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Title: PCE CD Drive Replacement
Post by: gusmoney on July 19, 2016, 07:17:50 AM

The creator of the GDEmu and Rhea/Phoebe --SD card replacement boards of the optical drives-- for the Dreamcast and Saturn respectively has recently posted that work on a PCE device along those lines is progressing.

Have a look:

https://gdemu.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/aint-no-rest-for-the-wicked/

Title: Re: PCE CD Drive Replacement
Post by: tbone3969 on July 19, 2016, 07:23:58 AM

Cool stuff.  Hope to see this up and running in the future.

Title: Re: PCE CD Drive Replacement
Post by: esteban on July 19, 2016, 09:22:59 AM

I have faith that this will be completed by the time my hardware breaks down.

:)

Title: Re: PCE CD Drive Replacement
Post by: Johnpv on July 21, 2016, 07:59:57 AM

Considering the issues I've had with my CD drive on my Duo this is very much a welcome development. 

Title: Re: PCE CD Drive Replacement
Post by: Necromancer on July 21, 2016, 08:08:17 AM

This is cool and all, but it's a bummer that it's for IFUs only.

Though lots more work and cost, the best solution would be a replacement for both the drive and the IFU.  A robot can dream.  :mrgreen:

Title: Re: PCE CD Drive Replacement
Post by: Gypsy on July 21, 2016, 08:27:43 AM

I actually just hopped on here to post about this. At least I saw this thread before making my own.  :D

Also I've never been happier that I went the IFU route.  :dance:

Title: Re: PCE CD Drive Replacement
Post by: Trenton_net on July 22, 2016, 03:24:43 AM

Quote from: Necromancer on July 21, 2016, 08:08:17 AM

This is cool and all, but it's a bummer that it's for IFUs only.

Though lots more work and cost, the best solution would be a replacement for both the drive and the IFU.  A robot can dream.  :mrgreen:

I was under the impression that this didn't need an IFU. All you need is a base PCE system that has a proper EXT port.

EDIT: Bah nevermind, I think this will indeed require an IFU. When I think about all the extra hardware the IFU provides, like save ram, SCSI like interface, etc, it would be a lot of work to replicate it.

Title: Re: PCE CD Drive Replacement
Post by: ginoscope on July 29, 2016, 03:44:14 AM

I am really looking forward to this.  I got the Rhea for the Saturn from this guy and i love that thing.  It's awesome to play the Saturn like it's a cartridge system with no moving parts and so quiet.

It would be perfect if you can just plug and play it into the TGCD or cd-rom2 base unit.

Title: Re: PCE CD Drive Replacement
Post by: TDIRunner on August 01, 2016, 10:27:32 AM

I'm also looking forward to this.  I've been very happy with my GDEmu.  It's not quite as user friendly as an Everdrive, but I was able to learn what I needed pretty quickly.