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===== The Samsung Saturn ===== | ===== The Samsung Saturn ===== | ||
+ | I now have three of these units and have some additional information. | ||
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+ | According to a reliable source, Sega themselves used this same setup for the last generation of oval-button systems in Japan, so the Samsung unit is not unique. | ||
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+ | The Samsung Saturn has a strange power supply, being the only Saturn to offer a wide range of voltage support (110V - 220V). | ||
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+ | === Not So Unusual Anymore === | ||
+ | **Note:** The following paragraph was more relevent when the system was believed to be the only oval/round hybrid system. | ||
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+ | Several fixes were employed to mate these two odd components. | ||
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+ | === US Hybrid === | ||
+ | The US Saturn system from April 1996 is a HyBrid system. | ||
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+ | The following is an excerpt taken from http:// | ||
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+ | ==Sega Saturn Model/Board Revision FAQ - 08-27-2003, 03:41 AM (Excerpt)== | ||
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+ | Date is found on the bottom of the US Saturn Systems\\ | ||
+ | R = Round Power/Reset Buttons\\ | ||
+ | O = Oval Power/Reset Buttons\\ | ||
+ | #/# = Pins on ribbon cable/legs on cd-rom board numbers\\ | ||
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+ | All assume a US Saturn since i do not have PAL or Japanese Saturns to look at.\\ | ||
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+ | Model 2.0\\ | ||
+ | Date: April 1996\\ | ||
+ | Specs: O 21/64 (See notes)\\ | ||
+ | Prognosis: Modable\\ | ||
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+ | Notes: This is probably one of the rarest US Saturns. I have owned 3 of these babies and all 3 have worked with my older 21 pin modboard. this system is the only one that is 21 pin and still has the Disc Access light and the oval buttons. You can replace the 64 leg CD-Rom unit with a 32 leg unit. Because of the rumors regarding a March 1996 unit with round buttons, i will not dismiss the possibility of a round button April 1996....i figure it's very possible, but just highly unlikely. Modboard position should be facing towards the outside of the Saturn to make this work. Controller port and LED board is a separate component on this model. | ||
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+ | ==Notes from A Murder of Crows, 2008-02-24: | ||
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+ | This post was from a few years back on my essentially fruitless attempt to correct the misinformation regarding different models/ | ||
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+ | ==== Original text + fixes ==== | ||
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The Samsung Saturn. Talk about elusive. Ask Google about it. Until it was [[http:// | The Samsung Saturn. Talk about elusive. Ask Google about it. Until it was [[http:// | ||
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