IDE adaptor
IDE adaptor
I have never seen that thing in action before!
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"During development it became clear that the transmission to the absorptivity of the bus XBUS approximately 1.2 MB / sec.
But the mother drive all still can not issue more than 300 KB of data per second.
A IDE adapter easily pass em 1.2 MB / sec and even more."
Taken from the homepage http://3do-renovation.ru/IDE_for_3DO.htm
(translated by google)
But the mother drive all still can not issue more than 300 KB of data per second.
A IDE adapter easily pass em 1.2 MB / sec and even more."
Taken from the homepage http://3do-renovation.ru/IDE_for_3DO.htm
(translated by google)
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Actually it's a printed board.
But it is one of those "what's the point?" projects. Now if it could have a HDD that could be used to imitate the CD drive by mounting images, used never have to worry about scratching a disc again and you'd have the fastest load times possible!
But it is one of those "what's the point?" projects. Now if it could have a HDD that could be used to imitate the CD drive by mounting images, used never have to worry about scratching a disc again and you'd have the fastest load times possible!
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Disagreed. With this board you've got the hardware to connect3DO Experience wrote:But it is one of those "what's the point?" projects. Now if it could have a HDD that could be used to imitate the CD drive by mounting images, used never have to worry about scratching a disc again and you'd have the fastest load times possible!
a HDD, what was never possible before.
*Using* the HDD needs a software solution, what would be the second step.
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Sure, soldering sucks a bit - but if you cannot do it, you could justDr.Enceladus wrote:but it looks like the modifications would need some soldering to take place at some stage...that stuff gets me hi...
bring the 3DO to a TV/radio service, they can solder it for you for little money.
The mod chips for PS1 / 2 needed all soldering as well, and that
finally wasn't a problem either.
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...but does the 3DO OS support loading files? Surely, (guessing) you're going to need some kind of loader to pick the CD images?
[Erm...]
...you could load that from HDD too? But does opera support big disks?
...or would you need some kind of extension to the OS?
...would be cool if you could also load a ethernet NIC on that PCB...
[Erm...]
...you could load that from HDD too? But does opera support big disks?
...or would you need some kind of extension to the OS?
...would be cool if you could also load a ethernet NIC on that PCB...
As I've said, software solution. The 3DO doesn't support memory units3DOKid wrote:...but does the 3DO OS support loading files? Surely, (guessing) you're going to need some kind of loader to pick the CD images?
[Erm...]
...you could load that from HDD too? But does opera support big disks?
...or would you need some kind of extension to the OS?
...would be cool if you could also load a ethernet NIC on that PCB...
like the FZ-EM256 either, the bundled CD makes it possible.
But you are right - personally I would see a patched BIOS as the
first step before everything else. With a little file manager integrated, as well as a compressor for save games, the Japanese font and encryption
disabled.
That 1024kb piece of software would solve *many* other issues as well.
Though the original BIOS chip isn't built anymore, there can be
solutions with pin compatible eeprom chips and little bridge boards.
Technically no bigger deal than this IDE adapter - much simpler, in fact.
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Like I said, "if it could have a HDD"Jones wrote:Disagreed. With this board you've got the hardware to connect3DO Experience wrote:But it is one of those "what's the point?" projects. Now if it could have a HDD that could be used to imitate the CD drive by mounting images, used never have to worry about scratching a disc again and you'd have the fastest load times possible!
a HDD, what was never possible before.
*Using* the HDD needs a software solution, what would be the second step.
Yes it doesn't fix drives, it replaces them.Jones wrote:According to his homepage, the PCB needs just modifications3DO Experience wrote:No but it can take the place of the FZ-10's.
regarding the pinout for the FZ-1 and the Goldstar.
The FZ-1 version will follow.
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Im not quite sure that would work though.
VCD format relied heavily on the sector structure of CDs. They used mode2 2352 format which was 2352 bytes per sector using the sub channel data to add to the sector size if I am correct. 1 second on disc was 1 second of movie time which is why VCDs could be up to 80mins. I think the dvd would have to formated in this specific sector format in order for it to work like a vcd. I dont think that is possible with DVDs though. Please correct me if I am wrong in any of this though. Going by some old knowledge here.
VCD format relied heavily on the sector structure of CDs. They used mode2 2352 format which was 2352 bytes per sector using the sub channel data to add to the sector size if I am correct. 1 second on disc was 1 second of movie time which is why VCDs could be up to 80mins. I think the dvd would have to formated in this specific sector format in order for it to work like a vcd. I dont think that is possible with DVDs though. Please correct me if I am wrong in any of this though. Going by some old knowledge here.
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I've actually played with VCDs a lot back in the day, they aren't all that picky. I have over extended them before BUT you are right about the sector structure, I forgot that there is no way (that I could find) to do it on a DVD-R. Stupidly enough I forgot my own attempts back when I got a DVD burner and tried to make a all-in-one Pirates of Silicon Valley VCD.
Although you could put all the files on the disc with a merged mpeg the 3DO would still not know it was supposed to be a VCD. I would love to have blamed this mistake on late night posting but it was still early in the evening. I don't know where my head is lately. At least I have you boys to correct me.
Although you could put all the files on the disc with a merged mpeg the 3DO would still not know it was supposed to be a VCD. I would love to have blamed this mistake on late night posting but it was still early in the evening. I don't know where my head is lately. At least I have you boys to correct me.
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ive crammed 850mb .mpg file onto a 700mb cdr in the past
i think it was called a kvcd back then, but my vcds didnt have sections or anything else but the movie, put the movie in and it would instantly play
this also worked with Dreamcast games, i put an 825mb game on a cdr and played it pretty deep into the game and didnt notice any problems
i think it was called a kvcd back then, but my vcds didnt have sections or anything else but the movie, put the movie in and it would instantly play
this also worked with Dreamcast games, i put an 825mb game on a cdr and played it pretty deep into the game and didnt notice any problems
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thats true, its hard to remember back then as i only did vcd stuff for alittle over a year3DO Experience wrote:For a VCD that would play on all units you had to have a basic structure. Some discs had more files than others and even menus but even the mpeg had it's own folder and an extension of '.dat'.
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Hard drives have been enabled.
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Hard drives have been enabled.
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