"Let's make GD ROM emulation happen" Facebook group.

Ok, so how many guys are working on this independently now? Three?

 

i know another one russian guy works by his own way (http://www.dc-swat.ru/forum/thread-1888.html)

 

this thread made me soil my pants. thank you to everyone working on this. i wish there was a way for me to donate some money towards the advancement of these projects!

 

I would like to donate too but these guys want to work independently so that if for some reason they fail or get bored with it people won't be out the money they shell on it. But there are chances that once prototypes are running they then may open up for donations to get a production line going.

 

anti - i PM'ed you the way to do what you want.

sonicdude10 - depends on what exact "donation" you are talking about.

 

$$$ duh...

 

i ment - how much)))

no matter. everyone can support if wish.

i've finished tracing psio:
http://s16.radikal.ru/i190/1301/07/eec15ded5d49.png



i remove ide connector
until pcb still in manufacture, i can start routing gd-emu

 

For prototyping PCBs, OSHPark.com got good prices and service. And you can get the PCB color you want, as long as it's purple!

 

Why does that sound so familiar?

 

FG - yes, we on the way of manufacturing pcb by some company. btw - BIG thanx to supportes and their donations! it makes proccess easier and faster.

sonicdude10 - i didnt hear from ppl who helped us such things like "what if for some reason they fail or get bored with it..." , they just help.
even if you wanna be tester, i need make stuff for that test)))
i start route pcb for gd-emu and when i finished i need support for order parts.

 

I'll support as soon as I get some money. :friendly_wink:

 

Does someone still have a copy of the "DC VA0 Schematics and Dev Docs 20-6-12 (OzOnE).zip" file that was uploaded in this post:
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?39733&p=590811&viewfull=1#post590811
On this thread mid last year? It's vanished from the internet, and it seems to have a lot of documentation in it that I've been unable to find anywhere else. If someone can re-upload it somewhere I'll add a permanent mirror. Thanks.

 

I can't find the full ZIP, but the two files mentioned can be found by googling their filename

I've PDF'd them and you can get them here —

CDIF131E.pdf

Gdfm_k214e.pdf

 

Is this the same board as the PSIO project?

 

yes, it is PSIO. but as i told, i finished it and ready to trace gd-io board. dc-io pcb will look like original gd-rom board. i posted early here. most of parts are same, also i plan add sdram (16 or 32 mb) and 1or 2 ide connectors for HDD. gd- board has enough space for it)))

 

No kidding! So you're making two different usages of the same board? Fascinating!

 

I forgot if the IDE ports operate like on a PC and allow for a Master/ Slave setup on a single port. If so, could have up to 4 drives on 1 machine! For me that could equate to 3 HDD and a DVD drive for some odd reason...

Use IDE to SATA adapter and throw 3 or 4 3TB HDD in there for every game and home-brew ever made plus emulators for other stuff like PS1, Megadrive, ect. Maybe even use 4TB HDD if they get a bit more stable than they currently are. Heard these new things tend to fail at the most random of times...

 

Greg2600 - i,m not using same board for ps1 and DC. i mean i use same parts - such like Altera(fpga), mcu and etc, but board for DC is differ:






http://i049.radikal.ru/1212/4d/5cf805a35e3c.png
http://s018.radikal.ru/i523/1212/d3/4c93c1455dab.png
http://s019.radikal.ru/i614/1212/4d/4cf8cafcb35a.png

 

as you see it's prototype, and it's not wired yet, but soon it'll be done.

yep, IDE can operate with two Master and Slave.

 

This is such a cool project!

Thanks to everyone making this possible!!