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by prochazkaml
February 21st, 2022, 1:29 am
Forum: Work Logs & Projects
Topic: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM
Replies: 43
Views: 47943

Re: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM

First of all, thank you to everyone for giving me advice. About the Cybdyn Systems deal: they offered to sell me 4 connectors for $30 AUD, so around $21.53 USD ? $5.38 USD per connector. Actually very reasonable, considering that these are purpose-made connectors. However, I did not go through with ...
by prochazkaml
February 20th, 2022, 8:04 am
Forum: Work Logs & Projects
Topic: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM
Replies: 43
Views: 47943

Re: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM

So, the fine folks over at Cybdyn Systems have actually responded to my request: https://imgs.prochazka.ml/cybdynmsg.png Uh-oh. Well, that immediately tells me that the total price will be in the human organ territory, and since I am a broke student (who would really like to keep his kidneys intact,...
by prochazkaml
February 20th, 2022, 1:55 am
Forum: Work Logs & Projects
Topic: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM
Replies: 43
Views: 47943

Re: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM

Very nice research and prototype work! Just contact Cybdyn Systems though. They'll sell you some. Thanks! :) I have now contacted Cybdyn Systems through their JIRA Service Desk (because you can't just send them an e-mail...), we'll see if they respond. Sadly, I won't post an update to the project t...
by prochazkaml
February 19th, 2022, 8:33 am
Forum: Work Logs & Projects
Topic: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM
Replies: 43
Views: 47943

Re: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM

Hello everyone yet again! :) First of all, I have slightly modified the model of the connector's base – I made the pin holes a bit larger, since inserting them was impossible in certain holes due to printer inconsistency (printing 0.6 mm wide holes is a hard, trust me – now they are ~0.7 mm in diame...
by prochazkaml
February 18th, 2022, 4:06 am
Forum: Work Logs & Projects
Topic: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM
Replies: 43
Views: 47943

Re: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM

Hey! Made some progress on the project, as promised. Yesterday's post was written in quite a hurry, so it may not be as comprehensible as I would like it to be. Sorry about that, hopefully this post will fix that. My intention for this project is to make a fully-working PlayStation parallel port con...
by prochazkaml
February 17th, 2022, 7:34 am
Forum: Work Logs & Projects
Topic: DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM
Replies: 43
Views: 47943

DIYing a plug that fits the PlayStation's parallel port to boot from a ROM

Alright. The PlayStation parallel port situation at this point is in a terrible place. People are in the best case buying similar connectors and chopping them up to fit in the console (which is probably the most sensible, however I'm not paying >$30 on DigiKey for a single connector + shipping from ...
by prochazkaml
August 23rd, 2021, 5:45 pm
Forum: Psy-Q SDK
Topic: Tutorial: Setting up the Psy-Q SDK under modern Linux
Replies: 2
Views: 13207

Re: Tutorial: Setting up the Psy-Q SDK under modern Linux

Thank you, I''m glad to hear that! :D
by prochazkaml
January 22nd, 2021, 1:32 am
Forum: Psy-Q SDK
Topic: Tutorial: Setting up the Psy-Q SDK under modern Linux
Replies: 2
Views: 13207

Tutorial: Setting up the Psy-Q SDK under modern Linux

I haven't been able to find any good tutorial on how to get the Psy-Q SDK running under Linux, so after a bit of trial and error I got it working well enough that this Hello world example now compiles, gets packaged into a disc image and runs all under modern Linux. Step 1: Make sure you have Wine i...