SxSI-SCSI HDD Image v2.20

[incrediblehark]

I continue suggest you to add more SCSI volumes as told in some previous post, not sure if it works with scsi machines but it would be great for SASI ones!

I've been thinking about this lately, a good way to add another drive as SCSI ID 1 or something similar, but wonder how to manage that while still keeping a good compatibility among multiple machines and scsi devices.

[darkwitchclaire]

Is there a way to view the games partition in DiskExplorer? I can view the other partition fine but when I select the second one it gives an error.

[rezb1t]

Is there a way to view the games partition in DiskExplorer? I can view the other partition fine but when I select the second one it gives an error.

Yes, incrediblehark made a guide on how to do that, you can find it here:

https://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7333.0

[spectreman]

Hey thanks for the feedback, and glad it's working well for you so far! Let me know if you come across any issues.

Hi, thank you for the excellent work done.
I wanted to let you know that Super Hang-On won't start.
When the 128 seconds of waiting are over, the countdown starts again infinitely.
I tried removing all other games, it runs normally.
I'm guessing it's a file conflict.
I didn't add any other games to the disc image.

I also tried Bonaza bros. , works fine booting my X68000 XVI at 16MHz but at 10MHz it won't boot.

Tests carried out on the X68000 XVI, 12MB RAM (TSR brand) on HENKAN BANCHO PRO.

[incrediblehark]

Thank you for reporting the issue, another user had a similar issue before and I thought I had fixed it, so I'll look into it again before the next release.

v2.20 will be soon, finishing up my midi testing and adding more doujin games from the recently released pack. Took some time off to work on the retrotink modes for x68k so I'll be back to the hdd image this week.

[HIggy]

@incrediblehark I watched a YouTube video featuring the HD image, it sounds like they have been in contact regarding the Music player and MIDI files.
I know when I tested it I could not 'see' the .MID files, so it is good that the reason has been found and being looked to be fixed.

Sometimes it is difficult to know if it is 'user error' or fundamentally there is something not setup quite right. It's nice they kept persevering and came up with an answer.

[incrediblehark]

@HIggy yes that's right, there's another thread on here where some discussion was made about the midi playback issues, i appreciate the help in solving the problem as I hadn't spent a lot of time setting up MMDSP, focusing more on games, and these issues motivated me to fix it for the future release.

Now I have a script set up to load the driver you need based on what file type you would like to playback. In my v2.20 you can use mcdrv or rcd to playback .mid files but mcdrv seems to process the file faster.

I also just wanted to add it's pretty cool to hear about a video made about the hd image!

[armitage]

@HIggy yes that's right, there's another thread on here where some discussion was made about the midi playback issues, i appreciate the help in solving the problem as I hadn't spent a lot of time setting up MMDSP, focusing more on games, and these issues motivated me to fix it for the future release.

Now I have a script set up to load the driver you need based on what file type you would like to playback. In my v2.20 you can use mcdrv or rcd to playback .mid files but mcdrv seems to process the file faster.

I also just wanted to add it's pretty cool to hear about a video made about the hd image!

Thanks for all your hard work on the image!

For those who are just hearing about this new image for the first time, the video in question is here:

[ateam]

Thanks for all your hard work on the image!

For those who are just hearing about this new image for the first time, the video in question is here:
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Thanks for sharing! This is a great video covering this excellent HDD image.

[owen2471]

@incrediblehark Hello. I would like to use your image on my X68000z is this possible ?

Thank you

[incrediblehark]

Hi! I do not own an x68000z mini but there is some talk of getting it to work on another forum. Here is a link discussing the Z mini using an hds image via USB:

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/sharp-x68000-z-a-decent-alternative.1244932/

Page 2-3 go into how to set up an hds file to use on the z. I don't own one so I can't say for sure what does and doesn't work, but I plan to import one at some point soon and do some testing myself.

[owen2471]

That's brilliant. Thank you I will take a look.

[owen2471]

I've only had my z a couple of days but it's a great little machine

[spectreman]

HI,
I noticed in this HDD image, that by pressing the L key, selecting the letter C: you find the Multimedia folder.
I'm curious to try my X68000 XVI at 16MHz as you see the videos and photos created by me.

The problem is that I don't know the programs for Windows 11, suitable for creating compatible movies or images, can anyone help me?
Thank you!!!

[3rdman01]

HI,
I noticed in this HDD image, that by pressing the L key, selecting the letter C: you find the Multimedia folder.
I'm curious to try my X68000 XVI at 16MHz as you see the videos and photos created by me.

The problem is that I don't know the programs for Windows 11, suitable for creating compatible movies or images, can anyone help me?
Thank you!!!

Sorry I can't help about the W11 program but with regards to getting to the multimedia files...I believe you only need to press 1 and 3 on the numpad to change drives. I'm away from home at the moment so I can't double check but I'm pretty sure that's right

[armitage]

There is a BMP to PIC program (b2pic003.lzh in the nfg archive) you can use on the X itself to convert image files. Max res. is 512x512 I think.

[kanjiology]

For those of you using a bluescsi v2 with this image, do any of you have an issue with Castlevania? I notice that it is stuck infinitely loading after choosing the music type. It was working fine with henkan bancho.

[armitage]

For those of you using a bluescsi v2 with this image, do any of you have an issue with Castlevania? I notice that it is stuck infinitely loading after choosing the music type. It was working fine with henkan bancho.

I'm using one of the external V2s and haven't had any problems with the game. FWIW I do not use a bluescsi.ini file at all.

[kanjiology]

For those of you using a bluescsi v2 with this image, do any of you have an issue with Castlevania? I notice that it is stuck infinitely loading after choosing the music type. It was working fine with henkan bancho.

I'm using one of the external V2s and haven't had any problems with the game. FWIW I do not use a bluescsi.ini file at all.

Thanks got it working internally. The tab on the sd card was locked may have been my issue.

[neko68k]

HI,
I noticed in this HDD image, that by pressing the L key, selecting the letter C: you find the Multimedia folder.
I'm curious to try my X68000 XVI at 16MHz as you see the videos and photos created by me.

The problem is that I don't know the programs for Windows 11, suitable for creating compatible movies or images, can anyone help me?
Thank you!!!

There's a boatload of image and video loaders in this folder.

In the parent folder you can find converters and editors and all sorts of other related things.

Don't expect too much from videos unless you're willing to learn how to use specialized formats like MACS.

[owen2471]

Hi! I do not own an x68000z mini but there is some talk of getting it to work on another forum. Here is a link discussing the Z mini using an hds image via USB:

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/sharp-x68000-z-a-decent-alternative.1244932/

Page 2-3 go into how to set up an hds file to use on the z. I don't own one so I can't say for sure what does and doesn't work, but I plan to import one at some point soon and do some testing myself.

Your image works great on the X68000Z

[incrediblehark]

Updated to 2.20 - my apologies for the delay in releasing this, been a busy month for me.

As always, please report any issues and I'll do my best to fix them. Still on the list to fix is Aquales (I haven't forgotten!)

On another note - minor revisions and fixes will go in the v2.XX numbering. I am in very early stages of starting work on a v3.00 that will contain multiple hard disk images and separate .hds files. The plan is to further sort content by drive, with separate hdds for retail/doujin games, multimedia, etc. It will take some time as this may be a little more ambitious than the previous genre re-sort, but if all works well will greatly expand our storage space.

[3rdman01]