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So I'm thinking about porting a multi-threaded program I'm working on (an interpretter for a dataflow language if you're curious) to the 32X and/or Saturn and I was trying to think of a sane way to use both processors in a reasonably efficient fashion. I think I have a reasonable solution, but...

I've finally gotten back to working on my Sega CD transfer suite so far I'm planning the following new features: -Revampped underlying protocol resulting in -Faster Transfers (yet to be tested whether this is actually true, but it should be) -More robust transfers (you won't have to...

I plan to implement this protocol for both the Saturn and Sega CD so I'm not 100% which forum category it belongs in. I'll leave that to a friendly forum moderator. This is a preliminary protocol definition to be used with my Sega CD (and soon Sega Saturn) transfer cable. Not all features are...

I took a look at the disc standards doc and I have a few questions. From what I gather, the AIP is only executed after the security ring check, is this correct? What address does this get loaded to? What exactly is the 1st read file? I understand that it gets loaded while the Saturn logo is...

I picked up a Saturn from a local used video game store today ($50 for a Model 1, a controller, a game (Soviet Strike), and a netlink adapter, probably not a great deal but I got instant gratification). Now I have a couple of questions. What's the best homebrew game/demo for the Saturn. I've...

I'm trying to get my Genesis to work with an Amiga (15KHz) monitor I have, but I'm having trouble getting a decent sync signal. Using the CSYNC pin on the A/V port gets me no picture, same thing using the /CSYNC in and out pins on the CXA1145. The only way I can get any picture at all is to...

I've decided to start selling cables to go along with my Sega CD Transfer Suite. With one of these cables you can use your Sega CD equiped Genesis to dump cartridges. It's also quite handy for doing Sega CD development as it can be used to transfer programs to Sega CD RAM and run them (no you...

It's looking like I'm going to come up a little bit short on the rent this month so I need to resort to drastic measures. Fortunately for you, my misfortune is your gain. My skills are now at your disposal ... for a price. So make me an offer. Just tell me what you want done and how much you're...

This probably belongs in the Amiga section, but I figure more people will read it here. Feel free to move if you feel it's necessary. Someone recently sent me a link to a low-cost Spartan 3 (an FPGA) dev board and it revived an idea I had for a hobby project. No idea whether or not I'll...

I'm thinking about picking up a 6-slot (maybe a 4-slot depending on price and availability) Neo Geo cabinet in the not-too-distant future and I was wondering what are considered the best games for the platform so I'll have some idea what to populate it with.

ConvSCD is a program to modify Sega CD games to be playable on consoles from other regions. Here's what's new in 1.10: Japanese region detection fixed European conversions fixed All options can be set via command line switches Complete rewrite (not by choice) For more details and to...

A couple months ago I decided it would be fun to try and figure out the 3DO filesystem so I ripped a few of my friends 3DO discs and whipped out the good old hex editor. This program, http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~mrp29/3dofs.exe is the result. You can use it to browse through the filesystem on...

I was browsing around over at Success-HK when I came across a relatively inexpensive 4MB expansion. It occurred to me that this has just the right amount of RAM for a Genesis devcart. It would lose it's data every time the Genesis was turned off, but if I write the data to the cart using the...

On a trip to my local Electronics Boutique I saw what appeared to be an unlicensed Genesis game called Earth Defense (at least that's what the box said). Curious (since unlicensed games tend to do weird things to the hardware), I bought it. It seems the game has two names (looks like the...

I was looking for info on how to program this device and have so far come up empty handed. I would like to try and adapt it for use on the Genesis, but I need to first make sure it's set up in a way that is electrically compatible with the Genesis controller ports.

Speculate...

I've released a new version of ConvSCD. It has the following new features: Improved Region Detection: ConvSCD should now be able to correctly identify an ISO's region 100% of the time. Identifies converted ISOs: ConvSCD will now tell the user if it detects that the image has been converted...

http://www.gamenews.com.hk/jan04.htm The price seems much too high and I haven't been able to find any other information on this claim, but it would be interesting if true.

Thanks to that 1and1 hosting promotion, I now have proper hosting for my website and I have also purchased a domain. You can now find my site at http://www.retrodev.com/ Please update your links. I've also added a datasheet for the PCM chip. Many thanks to Charles MacDonald for finding this.

I updated my "Transfer Suite" for Sega CD today. It has the following new features: -Dump 40Mb Carts (Super Street Fighter 2) -Dump the Sega/Mega CD BIOS -Dump SMS carts (using the PowerBase adapter) Additionally, you can return to the boot menu by pressing Start after the dump has finished...