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by scsi_wuzzy
Fri Jul 12, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Recommended way to deal with IDE to USB adapter blocking molex?
Replies: 3
Views: 2008

Recommended way to deal with IDE to USB adapter blocking molex?

<t>I'm looking to acquire some additional IDE to USB adapters. I've got one that works nicely with the old Plextor drives already. I've got a second one that uses the recommended chipset (Innostar IS611), but the SATA connector on the side of that adapter partially blocks the molex power connector ...
by scsi_wuzzy
Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:17 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: GD-Rom SD Card Dumping Guide - Properly splitting tracks
Replies: 2
Views: 2127

Re: GD-Rom SD Card Dumping Guide - Properly splitting tracks

<r><QUOTE author="Drakkhen"><s>[quote=Drakkhen]</s>According to the <URL url="https://wiki.redump.info/index.php?title=GD-Rom_SD_Card_Dumping_Guide"><s>[url=https://wiki.redump.info/index.php?title=GD-Rom_SD_Card_Dumping_Guide]</s>GD-ROM SD Card Dumping Guide<e>[/url]</e></URL>, "If the HD area has ...
by scsi_wuzzy
Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:42 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Firmware hacking for reading GD-ROMs
Replies: 3
Views: 2432

Re: Firmware hacking for reading GD-ROMs

<r><QUOTE author="Myria"><s>[quote=Myria]</s>Has there been consideration to hack CD burner firmware to dump Dreamcast disks? I don’t think it’s all that difficult, assuming that the laser unit is capable of reading the high density area at all and the firmware is hackable.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE ...
by scsi_wuzzy
Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:34 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Bought a TS-H352C for dumping LD Area of Dreamcast GD-ROMs, but...
Replies: 4
Views: 2663

Re: Bought a TS-H352C for dumping LD Area of Dreamcast GD-ROMs, but...

<t>Did the pins actually break or just bend? Some of the IDE to USB adapters have an IDE connector that's narrow, making it possible to accidentally plug in the connector when it's shifted one row to the left or right. The result is that it will bend two pins in one row, either the leftmost or ...
by scsi_wuzzy
Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:56 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New dreamcast dumping program (test please)
Replies: 73
Views: 90007

Re: New dreamcast dumping program (test please)

<r><QUOTE author="user7"><s>[quote=user7]</s>Actually in hindsight, I'm getting dcdumper with ICE.exe - for which we don't have source code (thus I can't properly fix my System 2 dump <URL url="/viewtopic.php?t=36016"><s>[url=/viewtopic.php?t=36016]</s>/viewtopic.php?t=36016 … ice-error/<e>[/url]</e ...
by scsi_wuzzy
Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New dreamcast dumping program (test please)
Replies: 73
Views: 90007

Re: New dreamcast dumping program (test please)

<r><QUOTE author="ehw"><s>[quote=ehw]</s>Sorry for the bump but does anyone still have a copy of the source code for this program? It seems to have been lost to time...<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>

<QUOTE author="user7"><s>[quote=user7]</s>I wish, I have tried to reach themabus in the past, no luck.<e ...
by scsi_wuzzy
Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:14 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Where to buy TS-H353A or TS-H352C DVD drive?
Replies: 2
Views: 2506

Re: Where to buy TS-H353A or TS-H352C DVD drive?

<r>From what I've seen online, a majority (or maybe all?) of these drives were OEM drives for various manufacturers. If you see one that is the correct model number, but is an HP or Dell OEM, it should be fine to use. However, make sure you read the whole model number. Some OEMs will say something ...
by scsi_wuzzy
Tue May 24, 2022 9:24 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Best drives for reading problematic discs?
Replies: 1
Views: 3272

Re: Best drives for reading problematic discs?

<r>I don't know any specific models right off the bat that are generally believed to be great with damaged discs, but you might take a look at cdrinfo.pl. Over the years, they did some pretty extensive tests of how different drives perform on various types of damaged media. Most of the content is in ...
by scsi_wuzzy
Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:00 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Thoughts on reverse engineering firmware to enable scrambled reads?
Replies: 8
Views: 4767

Re: Thoughts on reverse engineering firmware to enable scrambled reads?

<r><QUOTE author="Pokechu22"><s>[quote=Pokechu22]</s>In case it's helpful, I wrote a <URL url="https://github.com/Pokechu22/ghidra-mn102-lang"><s>[url=https://github.com/Pokechu22/ghidra-mn102-lang]</s>Ghidra SLEIGH processor spec<e>[/url]</e></URL> for the MN102 processor (matsushita/panasonic) a ...
by scsi_wuzzy
Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:54 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Lead-in, TOC & multisession
Replies: 2
Views: 2094

Re: Lead-in, TOC & multisession

<r>It would be nice if we could ultimately end up with CD images like the ones Near described. Near's article about the CD format hypothesizes about a CD format that just stores all the lead-in sectors (including subchannels) so that we could have a single file raw image format that embedded the TOC ...