ATAPI/IDE ODE Testing
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Orakelschaf
Enthusiast
Same with me. Would love to buy it once it is available 
UnlimitedGRG
New User
Man, a lot has changed here since I checked last. I'm having a hard time parsing through the thread. Is there ANY ODE that is confirmed to work for single games available at the moment? I'm on my 3rd DVD drive and sick of tracking down compatible hardware
mathewbeall
Champion
I think the new one from @electric_monk should be out soon.
UnlimitedGRG
New User
I gathered that, seems great. Are there any others still able to be found with minimal functionality? Seems that compatibility is all over the place.
mathewbeall
Champion
I don't think so - his old ODE was good, but then became available - I haven't see any that work since that. The new one has HDD support, so should be great.
msamiullah
Professional
link to the new ODE thread ?
there isn't one, it's being discussed in this thread: https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/atapi-ide-ode-testing.7076/page-27#post-458585
BladeZX
Champion
I currently have 2 of the old ones - not really liking the idea of buying new ones for the HDD support
The talk before was that the first one could be updated with a firmware update - I guess that is no longer the case
The talk before was that the first one could be updated with a firmware update - I guess that is no longer the case
BladeZX
Champion
ah yes I did miss that - I hope it works because I do not see myself buying 2 new ones
msamiullah
Professional
This is the nature of the things, if its doable via firmware upgrade good, if not, I will buy the new one, no issues there! Good work guys!
Considering no one else has tried to make an ode that does what his new one will kinda shoes how niche the need must be. Unfortunately you pay for that kind of R&D. If his first design was created with the specific intention of supporting all 246 games and never did then I might be a bit unamused. The fact he will try to backport his code is a big bonus.
it wasn't. the first design was intended for Konami 573 use, specifically for rhythm games on that platform like DDR.
It was the community here that encouraged him to expand the functionality to include 2x6 use but even then it was clear from the start that it was disc only despite many people expressing desire for hdd support.
Tonybolony
Professional
well i for one am looking forward to either outcome
magicman
Student
I'm interested in one, don't care if HDD is compatible or not as I worked out a solution with a CF reader for HDD games. The Toshiba DVD-Rom on my 246B is starting to show signs of failure, this is my second one so far. I'm pretty sure we are the ones buying all of the compatible IDE DVD-Rom drives on ebay lol
Coyo5050
Professional
I have the original one so looking forward to either a firmware update or if needed to buy the new one.