SxSI-SCSI HDD Image v2.20

[spectreman]

Moving games is simple:

When the program launches, it will ask you to select the desired image.
Open the .HDS or .IMA image.
Select the Human68k HDD SCISI profile.
The games are all found inside the Games folders, in the case of the image X68000_V4.HDS (Released by Eidis).

You can open multiple images at the same time, by starting the program again, and drag the folders wherever you want, even directly into other HDD images.
But without editing !Start.BAT file will not boot.

Always test with the emulator before trying them on real hardware.

In the case of the HDD image released by incrediblehark, the situation is different, with the emulator you have to move between the different partitions, as indicated previously.
Then press the HELP key on the emulator's virtual keyboard, just before the emulated image starts.
Only after selecting the partition with the emulator will it be possible to view the contents with the editdisk.exe program.

Below is the link to the program:
https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/editd169e.rar

Good fun.

[Gravedigger]

THANKS ! I'll try !   I will come back with the results

[ateam]

Try changing controller.

I've noticed that Star Trader crashes when my Cyber Stick is set to analog.
Maybe it could be due to the type of controller he connected to his Expert.

I've tried with an FMT Marty pad, as well as a Mega Drive pad in both 2 and 6 button mode using the CPA-001 adapter from Capcom. The crash occurs with both. I have no other controllers to test.

Thanks for the advice, though.

How strange...

[incrediblehark]

Having trouble loading any of the Street Fighters on a PRO using BlueSCSI V2.

I received my molex cable adapter today, so i just installed my BlueSCSI V2 in my Pro. Tested Street Fighter II and Super Street Fighter II with no issues. Running the latest firmware (updated before installing) and set Termination ON with device set to HD0

[kanjiology]

Thank you, I will give it a try.

[Gravedigger]

Moving games is simple:

When the program launches, it will ask you to select the desired image.
Open the .HDS or .IMA image.
Select the Human68k HDD SCISI profile.
The games are all found inside the Games folders, in the case of the image X68000_V4.HDS (Released by Eidis).

You can open multiple images at the same time, by starting the program again, and drag the folders wherever you want, even directly into other HDD images.
But without editing some .BAT files will not boot.

Always test with the emulator before trying them on real hardware.

In the case of the HDD image released by incrediblehark, the situation is different, with the emulator you have to move between the different partitions, as indicated previously.
Then press the HELP key on the emulator's virtual keyboard, just before the emulated image starts.
Only after selecting the partition with the emulator will it be possible to view the contents with the editdisk.exe program.

Below is the link to the program:
https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/editd169e.rar

Good fun.

I managed, thanks to your instructions, to put the Game folder with the game in it on partition C. I will try it later with the emulator if the game makes the error of "the military base ".  (EDIT : That s working !)

By the way, can't we, instead of putting the game folder in partition C, put the game folder in partition D in place of the old one?

[spectreman]

If you place the game Die Bahnwelt in partition D: it will crash, but you can still try...

Some games work better on the primary partition inside the Games folder, they are more stable and faster to load.

[spectreman]

@ateam was worth a try...

I had a lot of problems with some games that used the Cyber Stick, or Mega Drive controller adapters with HDD image, for example Knight Arms.

You can try replacing your version of Star Trader with the Eidis version: https://nfggames.com/X68000/Music/Eidis/X68000.zip as I explained in my guide, previously.

[leonk]

Got an OG X68K with 10MB of RAM and SCSI2SD 5.1.  For some reason, the system hangs on the image you added in autoexec.bat.  When I REM out "PIC BOOT.PIC" the system then works and boots into LHES correctly.

Anyone else got this issue on real hardware using the 2.20 image?

[leonk]

Still playing around with this image. Any reason why in "normal" mode, Castlevania is in 15khz? The default is 31khz and is a better experience. Argg.. it asks me if I want 15khz mode, but it's above the visible area.  I looked at the !Start.bat file to see that and press 'N' for 31khz mode on my PC monitor.

[incrediblehark]

Still playing around with this image. Any reason why in "normal" mode, Castlevania is in 15khz? The default is 31khz and is a better experience. Argg.. it asks me if I want 15khz mode, but it's above the visible area.  I looked at the !Start.bat file to see that and press 'N' for 31khz mode on my PC monitor.

Thanks for the info! I'll adjust the message down to compensate for overscan. There's a lot of games on there that have messages like this, notably the Wolf Team games that ask to hold the touroku key to enable MIDI. I'm working on v3.00 right now and will see about making these messages more visible.

