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  1. Fien

    Temper Pics - Post Them Shits Up, Son

    Me in front of a bus with my name on the destination display :D It's a bus from the local bus museum :) I loaded a updated destination list they supplied to me into their display system. It required a DOS program, downloading device and a laptop with RS-232. I did have the equipment for it...
  2. Fien

    PS1/2 Music of Crash Bandicoot 3 NTSC (version) is slow on PAL PS2 with Modbo chip

    No, it seems like it's a problem in the Modbo (5.0) modchip. It only happens on the two PS2's with Modbo 5.0. On the others with a Ripper and a original Matrix chip this problem doesn't occur. So the Tonyhax International boot CD is the only practical solution.
  3. Fien

    Things you recently bought or got

    This working small JVC AV-21BT8ENS 21" CRT television :) I found it 1,5 month ago next to a tree in the rain. At the beginning of the day there was a dumpster truck near it, so I supposed it was going to be destroyed within minutes. But when I came back in the evening it was still there, a...
  4. Fien

    Ps2 doesn't load into the gane menu

    Maybe the memory card is corrupted? You can burn a uLaunchELF CD/DVD and prepare a fresh one to try. You should be able to launch OPL from the memory card with the Matrix chip if you set the boot device to DEV1 and put the OPL executable into \BOOT\BOOT.ELF on the memory card using uLaunchELF...
  5. Fien

    Hacking PS1/2 PS2 FMCB apps not loading

    So far I know FMCB first check if the apps/ELF's are in place before showing the menu item, so if they are showed in the menu, the files should be in place.
  6. Fien

    Hacking PS1/2 PS2 FMCB apps not loading

    Does this PS2 have a modchip too? Some versions of FMCB isn't compatible with some modchips. There's a version which says it's for use on consoles with modchips, version 1.965.
  7. Fien

    Hacking PS1/2 Tonyhax International: Backup Loader For All Japanese, USA, and PAL PS1 Consoles/Early PS2 Consoles + GameShark/Cheat Cart Flasher

    It was possible to use a PS2 for formatting the memory card. Long time ago I found instructions somewhere to use some version of uLaunchELF to launch Memory card Annihilator and involving last-minute insertion of the FreePSXBoot memory card right before the formatting process, preventing it...
  8. Fien

    PS1/2 Do modern burners/CD's make lower quality PS1 backups?

    These are very expensive for only testing. The £7,- is only the CD's. To let it ship to The Netherlands it will cost £9,33 shipping and £5,- taxes. And if it's delivered by PostNL they will charge me a additional €7,- when it's at the Dutch customs. It will cost €25,- or more for only 10 discs :O
  9. Fien

    PS1/2 Do modern burners/CD's make lower quality PS1 backups?

    I don't have those CMC Pro discs. It's not easy to buy those in The Netherlands. Most discs in the shops here are cheap brands. He tested it in a SCPH-9xxx and a PS One which seem to have better reading capabilities. My SCPH-102 is also a PS One in which the Ritek disc works fine. But in the...
  10. Fien

    PS1/2 Do modern burners/CD's make lower quality PS1 backups?

    I saw a Lite-On iHAS 124 E burner in a thrift store for 5 euros and took it because it should be a good burner :) However, it doesn't seem to be as good a the NEC ND-3550 and Pioneer DVR-107 when using cheap media. The Philips/Ritek CD-R I tried with it does play fine on the SCPH-102, but FMV...
  11. Fien

    Can I use my laptop to convert wifi to WEP?

    Isn't it easier to get a old WiFi router or access point which can do WEP and connect it to the existing internet connection? Those are second-hand free te pick up or costs only a couple of euros.
  12. Fien

    PS1/2 PMAP doesn't ask for dual layer DVD?

    So the laser is worn out heavily? :(
  13. Fien

    PS1/2 PMAP doesn't ask for dual layer DVD?

    I tried the PMAP program on my SCPH-39004 PS2. It does read (burned) discs, but it's not at it's best. To use it, I followed this post: Using the calibration tool I can't get the jitter lower then 3100-3200 which was the original position. Then at step 33 I put in a single layer DVD, a...
  14. Fien

    PS1/2 Do modern burners/CD's make lower quality PS1 backups?

