ATAPI/IDE ODE Testing
- Thread starter twistedsymphony
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Dusting off this thread to let you all know that I'm testing a new ATAPI ODE from @electric_monk. this one includes support for HDD images in addition to CD and DVD for a complete Namco 2x6 solution!
Here is what the new device looks like
and a photo of it running Gundam NEXT (a HDD game) on my vewlix
Gundam Next works great and I've also tested Fate Unlimited Codes (another HDD game) with 0 zero issues.
Testing is going well so far with few tweaks to the firmware already I'll report back here with more results as I progress forward in my testing
Here is what the new device looks like
and a photo of it running Gundam NEXT (a HDD game) on my vewlix
Gundam Next works great and I've also tested Fate Unlimited Codes (another HDD game) with 0 zero issues.
Testing is going well so far with few tweaks to the firmware already I'll report back here with more results as I progress forward in my testing
BladeZX
Champion
Is there no way to update the existing one to make it work for HDD?
that's a question for @electric_monk but I'd suspect the reason for new hardware is that there was something hardware related required to make hdd support possible.
mathewbeall
Champion
I am pretty certain this is a motherboard limitation - not anything at all related to the optical drive interface.
that's correct.
the only way games like Tekken 4 will work on 256 is if someone patched the game to work that way... otherwise the issue is that the 256 Mobo literally doesn't support the commands that the game's require.
Tonybolony
Professional
glad its been tested , monk reached out to me a while back letting me know he had done this , cant wait to get one
Kavas
Champion
Cool that hes back at it again. Wish the older version could do this.
I've successfully tested SC3. T5DR is not yet working and I'm waiting on an update to fix it and continue testing
Tonybolony
Professional
tekken 5 DR used to be hit and miss for me on the original ODE for some reason
this one includes support for HDD images in addition to CD and DVD for a complete Namco 2x6 solution!
I can't wait to buy one
electric_monk
Enthusiast
I do intend to try and backport the hard disk support to the old version of the PCB, I haven't yet confirmed if it'll work or not - been too busy with the new version and also unrelated stuff 
It's obviously in my interest to keep the code between both as similar as possible anyway, though right now the new version contains all the tidying/upgrades as that's still in progress. There's also features in the new board (like the buttons, LEDs and OLED screen support) that won't work on the old version as it just lacks those I/O ports.
It's obviously in my interest to keep the code between both as similar as possible anyway, though right now the new version contains all the tidying/upgrades as that's still in progress. There's also features in the new board (like the buttons, LEDs and OLED screen support) that won't work on the old version as it just lacks those I/O ports.Tonybolony
Professional
cant wait
@electric_monk would you consider a discount for existing owners if we upgrade to the new version ? 
mathewbeall
Champion
I do intend to try and backport the hard disk support to the old version of the PCB, I haven't yet confirmed if it'll work or not - been too busy with the new version and also unrelated stuff
LED's and OLED screen sound great! I have often thought "i wonder if anything is happening" when doing 246 testing...
invzim
Champion
Git submodules - a bit of work to set it up and transition your codebase, but totally worth it when going for identical code shared between different products.I do intend to try and backport the hard disk support to the old version of the PCB, I haven't yet confirmed if it'll work or not - been too busy with the new version and also unrelated stuff
electric_monk
Enthusiast
Yup, it's the only reasonable way I can think of to do it (certainly don't want to mess around with a third project that emits a static library and trying to have that compile to something like artifactory for the other projects to pull or something) 
The only real pain is that git really messes with the new chip's IDE (Microchip officially only support "zipping up your files and saving those ZIP files somewhere" and git regularly causes it to lose settings and such). Obviously I'm using git anyway (and it's saved me from some weirdness that their ZIP file solution didn't fix, too).
The only real pain is that git really messes with the new chip's IDE (Microchip officially only support "zipping up your files and saving those ZIP files somewhere" and git regularly causes it to lose settings and such). Obviously I'm using git anyway (and it's saved me from some weirdness that their ZIP file solution didn't fix, too).