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bart1ebee - Feb 17, 2023 |
bart1ebee | Feb 17, 2023 | |||
I bought a broken Saturn and the former owner tried to recap it and melted the cart connector so bad the pins were melted together. Since their are no replacements available I designed a board to be able to solder it to the card slot. I have posted the files to GitHub GitHub - bart1ebee/Sega-Saturn-Built-in-Action-Rep... Currently it only works with VA 0 and 0.5. I think it will work with VA1 but do not have one to check against. The 2 switches 1 will allow you to disable it the other will swap between action replay and pseudo Saturn kai. Thanks to tzmwx..., NoAffinity... and RazorX... for the info that help me make the modifications. |
tzmwx | Feb 17, 2023 | |||
1M EXRAM? |
bart1ebee | Feb 17, 2023 | |||||
it is using HM5117800 from the Action replay they should be 2M each for a total of 4M |
ChronoLe | Feb 19, 2023 | |||||
Very neat. Do you suppose in the future, this can be incorporated with tzmwx...'s direct save internal memory modification? I'm hoping for an all in one internal solution. |
bart1ebee | Feb 19, 2023 | |||||
Action replays have memory for saves along with ram expansion |
cww80 | Feb 19, 2023 | |||
^ Yes, use the Memory Card Plus firmware. You can even copy saves using the built in save file manager. This is the way I use mine with Fenrir. |
ChronoLe | Feb 19, 2023 | |||||
Thank you for the clarification! Just so I'm following correctly, as I'm not familiar with all of Pseudo Saturn's features. An Action Replay Plus flashed with Pseudo can enable all of the following? * Region free play * Enables play of back ups * Direct game save access * 4mb ram expansion These are the four main features that I'm curious about. @cww80... You mentioned the Memory Card Plus firmware, maybe I'm just confusing people now, lol. Trying to sort this all out. Are you saying that the Action Replay Plus can be flashed with the Memory Card Plus firmware, but still maintain the ability to enable 4mb ram play as well? Sorry if I'm just rambling at this point. |
cww80 | Feb 19, 2023 | |||
Yes. You lose the ability to play backups and the Pro Action Replay codes, but with Fenrir it doesn't matter (Obviously) because you can get that with the Pseudo Saturn for Fenrir. (Pro Action Replay Codes) I think the Action Replay Plus is far less annoying when flashed to a Memory Card Plus. I only wish there was a way to get rid of the Save file compression, (Custom firmware anyone?) but I haven't had any issues with it. p.s. You never get direct save ability when flashing the Action Replay Plus to Pseudo Saturn. |
tzmwx | Feb 20, 2023 | |||||
Recommend 1.PAL16Vxx chip's stitches would poke into the motherboard, cutting off part of it. or use PLCC 2.U5 & U6:74157 DIP TO SOIC |
bart1ebee | Feb 26, 2023 | |||||
I plan to cut down the pins on the current through-hole components to get the flush with the board. Currently during testing I have them in sockets to make it easier to move around. I don't know how to get the current setup of the pals I have been looking for information on how to do it. I'd love to make them all surface mount to free up some room and possibly shrink the whole board down. |