PlayStation Development Network

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!

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