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#71
General Discussion / Re: Game Gear SMS Plugin Quest...
Last post by blue22 - 25/Nov/2019 05:23:36 PMI'd like to vote for this, too! Like the PC Engine/TG16 dumper, I'd pay about $29.99 for it!
#72
General Discussion / Re: PC Engine/Turbografx plug ...
Last post by blue22 - 25/Nov/2019 05:20:16 PMIf you did a small scale production on these (like the kazzo dumper) I would buy one!!!!!
I'd pay about $29.99 to $39.99 for it! So get to producing it (pretty please)!!!!!
I'd pay about $29.99 to $39.99 for it! So get to producing it (pretty please)!!!!!
#73
General Discussion / Re: PC Engine/Turbografx plug ...
Last post by Retrofan - 24/Nov/2019 08:54:59 PMI had a nice chat with skaman via PM and decided to go for ordering his PCB as well as the Tototek HuCard slot - trying to mate them at my own risk.
Skaman's PCB as it arrived.
The Tototek Hucard slot.
Top
Underside. The mounting pins are in a different alignment than the original HuCard slot. No suprise here, since the Tototek slot is meant for use with their own dumper PCB.
Side view at the mounting pins. These do not carry any electrical connection to the HuCard interface pins.
I had to drill skaman's PCB to clear the Tototek slot mounting pins. Then I scraped the solder mask from the surface surrounding the pin holes to uncover the copper underneath. I mounted the slot onto the PCB and distributed a generous amount of solder to the mounting pins. Since the copper forms a large heat sink connected to the ground pin, having a soldering station with high thermal capacity and an extra wide tip in the handpiece helps a lot. I went for a Weller WS-81 with a WSP 80 handpiece.
Then I soldered the rest of the interface pins and tested them against the PCB's pins usind a DMM. Some pins are assigned in a different way than found in AaronE's wiring schematic:
https://www.retrode.org/plug-in-adapters/
Blazing Lazers HuCard test-fit
And there you have it, the HuCard plugin adaptor for the Retrode. Merrily dumping your HuCard ROMs to any device you'd like to by USB mass storage protocol. Make sure to put the whole adapter thing with the HuCard slot facing to the Retrode's backside in the SNES slot, and set the voltage switch to 5 V. Also, upgrade the Retrode's firmware to at least v0.26a - I didn't do it yet, d'oh! Too bad FLIP refuses to do the upgrade on Windows 10, so I need to make up for it tomorrow at a Windows 7 machine at work.
Modifying a stock SNES cart shell to hold the plugin adaptor is on my to do list as well.
Skaman's PCB as it arrived.
The Tototek Hucard slot.
Top
Underside. The mounting pins are in a different alignment than the original HuCard slot. No suprise here, since the Tototek slot is meant for use with their own dumper PCB.
Side view at the mounting pins. These do not carry any electrical connection to the HuCard interface pins.
I had to drill skaman's PCB to clear the Tototek slot mounting pins. Then I scraped the solder mask from the surface surrounding the pin holes to uncover the copper underneath. I mounted the slot onto the PCB and distributed a generous amount of solder to the mounting pins. Since the copper forms a large heat sink connected to the ground pin, having a soldering station with high thermal capacity and an extra wide tip in the handpiece helps a lot. I went for a Weller WS-81 with a WSP 80 handpiece.
Then I soldered the rest of the interface pins and tested them against the PCB's pins usind a DMM. Some pins are assigned in a different way than found in AaronE's wiring schematic:
https://www.retrode.org/plug-in-adapters/
Blazing Lazers HuCard test-fit
And there you have it, the HuCard plugin adaptor for the Retrode. Merrily dumping your HuCard ROMs to any device you'd like to by USB mass storage protocol. Make sure to put the whole adapter thing with the HuCard slot facing to the Retrode's backside in the SNES slot, and set the voltage switch to 5 V. Also, upgrade the Retrode's firmware to at least v0.26a - I didn't do it yet, d'oh! Too bad FLIP refuses to do the upgrade on Windows 10, so I need to make up for it tomorrow at a Windows 7 machine at work.
Modifying a stock SNES cart shell to hold the plugin adaptor is on my to do list as well.
#74
Support / Re: N64 with SRAM lose save fi...
Last post by Whiteboy - 16/Nov/2019 08:17:47 AMOk I was about to backup the saves for Ocarina and Smash Bros. and more like Mario 64 and Goldeneye. So from what I understand, I SHOULD NOT do this for Ocarina and Smash because it will always delete the saves on the cart? I wonder if there is a fix for this?
#75
Support / Help with N64 roms
Last post by gen_shingar - 13/Nov/2019 07:45:42 AMI just used the Retrode to back up my N64 games and am having issues with 2 ROMS.
Destruction Derby 64 which essentially crashes Project64 and Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 which seems to load up (audio) but Project64 stays black screen.
Any ideas on how to solve these issues?
Destruction Derby 64 which essentially crashes Project64 and Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 which seems to load up (audio) but Project64 stays black screen.
Any ideas on how to solve these issues?
#76
General Discussion / Re: SNES cart slot missing 2 s...
Last post by ssokolow - 11/Nov/2019 08:16:34 AMAs I understand it, in the wild, the outer segments of the SNES cartridge connector are used for communicating with coprocessors on the cartridge, which is unnecessary when dumping the ROM.
(Aside from the handful of games like Super Mario RPG and Kirby Super Star which interpose the SA-1 chip between you and the ROM, but you need an extended dumping adapter for those anyway because the Retrode's microcontroller is too busy to successfully fake a CIC sync so the SA-1 will let you in. If you build an extended dumping adapter, it will talk to the SA-1 on the Retrode's behalf using a couple of dedicated timer chips and a PIC programmed to act as a fake CIC host chip.)
...at least, that's what I remember being in the extended dumping adapter. I just beta-tested one I didn't build.
(Aside from the handful of games like Super Mario RPG and Kirby Super Star which interpose the SA-1 chip between you and the ROM, but you need an extended dumping adapter for those anyway because the Retrode's microcontroller is too busy to successfully fake a CIC sync so the SA-1 will let you in. If you build an extended dumping adapter, it will talk to the SA-1 on the Retrode's behalf using a couple of dedicated timer chips and a PIC programmed to act as a fake CIC host chip.)
...at least, that's what I remember being in the extended dumping adapter. I just beta-tested one I didn't build.
#77
General Discussion / Re: SNES cart slot missing 2 s...
Last post by Whiteboy - 08/Nov/2019 10:34:13 AMlol ok, thanks guys 
#78
General Discussion / Re: SNES cart slot missing 2 s...
Last post by Matthias_H - 08/Nov/2019 10:04:36 AMThose side pins are not being used, so at some point we dropped them in an effort to save material and, therefore, the planet 
#79
General Discussion / Re: SNES cart slot missing 2 s...
Last post by newbie2 - 08/Nov/2019 01:43:27 AMThat was the case with the ones Matthias sold directly (or at least some of them, including mine). I'm not aware of any games that you need them for dumping.
#80
General Discussion / SNES cart slot missing 2 side ...
Last post by Whiteboy - 06/Nov/2019 09:00:05 AMHi there, I received my new Retrode from Dragonbox the other day. I noticed my SNES cart slot is only the basic main socket, and is missing the 2 side sockets (not sure what they are called)?
The instruction manual shows the 2 side sockets, so I was wondering if they are shipping now only with the mains socket and why? I still managed to dump most of my saves, I am just curious. Thanks!
The instruction manual shows the 2 side sockets, so I was wondering if they are shipping now only with the mains socket and why? I still managed to dump most of my saves, I am just curious. Thanks!