ToToTEK.COM Forum Index ToToTEK.COM
Help & Support Forum
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Kingwon KW-SC2000 VCD Player contains Dr. PC Jr. hardware

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    ToToTEK.COM Forum Index -> Copiers and Hardware
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
system64



Joined: 17 May 2009
Posts: 112

PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:53 am    Post subject: Kingwon KW-SC2000 VCD Player contains Dr. PC Jr. hardware Reply with quote

The Kingwon Super Computer VCD KW-SC2000 is a Video CD Player with an integrated Bung Doctor PC Junior.

It has a CD-ROM, Floppy Disk Drive, keyboard/mouse connector and 2 famicom joystick ports.

It can load Famicom games from CD!

It comes with the same operating system as the Dr PC Jr. Check out this video. At 17:04 they load the operating system from floppy disk and show a Basic demo:
https://www.ixigua.com/6924616003351642632?logTag=2c2bc6428ef2443c1770

The same Basic demo is also available on the Dr PC Jr!

Here is more information about the KW-SC2000:
https://zhuanlan-zhihu-com.translate.goog/p/88731191?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

It was sold in the late 90's. I would love to get my hands on this system.

Does anyone know where a foreigner can buy used chinese VCD Players Smile



SC2000_1.jpg
 Description:
blurry picture captured from the video showing the PCB from Bung
 Filesize:  83.67 KB
 Viewed:  4703 Time(s)

SC2000_1.jpg


Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
mrforever



Joined: 19 Nov 2007
Posts: 75

PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow it's gorgeous and impressive unit!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Mystic_Merlin



Joined: 15 Oct 2007
Posts: 496
Location: Bangkok

PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very interesting stuff! Thanks for the share!

I came across a couple of Famiclones, with mouse and keyboard or with built-in CRT and floppy drives but this looks much more advanced.

As I recall China was banning the import of game consoles at the time so manufacturers would "hide" these functionalities in common VCD players.
I doubt many of those survived but that would be fun to try out.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
system64



Joined: 17 May 2009
Posts: 112

PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mystic_Merlin wrote:
I came across a couple of Famiclones, with mouse and keyboard or with built-in CRT and floppy drives but this looks much more advanced.


I agree, this is the most advanced Famiclone I've ever seen.

Do you know a Chinese plattform where people sell used hardware, something similar to Ebay?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
mrforever



Joined: 19 Nov 2007
Posts: 75

PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

eh i looking too for marketplace websites for find those oddity units
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Mystic_Merlin



Joined: 15 Oct 2007
Posts: 496
Location: Bangkok

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can try your luck at taobao, carousell or ruten.
These sites have local market places in Taiwan, HK, Singapore..
The problem is most won't deal with international buyers. Either you can use a proxy service or a proxy person is the best.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
mrforever



Joined: 19 Nov 2007
Posts: 75

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mystic_Merlin wrote:
You can try your luck at taobao, carousell or ruten.
These sites have local market places in Taiwan, HK, Singapore..
The problem is most won't deal with international buyers. Either you can use a proxy service or a proxy person is the best.


THANK YOU MATE
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
CZroe



Joined: 29 Aug 2021
Posts: 18

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great to see the CD loading demonstrated with Contra since that game used a custom mapper. Mapper support has been one of my big questions about the Bung Doctor PCjr this whole time. That means the backup loading is more advanced and it isn’t going to be limited to a bunch of NROM games from the CDs. Anyone know if it can handle FDS titles? …perhaps when cloned on standard 3.5” diskettes somehow? Does it support the most common one from Nintendo, MMC3?

I’d love to get my hands on one of these… or a Bung Doctor PCjr. It seems clear to me that the Doctor PCjr is basically a Doctor V64 with no N64 interface… and an additional floppy drive. As we all know, the V64 plays VCDs and uses Famiclone hardware for the OSD with some hardware for video blanking and pass-thru/overlay. You can clearly see this hardware use the same functions when it switches between the MPEG decoder and the PPU output.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NorQue



Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 62

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

From what I could find out the Doctor PC Jr is basically a Game Master from the copier side, I doubt it can load FDS games, since it still needs the Famicom RAM adapter to load games from FDS as a standalone unit. To load games from 3.5" you needed a MGD1 and its floppy interface, from what I could find out. There were a bunch of people around here who must've owned one at one time or another and can probably say more, but I haven't read anything from them in a long time.

I've been on the lookout for one for a Game Master a while, but no luck so far.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    ToToTEK.COM Forum Index -> Copiers and Hardware All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You can attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group