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SpooNMan
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 Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:22 am Post subject: Bung Doctor v64 working with a DVD-ROM Drive? |
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I was just wondering if this is possible (either with a certain brand IDE DVD-rom and/or BIOS update)
I have seen the CF card + BIOS hack, but I really don't want to alter my original v64 that much. A dual layer 8.5GB would be a perfect size for the best N64 roms uncompressed without disc swapping.
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kyuusaku
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| It's only possible with a BIOS update that nobody has developed and probably never will. |
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pablo_jre
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| Is it because the v64 doesn't understand DVD (I thought IDE took care of tha anyway) or because of it's 4.7/8.5 gigabyte sizes? |
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MottZilla
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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DVD-ROM and CD-ROM use different disc formats. It's not just the size difference. There are many differences such as the file system which I think would be the first big barrier.
It would make more sense to develop a device using Compact Flash cards to run N64 ROMs than to make a BIOS hack for the V64 since they are so old, not very available, expensive, etc. |
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SpooNMan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| MottZilla wrote: | DVD-ROM and CD-ROM use different disc formats. It's not just the size difference. There are many differences such as the file system which I think would be the first big barrier.
It would make more sense to develop a device using Compact Flash cards to run N64 ROMs than to make a BIOS hack for the V64 since they are so old, not very available, expensive, etc. |
Well, there are other flash devices for the N64, but I like the reliability and nostalgia of the Doctor V64.
There is also the CF card +BIOS update for the v64... http://emuconsoleexploitnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/doctor-v64-hddcf-bios-upgrade.html But it's based on an old firmware and does away with a lot of the extra functions, and the test menus, which I like to have.
I think it only works with a maximum of 4GB CF card.
I would rather have DVDRom support since DVD-Rom drives are dirt cheap and abundant. The IDE to CF card readers are sometimes flaky and I like to keep the hardware unmodified.
Plus, if it ever did work (and I realize it probably will never happen) 8.5GB would be a good size to work with. I also don't think the CF card appears to have any speed increase over a 32x CDROM. The bottleneck being the v64.
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madman
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The time required to develop such a BIOS would be greater than the time required for everyone who still cares about warezing N64 to swap CDs when they want to play different games  In reality, you should be able to fit all the *good* N64 games on probably 2 CDs. The rest are horrible games that were horrible back then and even worse now. |
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SpooNMan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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| madman wrote: | | The time required to develop such a BIOS would be greater than the time required for everyone who still cares about warezing N64 to swap CDs when they want to play different games In reality, you should be able to fit all the *good* N64 games on probably 2 CDs. The rest are horrible games that were horrible back then and even worse now. |
Hey, someone took the time to hack the BIOS to run roms off the CF card>IDE adapter though. So you never know...
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system64
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| Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| btw, you can install a DVD drive in a Doctor V64. But you can only read CDs with it. |
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