As for the PIC issue - I'm not sure what the problem is there. I have tested on XVI and PRO using SCSI2SD and BlueSCSI with no issues. When you say it hangs, do you mean the system will not boot up at all when you reach that point? If it just takes a long time you can adjust SLEEP number to compensate. Of course this is all just cosmetic anyway

[HIggy]

Got an OG X68K with 10MB of RAM and SCSI2SD 5.1.  For some reason, the system hangs on the image you added in autoexec.bat.  When I REM out "PIC BOOT.PIC" the system then works and boots into LHES correctly.

Anyone else got this issue on real hardware using the 2.20 image?

I've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs. 

[leonk]

I've had it sit for over a minute. I then press buttons on the keyboard until I see an "Abort, Ignore, .." message. I press 'A' and LHES loads. This is an OG X68K with 10Mb of memory; tested with SCSI2SD 5.1 and ZuluSCSI - both behave the same way. I REM the image out from AUTOEXEC.BAT and LHES loads right away during boot-up and games work great.

[leonk]

I've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs.

Did you do any modifications in the CONFIG.SYS? I tried changing to FLOAT3.X but I get error messages about missing floating point when I try to see the video in the Multimedia folder or play any music songs. So I switched to FLOAT2.X and it works fine.

I've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs. 

[incrediblehark]

I've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs.

Did you do any modifications in the CONFIG.SYS? I tried changing to FLOAT3.X but I get error messages about missing floating point when I try to see the video in the Multimedia folder or play any music songs. So I switched to FLOAT2.X and it works fine.

I've tested on 2x OG 10MB BlueSCSI V1 and the picture stays on screen for a few seconds as intended. I would not say it hangs. 

Hmm interesting. I have not had it hang for that long with the picture. As I haven't experienced it I can't really troubleshoot much. I'm glad disabling it is a quick fix but if others experience the same issues I may need to REM it out by default unfortunately.

FLOAT3.X is if you have a co-processor installed. If you don't have the physical hardware you'll get an error on boot, and should stick with FLOAT2.X

I'll check the multimedia folder. If the video requires hardware FPU I'll add a note to it.

[Sickboy911]

Awesome work my friend.

Keep the Scene Alive.


 

[Sebastian77]

Got an OG X68K with 10MB of RAM and SCSI2SD 5.1.  For some reason, the system hangs on the image you added in autoexec.bat.  When I REM out "PIC BOOT.PIC" the system then works and boots into LHES correctly.

Anyone else got this issue on real hardware using the 2.20 image?

I had the same issue, and problem was that on my Ace the RTC is not working properly (I think that I have to adjust the trimmer), then the "SLEEP 4" on AUTOEXEC.BAT was hanging the computer.

[rezb1t]

I had the same issue, and problem was that on my Ace the RTC is not working properly (I think that I have to adjust the trimmer), then the "SLEEP 4" on AUTOEXEC.BAT was hanging the computer.

That makes sense as sleep.x uses the system time to determine how long to sleep.

There might be a better way that I'm missing.. unfortunately I can't just count cpu cycles because of the different clock speeds X68000 machines can run at

[spectreman]

This depends on communication problems between your emulation device (hardware revision and firmware version) and your X68000 SASI, especially the OG/PRO models.

For those who have the problem of the startup screen freezing, on SASI computers press the CLR key repeatedly, this way it should start regularly even on subsequent startups.

It costs nothing to try.

[incrediblehark]

To anyone else who has this issue, just a heads up that some games batch files use SLEEP.X to display messages temporarily. I like that it doesn't require any user input. I really enjoy using rezb1t's app, and it sounds like the root cause may be more hardware related.

[kanjiology]

I installed a PhantomX into my PRO and now Bonanza Bros loads fine... Just an FYI. I can try other games if anyone wants to know more about the PhantomX compatibility.

[X-Col]

I installed a PhantomX into my PRO and now Bonanza Bros loads fine... Just an FYI. I can try other games if anyone wants to know more about the PhantomX compatibility.

More importantly, I want to know how you managed to get hold of one! Congrats on installing the PhantomX, please start a new thread telling us all about it :-)

[kanjiology]

I installed a PhantomX into my PRO and now Bonanza Bros loads fine... Just an FYI. I can try other games if anyone wants to know more about the PhantomX compatibility.

