There seems to be an awful lot of these appearing recently Is this the load that ASSEMbler had the offer to buy some time ago? Yet another one on fleabay!
nope to clear things up 1 full 3do m2 dev with cdrom emulator card is running now on ebay somewhere around 1600$ or so 1 full 3do m2 dev was on ebay ended at 2650$ but first 2 bidders jumped away and the system was sold to the 3rd bidder i think the same system is now up on ebay again (checked 2mins ago) so maybe the 3rd seller couldnt use it 1 3do m2 hardware card without driveunit and anything (ok some cables) is on ebay right now with 8 days or so running oh and i own a additional complete 3do m2 dev including cdrom card and drive unit i know that at least one drive unit exists (just cdrom drive no m2 chipsset) and was sold on ebay last year at 600$ one member of this forum has a cdrom drive unit with a uncomplete chipset maybe its the one that was sold on ebay for 600$ iam not sure then i read that maybe one more units exist that are in the hand of some of the old developers this one is running and the guy has software/ games working and last but not least i think assembler had a drive unit or so a 3do m2 console iam not sure and in the hand of a other member in this board is also a 3do m2 dev card but without cdrom card and no drive unit so that makes know to the world 2x 3do m2 complete developer system (includes 3do m2 card, cdrom card, cdrom drive unit, documentry and the software toolkit 1x 3do m2 maybe developer maybe early console kit running with software / games 1x 3do m2 developer system (3do m2 dev cart, cdrom drive unit, documentry and software toolkit 2x 3do m2 drive unit 2x 3do m2 developer card iam not sure i think i lost at least one complete / uncomplete devloper system so maybe one more is around must check my ebay archive
Hi guys, The newest 3DO M2 system up on Ebay is mine (auction # 8178664862). I was the high bidder that won the system a month ago. I am selling it because I am in a bit of a pinch for money right now, and I also do not have the time to tinker with it as I was hoping I would when I purchased it.
they are well known and i think a few people have it here... dint they sell for like $35? Quality picture page (however in french).... http://www.tuvgm.com/3do/pages/6_2.php
cheap clone =) yeah now i know what you mean they go from 30-40$ on ebay so maybe someone bought the 200 and sells them one by one iam thinking about buying one but dont know if its even worth 40$ since i havent seen any software for it
FZ-35S is indeed the oft-mentioned 'kiosk system'; of all the members I know both madhatter and myself definately have one. They include a standard IDE DVD-ROM drive and 20 GB IDE hard drive, which apparently stores all the boot information. Upon turning the machine on, you are just met with a "Please insert disc..." message that does not respond to CDs, DVDs, you name it. Apparently, there were only a few applications written for this kiosk - there was a car/parts preview program installed at Chevrolet car dealerships to let you get an idea of how your car would look with custom extras, and then there was apparently some sort of home-design software released in Japan. Apparently the kiosk either doesn't have any sort of bios, or just not one that is programmed for a GUI, as you don't get anything onscreen when the hard drive is disconnected. It also has a really weird filesystem - I hooked it up to my computer to have a look, and while apparently 2GB of space was taken up on the drive, there was only a single directory witha single text file in it that weighed 3kb. The filenames were garbled, and I'd often get an error or have the system hang if I attempted to get properties on the file. Just in case (as M2 dev was done on a Mac and it sports dual PPC processors) I loaded TransMac (my Macintosh filesystem reader) and got even less results than on the PC. An odd thing I noticed opening the kiosk up is that it has a NUBus slot onboard! NUBus was a sort of general expansion slot found on pre-PowerPC Macintoshes, and was replaced by IDE in the PPC models. I am pleased, however, to say that I finally found a use for my FZ-35S: The 20GB hard drive formats to NTFS just fine and is helping me store anime videos and game installs. :-D The kiosk itself is a pretty but useless addition to my collection, as it's nearly impossible to sell the damn things for a price that would make the cost and hassle of shipping worthwhile.
So, no one has any software for this kioski thing? Now I have some bad news for a friend of mine who got one of those
lets see i ordered my mac for the 3do m2 card yesterday or so lets see if you can get something compatible from the 3do m2 to the fz35 =) and i think also assembler is one of the lucky ones who have software but he didnt answer my pm on that =(
I think Assembler auctioned his software off on eBay last fall/summer; I thought he had the Chevy/Pontiac software. I know myself and madhatter were both watching it, but I don't think it sold to anyone on the board. Not to say that he might not have extra copies, but I do know he did sell some 35S software back then.
for the gamer (and not the serious collector i suppose) would it not be better to get some of these: so that you could at least play some completed M2 games Battle Tryst like
the arcade version of the 3do m2 and iam already on them but this month dont know i just realized one of the hdds from my server is nearly dead so i have to buy also a new one, so next month i think i buy one
There were three arcade games released by Konami that used M2 technology - Battle Tryst, Polystars, and another one that I can't remember. Polystars, a nifty 3d shooter, was apparently the best one - from what I hear, Battle Tryst wasn't that good, and the other one was so bad I can't remember it. The games (or at least Polystars, it's the only one I'm sure on) were I believe CD-based, so just having the Jamma board won't net you a working game - you have to have the CD as well. I believe like Konami's later Bemani series, you could use a stock IDE CD-ROM drive on the boards. There may have been a HDD involved as well, but don't quote me on it.
