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[PS2] POPS stuff...

invalid@example.com (krHACKen) — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 07:17:44 +0000

[PS2] POPS stuff & POPStarter...

A topic dedicated to $ony's PS1 emulator for PS2 (known as "POPS" and "SLBB-00001") and to POPStarter (a homebrew launcher which is meant for it).

You may find POPStarter releases and tech support here...

Please keep this...

[PS2] POPS stuff...

The EE short-loop bug - how many versions of it were there?

invalid@example.com (sp193) — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 01:51:01 +0000

The Emotion Engine (EE) of the PlayStation 2 is known to have several hardware bugs. One of the earliest bugs was the Short-Loop bug, which causes loops to possibly execute only once or twice under certain conditions.

This is what was written in the comments for GCC v2.95 that was shipped with the PS2Linux BETA:

The EE short-loop bug - how many versions of it were there?

Sony PSX DESR-5000 dvd drive

invalid@example.com (Cyberghost) — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 07:30:46 +0000

So I decided recently to shift my focus back to the PSX. Mine was up on a shelf collecting dust (literally) for months, maybe even a year... So today I powered it up to play final fantasy xii and unfortunately the disc never loaded. Worked perfect before but damn these are some delicate pieces of hardware...

I decided to open it up to clean the laser and discover there's actually 2 dvd drives in these things :smashed:and one of the lasers looks very familiar......

Sony PSX DESR-5000 dvd drive

PS2 - "Update Tool for the Debugging Station (EXPANSION BAY Type)"

invalid@example.com (sp193) — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 23:04:52 +0000

In the systool_3.0.1.pdf file of the SONY PS2SDK documentation, an "Update Tool for the Debugging Station (EXPANSION BAY Type)" is mentioned.

It seems to be to correct a problem that the DEX unit had:

The weird thing is that the DEX is...

PS2 - "Update Tool for the Debugging Station (EXPANSION BAY Type)"

PS2 DVD Player modifications

invalid@example.com (krHACKen) — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:03:32 +0000

Here comes le necro-post-edit.

Original post with old and br0ken stuff in this spoiler :

Wanted to share that stuff in the hope someone finds it useful...

PS2 DVD Player RPC Patcher Version 0.04
Finds and patches the Regional Playback Control system in unpacked DVD Player ELFs. It also defeats the "sabotage" thing which is responsible of the...

PS2 DVD Player modifications

Upgrading A PS2 Tool DTL-T1000H Single Board Computer PCI

invalid@example.com (Shuji) — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:25:40 +0000

Hello, I recently acquired a working ps2 tool kit off of ebay for reasonable price and unfortunately it has the PCI-586VE-S Card with the Socket 7 Intel 233MMX and 2x32Mb 72 pin EDO Memory sticks. From what I've read so far on this forum is that this card is very slow when compared to the more desirable PCI-815VE Socket 307 Celeron 533Mhz and 128Mb of Ram. Sadly the PCI-815VE is rare and usually it can't be bought for a decent price that is assuming your lucky enough to find one. So my idea...

Upgrading A PS2 Tool DTL-T1000H Single Board Computer PCI

PlayStation dev tutorials, need feedback

invalid@example.com (Gemini) — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:24:34 +0000

Lately I started writing some PS development tutorials / advise articles that provide some directions to users who would like to get involved in the topic or for those interested in tackling the system in more efficient ways. So far I came up with two articles, but I have a third one already written and scheduled for release; this one talks about setting up light/color matrices for the GTE, with some code samples to avoid tl;dr effects.

Article 1:...

PlayStation dev tutorials, need feedback

playstation coordinate system to OpenGL coordinate system

invalid@example.com (gwald) — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:49:23 +0000

The PSX is right handed (Right-handed coordinate system, meaning (with your right hand) +X cross +Y gives you +Z. )

+X axis is to the right of the screen,
+Y is down on the screen,
+Z is in towards (behind) the screen (from the viewer into the tv tube).

OpenGL is also right handed but Y+ is Up and Z+ is towards the viewer

+X axis is to the right of the screen,
+Y is Up on the screen,
+Z is out towards the screen (away from the TV tube to the viewer).

I know there's two ways to make...

playstation coordinate system to OpenGL coordinate system

PS2 tool problem.

invalid@example.com (ASSEMbler) — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:27:39 +0000

I got in a bunch of TOOL units, and I reset the password.

For the sake of people who don't know, here's the process.

Make sure front switches are set to DVD and TOOL
Turn unit on
Hit tab like mad when it get past POST
Type "tool single"
at bash, type "passwd" and reset password

To run a disc:

cd ..
cd /usr/local/sce/bin
./dsedb -r
Start game: reset 2 100
Stop game: Reset 0 0

If I try to run ./dsedb -r I get the following...

PS2 tool problem.

Project: Retail DeBugging (RDB) startup card

invalid@example.com (sp193) — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 10:28:41 +0000

EDIT 2016/06/19: v0.9.2 released - http://assemblergames.com/l/threads...ing-rdb-startup-card.50322/page-2#post-887673
EDIT 2014/03/28: The Open Beta Test is here: http://www.assemblergames.com/forum...)-startup-card&p=738943&viewfull=1#post738943

What is the Retail DeBugging (RDB) startup card? It is a piece of software that provides some debugging facilities for retail PlayStation 2...

