Hello,
I started looking as Playstation dev years ago. I got as far as buying a chipped playstation (it's a 5502 I believe, UK model) and an Explorer (I also have a parallel PC cable from a Zip drive, which I believe can be used to connect a PC to the Explorer.) What I never got round to was doing anything to the explorer to make it work with the tools. Can someone point me in the right direction? I remember it needed to be flashed with Caela or Catflap or something like that, just not what exactly is needed.
TIA!
Programming with an Xplorer
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Make sure you use Windows 98 for this process. Windows 7 needs more time and troubleshooting to get it working
1) Make your BIOS use SPP for the Parallel settings.
2) Download and burn X-FLASH to a CD-R: http://psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=135
3) Boot X-FLASH on your PlayStation 1, and flash CAETLA-0.34 to your Xplorer.
4) Turn off the PlayStation 1, wait a few seconds and then turn it back on.
5) Plug your Xplorer to your PC (using your Zip DB-25 male to female cable).
6) Run PSEXE.COM from a DOS window with the correct parameters (CALL C:\PSEXE.COM -P10 MAIN.EXE):
http://psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... psexe#p619
If all goes well, it should upload to the PlayStation 1. From there,
7) Setup and install PSY-Q: http://psxdev.net/help/psyq_install.html
1) Make your BIOS use SPP for the Parallel settings.
2) Download and burn X-FLASH to a CD-R: http://psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=135
3) Boot X-FLASH on your PlayStation 1, and flash CAETLA-0.34 to your Xplorer.
4) Turn off the PlayStation 1, wait a few seconds and then turn it back on.
5) Plug your Xplorer to your PC (using your Zip DB-25 male to female cable).
6) Run PSEXE.COM from a DOS window with the correct parameters (CALL C:\PSEXE.COM -P10 MAIN.EXE):
http://psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... psexe#p619
If all goes well, it should upload to the PlayStation 1. From there,
7) Setup and install PSY-Q: http://psxdev.net/help/psyq_install.html
Development Console: SCPH-5502 with 8MB RAM, MM3 Modchip, PAL 60 Colour Modification (for NTSC), PSIO Switch Board, DB-9 breakout headers for both RGB and Serial output and an Xplorer with CAETLA 0.34.
PlayStation Development PC: Windows 98 SE, Pentium 3 at 400MHz, 128MB SDRAM, DTL-H2000, DTL-H2010, DTL-H201A, DTL-S2020 (with 4GB SCSI-2 HDD), 21" Sony G420, CD-R burner, 3.25" and 5.25" Floppy Diskette Drives, ZIP 100 Diskette Drive and an IBM Model M keyboard.
PlayStation Development PC: Windows 98 SE, Pentium 3 at 400MHz, 128MB SDRAM, DTL-H2000, DTL-H2010, DTL-H201A, DTL-S2020 (with 4GB SCSI-2 HDD), 21" Sony G420, CD-R burner, 3.25" and 5.25" Floppy Diskette Drives, ZIP 100 Diskette Drive and an IBM Model M keyboard.
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