Well I just got my painter in the mail and quickly proceeded to take it apart. The images can be found in the
VTech Video Painter Gallery of what the insides look like. From using this device normally I was very impressed by its capabilities. Its an 8-bit artist Mecca sort of speak, especially when using the zoom function to magnify those lines. On the inside I found a Z80 processor same as the TRS-80. There also appears to be a ROM IC which I imagine can be messed with. However my concern is that because its a fairly complicated device it may crash a lot with any attempts of bending or short circuiting. I guess we just have to wait and see.
Well I just got my painter in the mail and quickly proceeded to take it apart. The images can be found in the VTech Video Painter Gallery of what the insides look like. From using this device normally I was very impressed by its capabilities. Its an 8-bit artist Mecca sort of speak, especially when using the zoom function to magnify those lines. On the inside I found a Z80 processor same as the TRS-80. There also appears to be a ROM IC which I imagine can be messed with. However my concern is that because its a fairly complicated device it may crash a lot with any attempts of bending or short circuiting. I guess we just have to wait and see.
9 Comments:
At 2/04/2006 04:21:00 PM, solipsistnation said…
The c64 uses a 6502, not a Z80.
At 2/04/2006 04:48:01 PM, Master said…
My bad, I saw that its a co-processor though.
At 2/05/2006 02:52:18 PM, Phil. said…
I bent one of these, theres a bend you can use to freeze the image as to avoid crashing, if you dont freeze it before doing any bending it will always crash. I could take some shots of the circuit board sometime... and try to label any specifics on it.
At 2/05/2006 02:58:45 PM, Master said…
Yes that would be awesome. Thanks Phil.
At 2/06/2006 05:54:03 PM, cemenTIMental said…
I've fried two of these things... so be careful! Good luck!
At 5/24/2006 04:27:09 PM, youmibow said…
did you have any luck with the vtech painter ?
i have one i bought for 50pence but i dont want to fry it
At 5/24/2006 04:29:27 PM, youmibow said…
did you have any luck with the vtech painter ?
i have one i bought for 50pence but i dont want to fry it
At 5/25/2006 12:37:23 PM, Cyberium said…
Is anybody get the video pointer bent? any video available? or any clue about what to NOT if you dont want to bake the toy?
At 6/09/2006 11:29:30 AM, brown said…
It would be good if somebody could share a solution to the crashing problem.
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