my Amstrad Mega PC Page is online ^-^

[danielscheil]

Hi there long time not seen...
but i was moving my appartment and have no more i-net @home...
my first version of the amstrad mega pc site is online !
it's german but you can enjoy the pictures and ask me for details i will translate it in my bad englisch ^-^

http://www.amstrad.mega.pc.page.ms/

feel free to ask something and if you have any information's about the mega cd cart + cable or something else POST it here !

PS it's good to be back

[danielscheil]

i updated a few pictures including one, showing the sega mega drive board and one where the system is running panorama cotton
enjoy it ^-^

[evildragon]

it's just an ISA cart?

I see a hack coming along... to be used in any modern PC

[danielscheil]

was this hack on ebay ?
i now someone owning just the cart and he says that its impossible to connect it with a modern pc..

there exists also someone upgrading the mega pc to a modern pc but it doesnt look real good ^-^

[evildragon]

well, i was actually saying, I may be able to hack it..

from what I see, the ISA cart connects directly to the cartridge.. the ribbon carrying audio and video, and probably the joystick connections (unless that goes over the ISA bus)..

either way, I know I could hack it.. but, it probably would need a 486 max... (and a monitor that can handle the low-scanrate)

[danielscheil]

but nobody realy loving old systems would do this ^-^
the scanrate is a real problem if you find a unit without monitor...

sry for the little understanding problem but my englisch is f***ing bad

[evildragon]

but nobody realy loving old systems would do this ^-^
the scanrate is a real problem if you find a unit without monitor...

sry for the little understanding problem but my englisch is f***ing bad

i can understand you perfectly fine...

i have a modern CRT thats ok with the scan-rate..

http://blackevilweredragon.spymac.com/notsupported1.jpg

sadly, it doesn't think so itself..

[danielscheil]

is this a modded Amstrad Mega PC - Sega Board
or a modded Genesis Board ?

[evildragon]

is this a modded Amstrad Mega PC - Sega Board
or a modded Genesis Board ?

actually, just a regular Sega Genesis connected directly to my VGA monitor, by matching the lines.. (that monitor supports composite sync)

[danielscheil]

wow, great job !
its a perfect screen quality

[evildragon]

yep..

im right now in the process of modding the monitor, to get rid of the on-screen-display, so I can actually play a game, because as it is right now, that error won't go away, the monitor actually thinks it's showing nothing...

though, i think I'm on the right track on disabling that circuit, it's still drawing the blue square for the error, though, not in "sync"..

http://blackevilweredragon.spymac.com/crterror.jpg

(and yes, that's a 32X working on it too)

[danielscheil]

lol
to connect a 32x to the amstrad is my next week's project...
it will be unbelievabel to play mortal kombat 32x on a Monitor
there exists one guy in our german forman saying that it's possible....
we will see

[evildragon]

it would be VERY hard to do..

even if it worked, there would be no "32X graphics"..

the 32X renders graphics OVER the Genesis video...

for example, in my previous picture, the 32X shot, the background is drawn by the Genesis, but the score, characters, and objects, are drawn by the 32X...

you'd need to make a cable from the monitor out on the Mega PC to the 32X, and a cable from the 32X to the monitor..

not to mention, there's a chance the Mega PC don't have internal wiring for the 32X audio (the 32X's audio channels are sent through the cartridge connector on pins B1 and B3..)

I personally don't think it's possible.. But, we'll see... (considering im the one who made a Sega Genesis clone---though failed---sorta, and have programmed for the Genesis)

[danielscheil]

i think too, it will not work...
if i am very lucky i can find one day the cart and cable developped to connect a mega cd