23C1000 mask rom, uPD65006 CMOS gate array (?) and space for an Als245 for mapper logic? #pcengine #PCエンジン #turbografx16

I think I read somewhere that the boards between the US and PAL #turbografx16 were quite similar with so.e small differences. But these look quite different, unless they were talking about the shape... #pcengine #PCエンジン

Opened up the US #turbografx16, the inside of the shell looks a lot more polished compared to the PAL version. #pcengine #PCエンジン

My mother always said too much TV was bad for me, but all those McGuyver episodes taught me a lot! It's working. Took a #pcengine Duo cable, put it in a loose DIN socket and then used alligator clip cables to connect ground and composite et voila! Don't judge my table. Order in chaos. #PCエンジン

Finished recapping, but made 2 mistakes. 1. I didn't test if it was actually working before recapping so I have no idea if the thing even worked before. 2. I don't have a power supply or AV cable... #pcengine #PCエンジン

Some time later... Well, here she is. Might as well make a cap map and recap it. Anyone notice any differences from the US board, apart from the crystals? Maybe I should NTSC-ify it... #pcengine #PCエンジン #turbografx16