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  2. Posted

    I just received a Rev F HxC2001 floppy emulator and have mounted it in an SF354 external drive case.

     

    14910580409_8dab53c811.jpgGrey-painted HxC2001 mounted in a dremel-modified Atari SF354 enclosure. #ST by blakespot, on Flickr

     

    I have an orig 520ST with no internal drive. It's all wired up and powered up but I get not drive activity when booting. I got the ST Manager archive and pulled the HXCSDFE.CFG and AUTOBOOT.HFE from there and put it on the SD card (4GB) with some games in a GAMES/ dir. I have set 8-switch DIP to all possible settings for HxC as drive A: or A: and B: both twisted cable and normal. I never see the track indicator move.

     

    When I first booted with no files on SD card, I got an error saying no HXCSDFE.CFG file, and I see the contents of that file have changed since I manually chose a game to load with the front buttons.

     

    Any ideas on how to get this working? Thanks.

     

     

     

    bp

  6. Posted

    All of the guides I see for hacking firmware on a PSP-1001 (one of the first) are 5 years old. I also see forum posts talking about hacked firmware using firmware versions more recent than those guides speak of.

     

    So, here in 2013 -- what is the drill to getting a PSP-1001 running homebrew? I am interested in emulation.

     

    Can someone point me to a solid guide? Thanks so much. Been looking for hours now, to no real avail.

     

    Thanks.

     

     

     

     

    bp

  7. Posted

    There is absolutely no issue with releasing an emulator on the App Store. The previous release of iMame was not pulled by Apple because it was an emulator (something they would have clearly seen during the approval process). It was pulled at the request of the MAME dev team, who don't approve of unsupported MAME builds as they are the ones who get hounded by questions when problems arise. Also, the Xcode project used for that release was taken, modified and posted without permission.

     

    I am aware of many emulator-wrapped titles that have long been in the App Store. Many of them I have reviewed on my site. It has been my impression, though, that the issue with iMAME was the fact that users could "sideload" ROMs into the app and use it in ways beyond what was approved by Apple.

     

     

     

    bp

  13. Posted

    I need to write an ST disk image out to floppy to work on my 520ST.

     

    I do not have a Windows or DOS PC with a 3.5-inch floppy drive.

     

    Machines that do have 3.5-inch floppies in this room:

    • Several Amigas (networked)
    • NeXTstation Turbo (networked)
    • Mac Plus (networked)
    • Apple Lisa 2
    • Apple IIgs (networked)
    • Apple IIe

    Is there any way I can write out a SS or DS ST floppy with these units?

     

    I will order a KryoFlux one day, it could handle this. Yea, I may add an HxC2001 to the ST one day -- my Amiga 2000 has one.

     

    Thanks.

     

     

     

     

    bp

  17. Posted

    From the seller of that 520ST+

     

    hi

     

    to be honest i'm not 100% sure if it is PAL i guess it is as it works on a UK TV etc

     

    the external PSU is 220v so you could if you had a USA 110/117v version swap the PSU's but i can't guarantee if it will work on any TV connection via the RF modulator

     

    it will work via a monitor though

     

    hope this helps

     

    let me know if you need any more info

     

    regards

     

    Rupert

     

    I am in the US with NTSC screen. Is this a PAL unit likely?

     

     

    bp

  20. Posted

    Back in the day a local engineer type performed the 512K upgrade on my 520ST by soldering the chips UNDER the motherboard, to reduce heat. He bent every pin upwards to make the proper contact. Eventually it started to bug out due, presumably, to hairline cracks in the legs. I took it back to the Games 'n' Gadgets where I bought it and they replaced it for me and sent that unit back to Atari.

     

    They must've given a double-take when they saw that board...

     

     

     

     

    bp

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