Bud pushed the N64 to the known limits at the time. I've got quite a collection of revisions here and over the next few weeks I'll be trying trims that go smaller than what we've seen so far.
More to come later...
More to come later...
I'll be working on all of the relocating stuff this week. I need to test the 2.45v regulator and see if we can get a steady voltage without any of the resistors on there. After that, that entire area of the board can be cut off.That's crazy man, let's see you do it now!
Yeah, especially with the Rev 3. There are too many things you'd need to relocate which is part of the reason I abandoned the project for the lower revisions. relocating the video encoder caused a lot of interference which resulted in lower quality images (not to mention the fact that you have to get the wire length just right or it doesn't work.) With the higher revs it'd be a little more practical since the encoder is bundled in with that other IC and you can cut right up to it. Do a PIF relocation and you're golden. Yet, where do you draw the line for how practical it is to trim an extra .25" off? Of course with the higher revs you can trim a lot further, however they are highly undocumented and don't have compendiums for themselves which will hopefully change soon.It was possible to go smaller than I used to, just not worth the effort. The amount of work and time troubleshooting didn't justify the slightly smaller size.
We need board redesigns.