    Unfortunately I don't have a SCPH-1xxx/3xxx PS1 to test cheap discs on it. The slightly worn SCPH-5552 is the oldest one I have. The SCPH-39004 PS2 I have can read much bad burned discs, even those that stutter on the 7502 and 9002. But that PS2 cannot read a scratched original Crash Bash CD...
  15. Fien

    PS1/2 Do modern burners/CD's make lower quality PS1 backups?

    Does these burners also burn cheap media into good playing PS1 games? Like Ritek and CMC Magnetics CD-R's. My exprience is that with good media some "bad" burners can make good playing games too, but only a good burner can turn cheap media into good games too. Like test playing with a slightly...
  16. Fien

    PS1/2 Do modern burners/CD's make lower quality PS1 backups?

    Why there isn't any program for the PS1 (and PS2) to just simply read every file from the CD (or DVD) and eventually show the transfer speed, so it will be easier to know how readable a disc is for the console, before playing the game?
  17. Fien

    PS1/2 Do modern burners/CD's make lower quality PS1 backups?

    That GTA0N seems to be the same model as the "HL-DT-ST slimline in a Dell desktop (it's a Optiplex 9020)" that I tried in the beginning of this topic. The results are nearly the same: CD's burned with it booted, but the audio/fmv was choppy. So far I remember, I had the choice for 10x with that...
  18. Fien

    Things you recently bought or got

    I didn't count them, but I think it's really 1001 :lol: The book has 960 pages and that's including the lead-in, table of contents, index, credits and pictures. Some game descriptions don't have a picture while some have a whole page for a picture.
  19. Fien

    Did you use Floppy Disk/Diskettes?

    I used them for a long time. The first PC we had was a Pentium III with 20GB HDD around '98-'99 which didn't had a CD burner in the beginning. At some point my dad did the first reinstall and a couple of 1,44MB floppy disks was the only medium to store the data I wanted to keep before he...
  20. Fien

    Things you recently bought or got

    Advertisement I picked up this book "1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die" today :) It seems like I only played 52 games from the list :lol: And that's including the games I played only for short times in game museums/expos and arcades. And also the games I have tried for a couple...
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  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    imagine not having hands, cringe
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    ESPECIALLY for things I do to myself :sad:.. :tpi::rofl2: Or others :shy::blush::evil:
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  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @SylverReZ if you could find a v5 DS ML you would have the best of both worlds since the v5 units had the same backlight brightness levels as the DS Lite unlockable with flashme
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    but that's a long shot
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    i think only the red mario kart edition phat was v5
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    A woman with no arms and no legs was sitting on a beach. A man comes along and the woman says, "I've never been hugged before." So the man feels bad and hugs her. She says "Well i've also never been kissed before." So he gives her a kiss on the cheek. She says "Well I've also never been fucked before." So the man picks her up, and throws her in the ocean and says "Now you're fucked."
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  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
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  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    lmao
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    anyways, we need to re-normalize physical media

    if i didn't want my games to be permanent, then i'd rent them
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  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Agreed, that why I try to buy all my games on disc, Xbox anyways. Switch games (which I pirate tbh) don't matter much, I stay offline 24/7 anyways.
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  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    I don't pirate them, I Use Them :mellow:. Like I do @BigOnYa 's couch :tpi::evil::rofl2:
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  • cearp @ cearp:
    @BakerMan - you can still "own" digital media, arguably easier and better than physical since you can make copies and backups, as much as you like.

    The issue is DRM
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  • cearp @ cearp:
    You can buy drm free games / music / ebooks, and if you keep backups of your data (like documents and family photos etc), then you shouldn't lose the game. but with a disk, your toddler could put it in the toaster and there goes your $60

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  • cearp @ cearp:
    still, I agree physical media is nice to have. just pointing out the issue is drm
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  • rqkaiju2 @ rqkaiju2:
    i like physical media because it actually feels like you own it. thats why i plan on burning music to cds
  • cearp @ cearp:
    It's nice to not have to have a lot of physical things though, saves space
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  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    Nor clothes 🤮 . Saves on time, soap, water and money having to wash them. :D
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @rqkaiju2, Physical media is a great source for archiving your data, none of that cloud storage shiz.
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  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    [squeezes @SylverReZ onto a physical media, then archives you in my old stuff box] :tpi::rofl2::tpi:
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    @AncientBoi, Lmao
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  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    guys, should i change my pfp to one of these or keep it the same?
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    (i guess i could change it to one of my other pfps too, but i just want to see what you guys think first)
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @BakerMan, Up to you.
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    smug sonic time lmao
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