well, it's been uploaded...... thanks to dogbert..
what we have is about 10 megs, but it zips into a very small file, only a couple hundred kb's..
anyway, it's no good, probably because of the protection ring on the outside, as usual.. here's a conversation i saw: (with y being the tester)
[1:54pm]«@ x» hi
[1:55pm]«@ y» it doesnt do jack
[1:56pm]«@ x» haha
[1:56pm]«@ y» it cant run by itself (since its a backup), so i have to swap it anyway
[1:56pm]«@ y» and after that, it gets to the black screen that says Sega
[1:56pm]«@ y» and it displays "completed" in the upper left corner
[1:56pm]«@ y» after that it hangs
[1:57pm]«@ y» wtf.
[1:57pm]«@ y» ^_^
[1:57pm]«@ x» change with a copy
[1:57pm]«@ y» i do
[1:57pm]«@ y» but it wont start reading it
[1:57pm]«@ x» hmm
[1:57pm]«@ y» it just sits there
[1:57pm]«@ x» press start?
[1:57pm]«@ y» yup
[1:57pm]«@ x» reset maybe?
[1:57pm]«@ y» and tried a soft reset
[1:57pm]«@ y» and the actual reset button
[1:57pm]«@ y» no dice
[1:57pm]«@ x» do u have a mod chip?
[1:57pm]«@ y» no
[1:57pm]«@ x» installed
[1:58pm]«@ x» well
[1:58pm]«@ x» its weird it loaded up
[1:58pm]«@ y» i disc swapped it thats why it loaded
[1:58pm]«@ y»
[1:58pm]«@ x» oh
[1:58pm]«@ x» man
[1:58pm]«@ x» thats lame
[1:58pm]«@ x» hehe
[1:59pm]«@ y» ^_^
[1:59pm]«@ y» maybe it'
[1:59pm]«@ y» ll work with a modded saturn
[1:59pm]«@ y» who knows
...and there it is.. it was fun being an optimist for a while, but inside i wasn't really sure that it would work..
in any case, dogbert, if you're still around, stop by #saturn-isos and msg me.. i have to talk to you..