WTB: Complete PS1 dev kit - UK

Wanted: (UK buyer) Playstation One development kit (PC not necessary) however must be complete.

If you have a spare kicking around and it's available for sale / trade then please PM me. I've got a suitable Win 95 PC tower waiting here.

Recently I've seen a couple of complete and several incomplete units kicking around various auction sites and there seems to be no set price so I am open to reasonable suggestions. If I can't afford it I'll not mess you around with perhaps or maybe tomorrows! I managed to obtain a set of board from US, but then the seller (not from AG) ripped me off ($80 down the drain).

Thanks in advance!

 

Wow! None around I take it? Well, I shall leave this on and if anyone finds it at the bottom of 1million other postings and has what I am looking for then please PM me as it looks like I shall still be on the search. h:

Thanks!

 

Unbelievable - 60+ ps1 dev boards! That is possibly ALL of them, ever!

I shall hopefully hear back from you when you have the time,

Thanks!

 

How hard could it possibly be to make a cable? Don't tell me there are people who buy this kind of hardware and have never soldered?

Soldering a ps2 chip is one thing, but a cable? Unless it uses a special socket then good luck with that.

 

Actually, if you are willing to sell without the cable I'd be interested as I am struggling to find working boards.

The cable is the least of my concerns at the moment as I suspect the software (legal) will be a pig to track down.

I've only just this morning FINALLY got legal Net Yaroze software from Germany (Thanks to Olli)

:clap:

 

I'll be honest, I realise it will be a significant challenge and a steep learning curve. I am NOT an expert, I joined Assembler only a matter of months ago as almost a complete novice. I make no bones about having entered this arena of interest as a noob, because to claim otherwise would have been pointless! There are plenty of bits of information on this site that potentially throws even the most familiar into confusion or at least test their knowledge. We all have to start somewhere and that somewhere for me was little more than a vague notions. Having read through vast threads of information and detail I know I have only scratched the surface of game programming & the hardware.

However, If I now called myself a noob I would be doing myself down as I have gained a great deal of knowledge, but I am on a learning path regarding software, which I appreciate is a totally different level altogether. I don't mind starting at the bottom and grappling my way upwards. A challenge is precisely what I am looking for.

You say "if you have those skills or motivation to get there..." and that is precisely where I am heading.

I am a musician and my interest began with wanting to produce MIDI sequences for other peoples titles, but the console bug is infectious and I am really getting into the material I am finding.

So, if you feel that my path is a dud, then feel free to decline. I wouldn't blame you as I appreciate you'll want to ensure these systems aren't just wasted. However, although I cannot guarantee I am not going to flounder (as all beginner surely do) I'm a pretty damned determined character and am more than willing to learn without imposing myself continually upon people.

I shall let you decide, but I hope you appreciate I am genuinely keen to get my teeth into this.

I have already purchased an old PC with the cards in mind. I have Windows 95 (original) and I am sure I can install the drivers. Not 100% sure about command line switching, but hey I can ask. As for the middleware I accept it will be difficult to obtain, but so was the stuff for the NY. I read piles and piles of stuff, some of which is literally as dry as biscuits. At present I am rummaging through the docs for the PS2 Tool. Not my usual bedtime reading, but interesting none the less.

 

You mean the cards aren't just plug-n-play in Win XP (or even Win ME)???

 

I have something called psxdev44.zip which contains some PsyQ dev materials, some Net-Yaroze tools and some homebrew tools for making PSX apps/games if that helps?

 

*laughs*

We have a comedian.

Juast an an exercise, how many XP machines do you have with ISA slots in them?

-hl718

 

Rofl...You must of been smiling to yourself as you wrote this, yes? :icon_bigg

 

I thought getting hold of one of those big ass ISA slot PC units was going to be a problem, but to be honest the first trip I took into the local second-hand market and I found a relatively good, working, fully functional case, PSU and motherboard. I stuck it all together ages ago (along with the massive 10Mb HDD) and since then I've been hunting for the PSx boards.

About 5 mths ago I snaffled a couple up in the USA, but the seller ripped me off. The boards simply failed to arrive and it took ages to get the money back from eBay. I am sick of their lax attitude. It is easier to pass a camel through the eye of a needle than get money issues sorted with eBay (I am sure that is the exact biblical quotation!)

Looking forward to getting these boards and seeing whether I can set this damned thing up.

The first dev kit I set up was only a matter of months ago. I had a raptor card and it refused to work with the software. The PC kept crashing and I immediately assumed it was because I had no idea what I was doing. So, I got advice left, right & centre. In the end it came down to a 24k dll that had somehow failed to load or not been present on the CDr. Placing the driver into the correct folder and bingo I had a working raptor emulation card. Since then I have never needed to use it, but I'm having great fun with the DVT-4 none-the-less.

Most likely this is like Dev Kit 101 to most of the people on this forum, however it was a great feeling. Noobdom is a good place to be as you are less jaded and open to new stuff, but also an easy target for misinformation, tech waffle bo**ocks and dodgy items mascarading as dev kit items. So, this site (and a few others) are essential reading / contact forums to cut through all that stuff.

 

Assembler posted the pinout two years ago:
http://assemblergames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=64936&postcount=14

Yakumo, you wouldn't have a dtl-h2510 (the internal cdrom drive) by any chance?

 

The picture was easy to find again.
I realize I asked Yakumo when I meant Assembler, the avatar fooled me...

 

In case Assembler doesn't, there is a CDr on eBay at present: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=250105116974&rd=1&rd=1

It's not got long to go though so hopefully there are others out there.