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mathewbeall said:
here is a post where I outlined what I got and how I did it.

I can still build selector boards. The challenge these days is getting the ODE and the programmable security dongle.

https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/parts-i-used-for-blades-rpi-loader-for-namco-2x6.18362/
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Appreciate it, I guess ill have to wait for the ODE and the Security dongle to be available. I was hoping someone could make a method using a modded ps2 or something to use normal ps2 memory cards
 
I do have one of these, and have been testing on the Namco - right now, at least, it just doesn't work.... There are some bug reports opened on it, but no progress as of yet.

Also - using it with your multi selector - there no way (as far as I can tell) to issue commands to it, to switch to a different CD for example.
 
Glad to hear it. One of those bug reports I put a logic trace in, we are still trying to sort it I guess. IIRC I traced a working drive and then ZuluIDE until it failed in the boot sequence.

Changing images I'm sure is something that can be tackled [later] but absolutely glad you mentioned it. I feel like I ran that by @rabbitholecomputing but it's been a little while.
 
I'm still trying to help make a new option for an optical drive emulator (ODE) an available and affordable reality for 2x6. Right now I'm trying to get single games working with help of the devs of the ZuluIDE device.

Here's where I'm at, from the top since it's been a second:

I previously bought a unit at my own expense to test with.
Between April and now I've done some testing, primarily with 256, including taking logic analyser traces of 8 channels for the devs to work with
See: https://github.com/ZuluIDE/ZuluIDE-firmware/issues/42
In May, the devs reached back, the ball is in my court right now.
In May, I also was hospitalized for 10 days https://www.arcade-projects.com/thr...t-is-but-it-do-life-updates.29763/post-426024
My arcade stuff is almost entirely gone, however, I did recover a 256, optical drive, games, multi dongle, and my ZuluIDE Unit!

What this means:

I have the equipment to keep testing; my Salae logic analyser is still here as well which is great news
I don't have an arcade cabinet set up. I would have to get out my last remaining supergun and type 3 IO, which I absolutely can do

At this point I would accept "no-guarantee but doing my best" donations to help me continue with the work. Since I'm actively looking for a new job, working on my home, etc., a little extra would go a long way into freeing up the time to continue with this project.

The main goals are two fold:

Pirmary: Get this working with CD/DVD images for the 2x6 as an ODE replacement for single games
Stretch goal: Continue work using ideas/source from this thread, new ideas, and the GPIO or other capabilities of the ZuluIDE, to get back to a multi-selector situation (presuming dongles become available again).

I have a paypal donation link from my hospital stay which could be used, if you wish to donate you can note it's for the 2x6 ode work. No guarantees, I will do my best, but as such of course nobody has to donate, and nobody should feel obligated. However, I am quite hopeful, and even enough to cover/free up a few hours would let me try the next firmware and perhaps have good news or file our subsequent bug report comments. So if you want to donate, feel free, and if you don't, that's fine too :) https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=A6XA4ZMVNREEY

I'm really hopeful for this, I'd love to get the low rumble of the DVD drive silenced when playing 2x6 games. Cheers :cigar:.
 
If I add a 8bitmods ps2 memory pro ,and pi will write the dongle to the usb connected ps2 memory pro. Is it possible ？
 
I think this is a good way to play 2X6 gAmes。 Because USB dongle is also two high price and hard to buy .
 
I had found this files ,they said this files is downloaded before sony's ban.But I do not know Linux， Anyone elese can help make this souce to win exe ? Or I have to learn somthing and install a liunx for trying make the files to app ,so that I can check it .

Mod edit: We cannot host these files on the forum.
 
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To make it easier for me to find these - putting this in the pinned thread.

246 image - https://mega.nz/file/cmhk2AzC#XBBMTBOQ8Ma4zZ0IqXAn2cbd6xuDPVhGg4fRE_M4448

256 image - https://mega.nz/file/wzYyWYYC#GDZdSiWxiXV0_cgTF3I-UphUjt2CswuqruUdaNrw0fc

These are images that have been updated from bladezx's original image. It cleans up a few things related to double button presses on the physical board, as well as adding in some logic to do IDE master/slave selection per game. This seems to have helped with the stability of the multi and loading games correctly. It does require a later version of the firmware on the ODE - the one from December of 2021

https://issues.tattiebogle.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=mantis:ide_simulator:firmware#available_firmware

Matt
 
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mathewbeall said:
To make it easier for me to find these - putting this in the pinned thread.

246 image - https://mega.nz/file/cmhk2AzC#XBBMTBOQ8Ma4zZ0IqXAn2cbd6xuDPVhGg4fRE_M4448

256 image - https://mega.nz/file/wzYyWYYC#GDZdSiWxiXV0_cgTF3I-UphUjt2CswuqruUdaNrw0fc
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So I've had all of the parts to build this for years now and decided to finally try it out. Thanks for these images and the great guide you posted here:
https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/parts-i-used-for-blades-rpi-loader-for-namco-2x6.18362/

I do have a couple of questions
1. where do the dongle images go? It looks like the USB thumb drive is connected to the ODE, so how do they make their way over to the Pi so that the Pi can reflash the dongle?
2. Running this I get the text titles for each of the games, how can I configure it to use the bitmap images when available?
 
1. The dongle images are already on the rpi in a directory - so nothing you need to do there.

2. there is a directory (I would have to find out which it is) where you can drop images in if/when those are available.
 
mathewbeall said:
The dongle images are already on the rpi in a directory - so nothing you need to do there.
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hmm I'm not seeing these and there are some new dongle images I'd like to add

mathewbeall said:
there is a directory (I would have to find out which it is) where you can drop images in if/when those are available.
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on the boot partition the only 2 directories I see are config and overlays.
the config director has the .csv file with the game list and the overlays are the device tree dtbo files.

are the dongle images and graphics stored on the ex4 partition? do you happen to know where?

Edit: Poking around it looks like it's all on the Ex4 partition under /var/www/html/dongles and /var/www/html/oled maybe?
 
/var/www/html/oled - this is where the images go - filename should be the same as what's in /var/www/html/images (i think). in /var/www/html there is a .bmp file for Capcom Fighting Jam - you can throw this in the oled directory and scroll up (don't have to reboot) it checks that each time.

/var/www/html/dongles - this is where the dongle files go.

You will also need to add lines to the romsinfo.csv file in /var/www/html/csv directory - make sure to get all the data fields are correct or it might not load - I think this happened to me once.

login is pi:2x6multi
 
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