There’s one extra modification I’d recommend to go with your HDD modified Dreamcast, a reset switch. I’m even getting games working with DMA access that didn’t work before.
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Nothing else changed with the software but this drive seems to be better compatibility. I upgraded from the 60GB HDD to a Hitachi 160GB drive, and now the preset saving works. The developer is still working on this and is already supports more games than the SD card loader option. The preset feature works fine from SD cards apparently.Ĭompatibility with Dreamshell is still not 100% for the whole Dreamcast games library. Its hoped the developer can resolve this at some point. Unfortunately There is a problem with this currently and the preset does not load the right settings when Dreamshell is booted from HDD. This should mean than when selecting the same game again should be quick and simple. Then the boot parameters for a game are selected, you can save the options as a preset. The only issue I’ve had with Dreamshell loading from a HDD is regarding the saving of game presets. It can also copy CDR games as CDI images. GD Ripper Reads the content of Original GD to the HDD or SD card as ISO format. For myself, that wasn’t an option as I still want the option to use Original games. This is a fine solution though if your OK with removing the GD-Rom. The extra height of the adaptor between the motherboard and drive consequently stops the console being reassembled afterwords. The downsides to the G1-ATA is that it works best with the GD Drive removed. This little boards sits between the motherboard and the Gd-Rom drive and allows attachment of the IDE cable to a drive.
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Hard Drive access is faster than SD cards attached to the serial port, and sometimes faster than the original GD-Rom drive.Īdding a HDD became much easier with the use of a G1-ATA adaptor. Once this was added the apps like ISO Loader could be updated to load game images from the HDD faster and with more comparability than widely used SD card to Serial method. More recently IDE access support was added to Dreamshell, the Unix like operating system for Dreamcast.
Its been known for some time that the Dreamcast GD-Rom commands are similar to ATA calls on IDE drives. I’ve been looking forward to getting some time to try this mod. Installation of custom BIOS/Boot loader and Dreamshell. So many things to do A new version a GDRom Explorer should be released soon and as some people ask me for that feature, yes it will support a new format for Naomi users. Upgrading a Sega Dreamcast to use an IDE hard drive. Vacantions are almost over so it is time for me to get back to work.
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