ok, after reading all the 60hz mods I managed to piece together a mod for the model one. who knows, i may make a guide if I can be bothered to open up the saturn again.
Anyway, I tried joining JP1 and got a garbbled pic. Now, I thought about this a bit and asked myself. All these guides say wire 79 pin directly to 5+ for 60hz and ground for 50. Well, I got my multi meter out, tested the disconnected side of JP1 and got 5V.
now, here's the thing. When you connect JP1, ground is still connected. You can't really have ground and 5+ connected at the same time.
so, I simply cut the branch off track , using a stanley knife blade, after the junction point to JP1. I plugged in the saturn and woo, nice clear pic. all without lifting that pin. Now I just have to get a chip and my model 1 will be my main non crappy hacked saturn.