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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    It will amuse some to note that I am, in fact, involved in the Yabause LLE effort - although I want to make it very clear that d356 and Cyber...
    Post by: jhl, Jun 13, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    It's that simple, and that hard. The audio stream doesn't go through the CDB CPU and its buffers. It goes from dedicated lines on the MPEG card...
    Post by: jhl, Mar 15, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Update time! I finally found myself with some spare time and energy this weekend. I ended up knocking up most of a firmware update system; the...
    Post by: jhl, Mar 13, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Yes, absolutely: everything will be within the footprint of the standard MPEG card.
    Post by: jhl, Mar 10, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Or you can leave it off, or cut a hole in a spare door, or etc etc. Hi-Saturns, for one. Also the wacky karaoke one, though it has a footprint on...
    Post by: jhl, Mar 10, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Well, the menu software already has region-free mode... and since it has access to the USB drive you could use it for backup to USB too. But yeah,...
    Post by: jhl, Feb 18, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    For prototypes, drag soldering works wonderfully. For full-scale production, I will probably job it out to the same assembly house that I use for...
    Post by: jhl, Feb 17, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Yes, except the ones without an MPEG slot! That was part of the reason for doing it this way and not through the cart port - the original CD...
    Post by: jhl, Feb 17, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    I know I've mentioned how there will be direct filesystem access from within Saturn software. Well, I've decided it's time to open up the beta...
    Post by: jhl, Feb 15, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Well, I submitted my PhD and got a real job! So I'll be Dr. jhl shortly. In the mean time I've been getting to grips with spending 40+ hours of...
    Post by: jhl, Feb 9, 2016 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Correct. It will work on all release Saturns - at least those with an MPEG slot of course. I have incorporated the region patcher that I wrote...
    Post by: jhl, Jul 30, 2015 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Precisely. Feasible in theory, but it'd be a tremendous effort; you'd have to route all the high-speed signals all the way over the card, find an...
    Post by: jhl, Jul 25, 2015 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Indeed. Writing emulators for various things has actually been a major boost to my development productivity; I have greatly enjoyed this. There's...
    Post by: jhl, Jul 25, 2015 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    Still a couple of weeks' work left. When I'm done, there will be a proper announcement and a full update on status - there has been a lot of...
    Post by: jhl, Jul 25, 2015 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development
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    Saturn CD Block ROM dumped

    This project uses accurate timing, so the original 1x/2x speeds apply. It would be possible to drive it faster, but depending on the software's...
    Post by: jhl, Jul 24, 2015 in forum: Sega Saturn Programming and Development