i mirrored the pictures looks like yahoo is not the best image space =) http://www.8ung.at/zappenduster/bitrate/DSC00167.jpg http://www.8ung.at/zappenduster/bitrate/DSC00182.jpg
depends on how you define actual m2 the grey box is just the cdrive unit i think cause the production units (cdrive with actual m2 board) had blue buttons instead of the grey ones but the motherboard behind the drive unit looks rather interesting dont known maybe its a 3do m2 board btw. i found something interesting about the 602 powerpc iridum satelite The sattelites The satellite contains 7 motorola PowerPC 602 processors running at roughly 200 Mhz. Processors are connected by an unwieldy custom backplane network. One processor is dedicated to each cross-link antenna ("HVARC"), and two processors ("SVARC"s) are dedicated to satellite control - one being a spare. Late in the project an extra processor ("SAC") was added to perform resource management and phone call processing. 200mhz ? that sounds like fun looking at the 66mhz in the m2
I'll definetly help you with the M2 controller. I'm going to help M2 owners as much as I can. If we are going to get the systems up and running we will have to work together. Unfortunetly a lot of M2 owners don't visit web forums anymore it seems like. The controllers are definetly different though. From the picture I can tell that the M2 controller has atleast 3 extra buttons compared to a regular 3DO controller. When I get home from work today I will compare the 3DO controller to the M2 controller ports. If the connector is different then I'm sure I can make an adapter to make a 3DO controller work on your M2. The only thing though is that I wouldn't be able to test it without the BIOS loader and some software (both I'm working on attaining right now. I will let you know if I get them). Regarding the memory card: I figured that the BIOS data would be on the dev CD so it's good that you confirmed this. I also figured that the easiest way to put the BIOS in the M2 would be through the memory card since it's a read/write device. I could be wrong though becuase there is also the PCMCIA slot.
Thanks for the mirror zappenduster! I was trying something with Yahoo's briefcase thingy and it sucks.
I have good news for you zappenduster. I received my M2 today. I tested the M2 controller on a 3DO and it worked so a regular 3DO controller should work on your M2. The system unfortunately did not come with a BIOS though. Couple of interesting notes on the M2 controller: - The top "L" and R" buttons on the face of the controller are the same as the left and right triggers ( I figured that is what they would be). The P button was different than I thought it would have though. It is actually the pause button! It's really weird especially considering that the second pause button does not pause the game. There is also a piece of electrical tape over three holes that would be used for buttons in the middle of the controller. The buttons read "Turbo", "Turbo", and "Glow"- I think it says glow its kind of hard to read. - There is a daisy chain but instead of on the controller like 3DO controllers it's on the cord next to the connector to the system. - As you can tell from the pic the M2 controller is significantly bigger and it feels a lot better. - You can't tell from the pic but in the middle of the D pad there is a threaded hole. Probably for a joystick, I wonder if any of them were made.
maybe i can help you with the bios but i have to figure out if it can be put on one of the memory cards and then loaded or if it has to be loaded via a cable into the m2 but right now iam crushing my head on the vga adapter that should make my 17" pc monitor run with the powermac but of course it does not work =(
Hmm...I was looking at the M2 today and found what looks like a PCMCIA slot underneath the mobo in the back of the unit. That got me thinking of a pic that I saw of a functional M2 and I noticed that there was a PCMCIA looking device sticking out of the bottom of the unit. I'm thinking that, that is where the BIOS loader goes and if this is the case then it should be fairly simple to copy the BIOS information to a PCMCIA harddrive through the M2 dev unit.
look what i found and going to buy =) http://www.hundi5.privat.t-online.de/3do2.JPG so if the wiring isnt different on the proto and the old production pad that might even work =)
ahh you mean the thing on top of you picture didnt notice that on my unit must check =) i thougt you meaned the memory card thing on the botton of your picture
Yea as soon as I saw it, it just hit me like a ton of bricks. That has to be where the BIOS loader goes. On the dev units there is not one on the bottom only on the top (the plastic case is covering up the slot). You probably have to program the card through the top PCMCIA slot.
Hey all, I just picked up one of the FZ-DR21's. I need a power supply for this beast. Does anyone have power alternatives I could look into? Thanks. Fred
You should be able to find one at Radio Shack. Just make sure it's: 15 volts DC At least one amp Center prong is positive Did you get anything else with the drive unit? If not then there isn't much that you can do.
do you mean the real console unit or just the cd drive ? blue front buttons mean console and white/grey front buttons mean cd drive
