Playstation Classic Mini Disc project
Posted: March 17th, 2020, 6:22 pm
So there's a new Playstation replica case being released by Bandai later this month on March 29, 2020. It's called BEST HIT CHRONICLE 2/5 “PlayStationâ€(SCPH-1000)
It even has a flippable lid. I'm not a expert at these things but how feasible would it be to include a Playstation Classic or a single board computer in there such as the Raspberry Pi Zero W, along with a optical disc drive that can read Mini DVD/CDs, then use it in conjunction with the Retroarch Disc Project to read burned PS1 discs? I understand that the Retroarch Disc Project only supports the Beetle PSX core at the moment which runs rather slow on the PSC, but I think in the future it'll perform faster.
I actually got this idea a year ago with the Playstation Classic where I was going to convert the case into a flip top cover and attempt to put a DVD drive in there:
I commissioned a friend months ago to modify the PSC case for me, he just started on it last night. First he attempted to do it on a cheap China clone version by Data Frog that I got from Aliexpress, it came out looking okay. He's going to sand it and make it look smooth.
But then today I stumbled on this new case by Bandai and I placed a pre-order for this case. I'm still going to have my friend go through with the official Sony Playstation Classic case mod but I'll try it on the Bandai case too when it releases.
Again I'm not a expert at any of this. I'm practically a noob when it comes to electrical engineering, programming, compiling code, modifying the kernel to include modules in order to support optical drives, I mean I read about it and have a basic understanding of it but I have little to no experience. I'm going to have to just learn everything on the fly as I go along. But first things first is getting a case with a flippable lid.
It even has a flippable lid. I'm not a expert at these things but how feasible would it be to include a Playstation Classic or a single board computer in there such as the Raspberry Pi Zero W, along with a optical disc drive that can read Mini DVD/CDs, then use it in conjunction with the Retroarch Disc Project to read burned PS1 discs? I understand that the Retroarch Disc Project only supports the Beetle PSX core at the moment which runs rather slow on the PSC, but I think in the future it'll perform faster.
I actually got this idea a year ago with the Playstation Classic where I was going to convert the case into a flip top cover and attempt to put a DVD drive in there:
I commissioned a friend months ago to modify the PSC case for me, he just started on it last night. First he attempted to do it on a cheap China clone version by Data Frog that I got from Aliexpress, it came out looking okay. He's going to sand it and make it look smooth.
But then today I stumbled on this new case by Bandai and I placed a pre-order for this case. I'm still going to have my friend go through with the official Sony Playstation Classic case mod but I'll try it on the Bandai case too when it releases.
Again I'm not a expert at any of this. I'm practically a noob when it comes to electrical engineering, programming, compiling code, modifying the kernel to include modules in order to support optical drives, I mean I read about it and have a basic understanding of it but I have little to no experience. I'm going to have to just learn everything on the fly as I go along. But first things first is getting a case with a flippable lid.