PCE CD Drive Replacement

[gusmoney]

The creator of the GDEmu and Rhea/Phoebe --SD card replacement boards of the optical drives-- for the Dreamcast and Saturn respectively has recently posted that work on a PCE device along those lines is progressing.

Have a look:

https://gdemu.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/aint-no-rest-for-the-wicked/

[tbone3969]

Cool stuff.  Hope to see this up and running in the future.

[esteban]

I have faith that this will be completed by the time my hardware breaks down.

[Johnpv]

Considering the issues I've had with my CD drive on my Duo this is very much a welcome development.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

This is cool and all, but it's a bummer that it's for IFUs only.

Though lots more work and cost, the best solution would be a replacement for both the drive and the IFU.  A robot can dream. 

[Gypsy]

I actually just hopped on here to post about this. At least I saw this thread before making my own. 

Also I've never been happier that I went the IFU route. 

[Trenton_net]

This is cool and all, but it's a bummer that it's for IFUs only.

Though lots more work and cost, the best solution would be a replacement for both the drive and the IFU.  A robot can dream. 

I was under the impression that this didn't need an IFU. All you need is a base PCE system that has a proper EXT port.

EDIT: Bah nevermind, I think this will indeed require an IFU. When I think about all the extra hardware the IFU provides, like save ram, SCSI like interface, etc, it would be a lot of work to replicate it.

[ginoscope]

I am really looking forward to this.  I got the Rhea for the Saturn from this guy and i love that thing.  It's awesome to play the Saturn like it's a cartridge system with no moving parts and so quiet.

It would be perfect if you can just plug and play it into the TGCD or cd-rom2 base unit.

[TDIRunner]

I'm also looking forward to this.  I've been very happy with my GDEmu.  It's not quite as user friendly as an Everdrive, but I was able to learn what I needed pretty quickly.