More importantly, I want to know how you managed to get hold of one! Congrats on installing the PhantomX, please start a new thread telling us all about it :-)

Gimon's made a tweet about it a couple weeks ago: https://x.com/GimonsW/status/1812309786794528911 Though he has stopped distribution to overseas customers already now.

And will do, I will make a thread soon talking about it.

[DanHero]

Hi, after 10 years of collecting games, I decided to give this image a try and I'm very, very pleased! The main reason I jumped on the scsi wagon is the firepower offered by the Etarikashikoshi X68000 - 8mb ram / MIDI board, a nice boost for my x68000 Super. Still, there is no way I can launch Maoh Daisakusen: every time I got a silent intro, I can choose my fighter and then I am forced to reset due to a bus error. am I the only one? Is there something I'm missing. Got the game on FM-TOWNS but I really want that MIDI ost 😀

[incrediblehark]

What is your setup? does your X68k have 2MB internal before installing the etarikashikoshi board? Is your switch.x set up correctly?

To all: I apologize for the slow progress on my v3 image, it is still being worked on but my free time this summer has been sparse. I hope it will be worth the wait!

[DanHero]

I really hope so, my friend. Everything runs fine and yes, I already had 2mb on board before the extra card. Maybe my problem is related to this one? https://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7100.0

[kanjiology]

Ran fine on my machine but I did have heck of a time finding the button combo to start the game lol.

[spectreman]

@DanHero Unfortunately it is difficult to be of help with the little information you provide.

But I can confirm the correct functioning of Mahou Daisakusen on my system:

X68000 XVI 10MHz and 16MHz mode, 10MB RAM + MIDI ( Etarikashikoshi ) on HENKAN BANCHO PRO.

As I imagine you know, with the directional cross you enter the settings, you start with the F1 key and with F2 you insert the credits, the XF1 and XF2 keys are fire and bomb.

Try in the settings/music, alternating FM Sound and MIDI, to see if it freezes with both modes.

[DanHero]

Hi, I tried both, so I have no Idea at this point

My setup is X68000 Super 10 MB ram thanks to the Etarikashikoshi on BlueSCSi v2

[spectreman]

Hi, I tried both, so I have no Idea at this point

My setup is X68000 Super 10 MB ram thanks to the Etarikashikoshi on BlueSCSi v2

Have you updated your BlueSCSI V2 with the latest firmware?

https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/releases/tag/v2024.05.21

Is your BlueSCSI V2 internal or external?

Check for errors in the Log file in your memory, it updates at every reboot.

In the switch.x settings you have set:
BOOT: STD
SCSI_ID: 7

Have you replaced the battery of your X68000 Super?

You can reset the SRAM to default values on X68000 Super, by holding down the CLR key, immediately after turning on the computer, when the confirmation message appears press Y.

Remove your Etarikashikoshi and try without, the game will boot up to character selection, it won't go further with only 2MB, but you can try the FM Sound.

[3rdman01]

What is your setup? does your X68k have 2MB internal before installing the etarikashikoshi board? Is your switch.x set up correctly?

To all: I apologize for the slow progress on my v3 image, it is still being worked on but my free time this summer has been sparse. I hope it will be worth the wait!

Seriously though, take your time! We are all very appreciative of the effort you put into these!

[LowDefAl]

Hi, after 10 years of collecting games, I decided to give this image a try and I'm very, very pleased! The main reason I jumped on the scsi wagon is the firepower offered by the Etarikashikoshi X68000 - 8mb ram / MIDI board, a nice boost for my x68000 Super. Still, there is no way I can launch Maoh Daisakusen: every time I got a silent intro, I can choose my fighter and then I am forced to reset due to a bus error. am I the only one? Is there something I'm missing. Got the game on FM-TOWNS but I really want that MIDI ost 😀

Bus errors will occur in some games if you run them direct from LHES. You should try to exit to the command prompt to run it (which I believe is the intended way to boot games) and see if you get the same error

- All games in LHES are bootable by going into the game folder
      containing !Start.bat and quitting to the command prompt.
      ('Q' then 'Q' again)

X68k and PC-98 have the same problem where the file managers (or other things loaded) can interfere with games, so the trick is not to run the game from them but to use them to load the path into the command line.

[spectreman]

@LowDefAl You're right, I assumed everyone knew that games are started by double-tapping the Q key, and that many don't read the instructions that incrediblehark posted on the front page.