The footprint is exactly the same, but that's only so that it may still connect to the Sega CD. The bottom half of the shell itself is an entirely different part and is made up of more than just the very bottom face.
The footprint is exactly the same, but that's only so that it may still connect to the Sega CD. The bottom half of the shell itself is an entirely different part and is made up of more than just the very bottom face.
The footprint is about 80% of the bottom half of the shell. When you look at the picture in my first post, you can see that even the edge at the front has the same height and shape, also the controller ports are at the very same position have the same spacing.Originally Posted by wiggyx
The only thing thats different, is the size and shape of the backside connector panel.
Why do you call it a "entirely different part", when it is obviously the same?
Because it came from an entirely different tool. The two sorts are not interchangeable. This sort of thing is actually what I do for a living; design parts.
@ DK1105: Maybe it's just the brightness or resolution, but the light has an interesting look to it. What 3D renderer did you use (not the modeling program, the actual render plugin, if you used a special one)?
Wow, that's a lot smaller than I thought it was. I dunno why but for some reason I always pictured Neptune being closer to the size of a Saturn, seeing it right next to a model 2 Gen really clears that up.
Something that hasn't been addressed in this thread yet is the internal electronics. That proto shell looks awfully low profile to fit the original Genesis mobo plus a 32X board on top along with the necessary cartridge pins. I would think that issue needs investigated before going ahead with a 3D printing plan for the shells.
I agree. The original proto probably assumed there would be a new revision of the hardware with everything combined onto a single PCB instead of what people are doing now. But I think keeping the same style and just adding a bit more height to it would fix the issue for people making their own system.
I think the easiest thing to do from a manufacturing standpoint, would be to keep the bottom shell the same despite the differences from the proto, and just make a new top shell part that would fit onto an existing M2 Genesis bottom. You'd still get the look of a Neptune, but would only need need to have tooling done for that top shell. Bonus points if you didn't need to fab the cart slot flaps and could match them with existing 32x ones.
hadn't considered that...stupid question but didn't the mobo trim down by the time of the model 3?
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