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no, pci-express is exactly that,
the older cardbus was a mini version of the isa slot.
 
rtw said:
No offense taken, I just though I would mention it.

As @stj mentioned a pci-express card would work. Like this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/201413686429
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stj said:
no, pci-express is exactly that,
the older cardbus was a mini version of the isa slot.
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You are a legends!!! :saint: I forgot about an old laptop I had which has a 68-pin PCMCIA slots, got myself one of these adaptors (those ExpressCard ones are impossible to track down here!), managed to somehow find an XP install disc that I knew I had buried somewhere from twenty years ago, and, through tears of technical incapability using Command Prompt, it appears I have only gone and managed to get the Sector Code – I think!!! Happy days – and thank you!!! :cat:
 
So... I have aquired five CF cards and only two work – is this the whole "Naomi Game" that I should embrace!? 😂
Two of the cards are identical yet only one of them works – Bonkers!!! Ha ha ha!!!
 
rtw said:
Two explanations:
. You have a fake card
. The disk format on the CF is incorrect.

If you use gcfi it will verify that the disk format is correct.
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I've now got four of the five working – seems they prefer to be formatted when connected by IDE/PCMCIA/ATAPI.
Just have a troublesome Jessops branded Toshiba one (if I remember ATAID details correctly).
 
Just run: gcfi it will tell you if the format of the card is correct.
 
rtw said:
Just run: gcfi it will tell you if the format of the card is correct.
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I'm a bit useless at this...

c:\gcfi -p -r -s 0x3732 -d f:\ -l ABC.BIN -g starseek.bin

gives me the following error:
gcfi: command error: unable to open file: starseek.bin

I've tried it with a known working CF card – is there something I'm missing? Is there a place that the game file should be located and should it be .bin (extracted from the zip file?) or left as a .zip or something else?

Any advice would be much appreciated :thumbsup: Thanks for your patience!
 
then probably change the "starseek.bin" for a "c:\starseek.bin"

Working from c:\ is probably not a good idea and you will need for sure administrator rights to do anything there.
 
Darksoft said:
Working from c:\ is probably not a good idea and you will need for sure administrator rights to do anything there.
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You need to be admin to run gcfi as well!

Do the following as a normal user

c:
cd \
mkdir naomi
cd naomi
copy c:\gcfi.exe c:\naomi
copy c:\starseek.bin c:\naomi
 
I think progress is being made, I now get:

os version : 5.1 <2600>
logical drive : d:\
size: 461MB
sector size: 512
removing files: done

But then the following message:

gcfi: unable to issue control to drive: d

I've tried a few things, rtw's commands and different ports IDE/USB and formatting before execution – are we close!?
 
You are running Windows XP.

Does the message actually say: "unable to issue control code to drive: d"

This means that Windows cannot map a logical drive into a physical drive.

What kind of drive is drive d: ? USB ?

Also please run the program: listphys.exe which can be found in the gcfi archive.
 
rtw said:
Does the message actually say: "unable to issue control code to drive: d"
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Yeah, I noticed that after I posted.

I will have a look at this tomorrow – thanks for all your help so far :thumbup:
 
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Thanks for this tool. I've been able to successfully burn a CF - it's taken some time to wait for parts to read the Key ID, but we've gotten there in the end :D

From my current CF's that I've got, I think one is not compatible, I do exactly the same process with the same cards and get a successful write, but one loads fine and one just gives me a black screen

Code: 
C:\Naomi\CF\gcfi_1.30>gcfi -p -r -s 0x3130 -d D:\ -l ABC.BIN -g ikaruga.bin
os version    : 10.0 (19043)
logical drive : D:\
size          : 977MB
sector size   : 512
removing files: done
physical drive: 1
sector offset : 0x3130
game file     : ikaruga.bin
file size     : 33554432 bytes
loader file   : ABC.BIN
output file   : IKARUGA.BIN
region byte   : 0xff
game crc32    : 0xaff6ddfe
loader crc32  : 0x50092201
copying file  : ikaruga.bin -> D:\IKARUGA.BIN
region patch  : done
generating xor: done
creating csum : done

I'm wondering if anybody has tried a micro SD to CF adapter? micro SD cards seem waaay cheaper than CF cards down here in AU
 
mR_CaESaR said:
Thanks for this tool. I've been able to successfully burn a CF - it's taken some time to wait for parts to read the Key ID, but we've gotten there in the end :D

From my current CF's that I've got, I think one is not compatible, I do exactly the same process with the same cards and get a successful write, but one loads fine and one just gives me a black screen

Code: 
C:\Naomi\CF\gcfi_1.30>gcfi -p -r -s 0x3130 -d D:\ -l ABC.BIN -g ikaruga.bin
os version    : 10.0 (19043)
logical drive : D:\
size          : 977MB
sector size   : 512
removing files: done
physical drive: 1
sector offset : 0x3130
game file     : ikaruga.bin
file size     : 33554432 bytes
loader file   : ABC.BIN
output file   : IKARUGA.BIN
region byte   : 0xff
game crc32    : 0xaff6ddfe
loader crc32  : 0x50092201
copying file  : ikaruga.bin -> D:\IKARUGA.BIN
region patch  : done
generating xor: done
creating csum : done

I'm wondering if anybody has tried a micro SD to CF adapter? micro SD cards seem waaay cheaper than CF cards down here in AU
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What did you use to read the CF IDs?
 
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