@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
After little research i managed to recreate cd-rom drive interface at my dev board. Mega-CD reads CD data streams of dev board successfully. Now i have better understanding what hardware i need for full implementation of mega-cd.
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@atlfalconsfan79
RetroAsylum_
5 years
@krikzz I'm waiting for your version, not that I have anything against Terraonion but I just trust your products from YEARS of being a very satisfied customer.
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
@atlfalconsfan79 nice to know (:
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@Oruam_shinobi
Oruam
5 years
@krikzz Will it be a X8 or V3 card?
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
@Mauro_R_Flores It will be Mega EverDrive PRO
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@justinkcomer
Chief Coralville
5 years
@krikzz is your plan for an everdrive to replace the mega-cd entirely, or would it play a game image while still requiring the mega-cd hardware?
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
@justinkcomer replace mega-cd
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@Veridor
Veridor
5 years
@krikzz Is there any way this would work on any existing Mega Everdrives, like the X7?
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
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@khqdev
khqdev
5 years
@krikzz Are N8 Pro "done"?
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
@khqdev Yep. Waiting for pcb and shells manufacturing
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@PabloRomero8bit
Pablo Romero
5 years
@krikzz Nice! Are you planning to do the same for the pcengine??
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
@PabloRomero8bit Don’t have such plans about pce
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@NeoMrInvader
NeoInvader
5 years
@krikzz Releasing just what you have right there is my dream device. A true ODE. I want to replace the optical drive IN my megaCD with an SD card device, not replace my entire megaCD. Just like what has been done for 3do or DC. No need to do fpga of megaCD, you have already finished. 👍
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
@NeoMrInvader I will think about making such device (:
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@Mobiusstriptech
Mobius Strip Tech
5 years
@krikzz So have you been able to play an actual MegaCD game using this Dev kit? Or is this just streaming generic data? Looking at the screen in the picture, I'd guess generic data.
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
@Mobiusstriptech I loaded few cd sectors in board ram and tested if cd bios command works properly with my tiny ram CD. That's all what i were need for proof of concept. I believe that with attached sd it will boot with no problems, but it would the waste of time on this stage.
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@EidolonsInn
Eidolon's Inn
5 years
@krikzz Cool! I think what the #SegaCD users need most is a cheap (!) replacement JUST FOR THE CD DRIVE. Those are dying quickly (laser, mechanics), while the electronics with the few custom chips (2nd 68k, ASIC etc.) are quite sturdy. THAT would be your sweet spot in the market I think!
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
@EidolonsInn you said about sturdy electronics and i remembered about my cd-addon which were opened for experiments. It likely would be dead soon, if i did not open it now. Capacitors flow out and pcb around were corroded. Same crappy caps like in gamegear. Few years ago everything been fine
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@L00neyBinJim
Looney Bin Jim
5 years
@krikzz Do we have an idea on the release date for The Mega Everdrive Pro? I wanna be ready, is it going to be about early 2020?
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@krikzz
krikzz
5 years
@L00neyBinJim My current estimation is first half of 2020, likely spring-summer
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