Was there ever a PSX CD-Writer?

I'm a n00b when it comes to certain gaming development hardware.

I know that copied playstation discs would not work on a regular PSX, so did the PSX developers ever have their own specialized CD burners that burned playstation discs to work on a PSX, or the media they used enabled that, or both?!

I have no earthly idea if the PSX debugging set also does this...

 

i do believe so......check oldengineers site..........i do remember seeing a proto box thingy.....or maybe it was just a hook-up to a pc to burn games to.....

 

Certain cd writers were supplied with sony firmware for burining PSX disc. I have one of the writers from interplay and compared to todays external cd writers it is big 2' X 2' roughly. it takes up the top of my file cabinet.

 

Thanks you guys for the info! By the way, what is oldengineer's website url?

 

It is worth noting (just so there is no confusion) that there is NO burner that can burn a CD-R that will work on a retail PlayStation.

-hl718

 

Then how is it that PSX games can be copied, but cannot work copied? Is it a different type of media that can be read on a CD-ROM & PSX?

 

...Just like many consoles the Retail PSX reads 'pressed' CD(ROM's), not CD-R's (-Recordable's), there's a big difference in the media.

 

Here's a thread link to my site that you requested, although I don't actually have a PSX writer on there, sorry. (Basically it's as macwest described, nothing exciting I'm afraid)

http://assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2028

 

Here are some pics

http://www.macleodwestern.com/EBAY/ps1cd.JPG
http://www.macleodwestern.com/EBAY/ps1cd1.JPG

In reality it is an over glorified cd gold burner. the machine to the right , picture ps1cd1.jpg, with the broken plastic is the dvr-s201 used to make copies of gold DVD-r disc.

 

Wow oldengineer! I didn't know that was your site! I've been there many times now! Thats a great collection of stuff you got on there.

I especially admired this pic:
http://www.oldengineer.com/soul calibre_Kat.jpg
:-D

 

if you head on cdfreaks you'll find a topic explaining the psx copy protection very long and interesting. it seems psx cds have some sort of "sony signal" in the pre-groove track in a place that normal burners can't write to... or something like that

 

Yes, and modchips supply that absent signal. I thought the "signal" (errorneous ECC pattern?) is throughout the entire disc?

 

actually it seems it is only in the start of it. so a cd burner ith a modified firmware could write a perfect cd if tehy'll manage to get the exact pattern from a original disc

 

Some pics of mine

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Just curious, why do your pics have assemblergames.com labeled over it?

 

So people don't steal them.

 

Bingo

 

I'm faily certain that the CDW-900E sold for $10,000 USD when it was released. Very expensive and heavy. It also burns all sorts of CD-R types too (I read about it somewhere).

 

I know the 900e was very expensive when new. Although the 921 assembler showed pictures of was very expensive new when new. Sony listed a few models which could burn gold masters.

 

Holy crap! $10,000?! That's more than my life's savings!

How much did you get that one for?! And how much are you ever willing to sell it? (Just curious, hehe)