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Post by dj898 on Nov 10, 2015 3:02:55 GMT
I have a burned CD-R of SFZ3 and a modified AR 4-in-1 cart which allows any burned CD-R game to be played from any region, but SFZ3 won't work, because it doesn't detect a 4mb expansion cart; when you turn the ARP into the Pseudo Saturn cart you lose the ability for AR as well as RAM function I believe. from what I heard they are working on to enable these features on top of Pseudo Saturn but till then you won't be able to use the Pseudo Saturn cart to run CD-R which requires the RAM exp cart.
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Post by dj898 on Nov 10, 2015 2:57:48 GMT
IMHO Saturn is quite well built and can stand quite a beating. I have couple of Cross Saturn consoles and as they are ex-development studios they went through quite a lot of beating and what not. still they works well and haven't throw up any issue whenever I pull them out to give them a spin - their region switch are quite handy...
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Post by dj898 on Nov 10, 2015 2:54:24 GMT
Edit: I would also note that the Saturn's IR pads are pretty poor, they have a very narrow reception area meaning you have to constantly aim the pad almost exactly at the reciever. That’s the bit different from my experience. I’ve been using my wireless pad since 2004/2005 and IMHO it works quite well. And I don’t have to aim it dead ahead with the receiver. Dunno whether the distance from the console and where I sit makes the difference…
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Post by dj898 on Nov 10, 2015 0:14:51 GMT
what's be the earliest board version? had what looked like the VA0 board
Full text below.
837-11076 IC BD SATURN MAIN VA0 CCI 171-6874C PC BD SATURN MAIN VA0 CCI
No Serial# though as the thing came with no label from Sega Japan.
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Post by dj898 on Dec 1, 2008 2:18:53 GMT
reading the link it seems you have to open the Saturn in order to access those jumpers. I'll be interested how you did without having Saturn apart coz that will save me heaps of time.
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Post by dj898 on Nov 10, 2008 5:41:52 GMT
very interesting. if you look at the photo you can see the chips on your board are arranged differently from mine...
if you don't mine me asking where do you get yours from?
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Post by dj898 on Nov 10, 2008 2:08:49 GMT
FWIW here's the Saturn mod chip I found in on eof my drawer... ^ ^; No idea and can't recall where I get these from... Just curious that it has double sockets at each side whereas other mod chip usually has one at each side? someone suggested that this could be the elusive universal(?) design but I wouldn't know for sure...
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