Just want to post my initial results...
It works! ;D ;D ;D
The ACARD AEC-7720U is working with my CF adapter and CF card (same one from the R-IDSC-E/R thread) on my ACE HD (SASI). i am using eidis' hard disk image.
Its still early days and i need to check stuff like DMA/PIO etc and if there are any issues with writing to the card. BTW i didnt need to supply separate power to the CF adapter.
Is Thunder Blade working ? ;)
Eidis
Quote from: eidis on August 06, 2010, 05:50:46 PM
Is Thunder Blade working ? ;)
Eidis
Yes!
I will get time this weekened to give it a proper going over and will report back but the game of thunderblade i just had (its difficult) was perfect, and with my cyberstick finally!
Your hard drive image is excellent! I have seen x68k disks with a menu system controlled by the joystick do you know what this is or how to get it working?
Glad to hear that everything ended well. :)
Could you give me a name of the disk image ? Perhaps I could adapt it to my image.
Eidis
Quote from: eidis on August 07, 2010, 08:33:03 PM
Glad to hear that everything ended well. :)
Could you give me a name of the disk image ? Perhaps I could adapt it to my image.
Eidis
it
is your disk image (isnt it?):
http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:sxsi_disk_image_with_games_and_lots_of_mdx_files (http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:sxsi_disk_image_with_games_and_lots_of_mdx_files)
this is the one i have on my compact flash and it includes Thunder blade!
yes, that is my image, but it is not controllable with joystick.
QuoteI have seen x68k disks with a menu system controlled by the joystick do you know what this is or how to get it working?
I was thinking about this one.
Eidis
Quote from: eidis on August 08, 2010, 12:08:51 AM
yes, that is my image, but it is not controllable with joystick.
QuoteI have seen x68k disks with a menu system controlled by the joystick do you know what this is or how to get it working?
I was thinking about this one.
Eidis
OK got you now!
its called DSHELL.X
Its on a few disk images (XDF). i found it on Otoko dama.
if you run it at the command line it comes back with a usage list in Japanese. Otoko dama starts it in the autoexec 'DSHELL OTOKO.DOC'. the doc file is displayed on screen when it runs. i cant see any mark-up in it but assume its down to the layout. NAME...FILE AND PATH etc.
can you understand it?
i have started a new thread on it here : http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=4180.0 (http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=4180.0)
I have been using the ACARD AEC-7720U quite a bit over the weekend and all seems great. :)
Details of working set up:
ACARD AEC-7720U
ACARD 2009 version 3.88
I have the jumpers set as follows:
JP1 (SCSI ID) = 1
JP2 (Terminator) = Closed
JP4 (Terminator Power) = Open
i have it teamed up with one of those generic CF<->IDE adapters and a SanDisk Ultra II 1Gb Compact Flash card.
i didn't format the CF card directly rather wrote the image eidis has kindly supplied straight on to it. i had already ran bootset. it just worked after that.
hope this helps someone else.
Could you please take pictures of your SCSI to IDE adaptors from both sides so I can add them to my tutorial ?
You can make a free photo gallery at http://foto.inbox.lv/ (http://foto.inbox.lv/)
Eidis
Quote from: eidis on August 11, 2010, 10:37:23 PM
Could you please take pictures of your SCSI to IDE adaptors from both sides so I can add them to my tutorial ?
You can make a free photo gallery at http://foto.inbox.lv/ (http://foto.inbox.lv/)
Eidis
Can you copy them from here;
(http://www.chrismarsden.net/x68k/images/aec7720u-1.jpg)
(http://www.chrismarsden.net/x68k/images/aec7720u-2.jpg)
(http://www.chrismarsden.net/x68k/images/aec7720u-3.jpg)
Thanks !
Could you do the same for R-IDSC E/R ?
Eidis
Quote from: eidis on August 12, 2010, 02:50:20 PM
Thanks !
Could you do the same for R-IDSC E/R ?
Eidis
Pics are in the R-IDSC-E/R thread:
http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=4131.0 (http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=4131.0)
I updated the Wiki:
http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:hard_drive_on_sasi_machine (http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:hard_drive_on_sasi_machine)
Once again thanks for the major contribution. We have just become less independent on ancient floppy drives ;)
Strangely all listed Acard AEC-7720U cards have dissapeared from eBay. I wonder why ? :D
Eidis
QuoteI updated the Wiki:
http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:hard_drive_on_sasi_machine (http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:hard_drive_on_sasi_machine)
nice work Eidis!
QuoteStrangely all listed Acard AEC-7720U cards have dissapeared from eBay. I wonder why ?
Yes i noticed that!
If you're reading this and got one then please post your results.