Project: Retail DeBugging (RDB) startup card

Diablo PS1 Pal Development Alpha/Beta Disc Set

invalid@example.com (Jackhead) — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 19:08:41 +0000

I like to share and preserve the informations about my PAL Set of Development Alpha/Beta discs from Diablo for Playstation. First at all, big thanks to steven78 for the set!

Diablo was one of my fav games back in the days. First release was on PC, but the console version on the PS1 has different hud, texture and other console optimizations.
The Port from PC was developed by climax UK in the spring 1998 (late 1997).
As a PAL development, im looked to get the Pal set of discs....

Diablo PS1 Pal Development Alpha/Beta Disc Set

PS2 TOOL DTL-T 10000H A help

invalid@example.com (RyanUKAus) — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 14:40:38 +0000

Hey! I've had a PS2 TOOL sitting in the corner for months now looming over me and I thought it was about time I used it. I wanted to get as far as I could without having to resort to bothering people for help, but alas... I can't seem to get it to boot a game. I've burned a patched game iso (Master) to DVD and when the TOOL tries to load it I keep getting an exception error. I also tried patching a PS2 game that came on CD to a Master copy and tried running that but I get the same exception....

PS2 TOOL DTL-T 10000H A help

PlayStation 2 software that support the extended languages

invalid@example.com (sp193) — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 09:45:58 +0000

Does anyone know if there were ever any PlayStation 2 software/games that supported the extended languages that the later PlayStation 2 models supported?

Initially, the PlayStation 2 console could support 8 languages:
0 - Japanese
1 - English
2 - French
3 - Spanish
4 - German
5 - Italian
6 - Dutch
7 - Portuguese

The SONY PS2SDK's system configuration function allows games to determine the language option set by the user, but it can only contain one of the above values.

Later models of the...

PlayStation 2 software that support the extended languages

Ps2 Slim Slow Boot Menu

invalid@example.com (carl88) — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:49:07 +0000

My Ps2 slim scph 7006 are experienced slowed boot menu .
Second no network detected in opl or SMS.
I'm tried Windows and Nas but nothing to work.
What are fixes for this?

Unpack .LFD/LFI files?

invalid@example.com (americandad) — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:55:37 +0000

Hello there.

I've got two files which need to be unpacked.
Or rather one file (.LFD), as the other one (.LFI) seems to be an index file for the archive.

These two files contain the bulk of a russian bootleg translation of the Discworld (SLES-00193) game.

A file identifier app (TrIDNet) gives a 100% positive I.D. of the LFD file as an LPAQ archive.
However, after talking to LPAQ's author (and...

Unpack .LFD/LFI files?

Unknown mod chip

invalid@example.com (carl88) — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 03:57:21 +0000

My Ps2 slim had unknown mod chip
What the hold button to appear configuration?
My Ps2 slim experienced slow at boot menu and Opl 203.
Scph 70006

PS-X opensource 3D library but has no GTE funtions

invalid@example.com (gwald) — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:46:57 +0000

I'm wanting to try out this opensource lib, but the GTE stuff is missing.
They have the functions address (I assume) ie:

Code:

/** Perspective transformation */
GTE_OP_RTPS = 0x0180001,
/** Perspective Transformation on 3 points */
GTE_OP_RTPT = 0x0280030,

Here:
https://github.com/ColdSauce/psxsdk/blob/master/libpsx/include/psxgte.h

I've grep'ed to see if it's used anywhere in the code base and it's not.

No$PSX...

PS-X opensource 3D library but has no GTE funtions

I have possible CPS2 emulator for Playstation 2!

invalid@example.com (Morpheus SD) — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 01:00:17 +0000

View attachment 17902

Sorry for the mistake, Emulator CPS1

Extracted game Final Fight Streetwise.

ROM.BIN compared the files with the files from the original rom FFIGHT.ZIP, and to my surprise, all the files are there in CPSX / rom.bin file:
GFX1, SOUND1, CPU2 and CPU1, the latter with a few differences, the principal is in size (double the original), as if the files were "unzipped".
The rom.bin is nothing more than all the rom files into one, imagine opening each of the original...

I have possible CPS2 emulator for Playstation 2!

PS2 Master Disc DVD-R 47PS

invalid@example.com (krisk77) — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 22:02:50 +0000

I just got hold of a few of these discs, yet they are not recognized by my PC Pioneer drive & Imgburn (Incompatible media installed) so wondered is there a way of using these with conventional hardware or I'm I stuck with these?

I know Sony mastered their in-house QA discs with these using CD/DVD generator via standalone burners, yet I was under the impression that these discs were just a typical brand of DVD-R with just their company logo and product name printed on them. Do these use a...

PS2 Master Disc DVD-R 47PS

DTL-H1100 internal pics?

invalid@example.com (aspireone45) — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:10:17 +0000

ive been looking for pics of the internals of the external psu DTL-H1100 ps1 debug unit and havent found anything yet.. if someone could post highly detailed pics of the mainboard, psu connector, and controller ports, that would be amazing.