PC Engine development

[Thibaut]

I am adding these pictures here as I wanted to resize the front page -ASSEMbler

http://assemblergames.com/images/Hu7/Hu7s.jpg
http://assemblergames.com/images/Hu7/Hu7.jpg

The Hu7d unit connects via custom interface to a PC98 computer. Accessing the PC engine via a bus , it consists of four boards. The PCE with the bus device, a RAM board that is good for 8mbit, and a ROM board for up to 64 Mbit, and an ICE module.

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Hi,
Someone have a Hu7 or Hu7D or Hu7CD here ?
Thank you

[sabre470]

Hello,

To my knowledge, nobody has one here, maybe Assembler or Hi_ricky. Maybe worth to ask them.

Are you looking to develop for the PC Engine? If yes, I suggest you look for Huc at this page www.zeograd.com, it's a free PC Engine SDK.

Cheers

Sabre

[Sally]

I'd stay away from Hi_ricky... if you can find him...

[Thibaut]

Thank you, it's so difficult to find a developpement system for the PC Engine....

[ASSEMbler]

My main computer is still down, I don't really have any of my photoshop stuff running, but here is a pic I just snapped.

http://assemblergames.com/images/Hu7/Hu7.jpg

I have three different unit, sadly no PC98 interface cards.

[sabre470]

My main computer is still down, I don't really have any of my photoshop stuff running, but here is a pic I just snapped.

http://assemblergames.com/images/Hu7/Hu7.jpg

I have three different unit, sadly no PC98 interface cards.

This things was on ebay a while ago wasn't it? That PC98 interface is going to be a bastard to find :banghead:. Great piece of hardware anyway did you get any software for it? I guess it would be on 5 1/4" floppies? Oh did I mention I am ultra jealous??? Don't tell me you have a PC-FX dev kit (not PC-FXGA) too :drool:

Sabre

[Thibaut]

Thank you very much !

[ASSEMbler]

No PCFX but SGX yes. Unreleased hu games, no not going into detail, but unreleased.

I suppose some more torture is in order. :dance:

http://assemblergames.com/images/Hu7/Hu7s.jpg

[Blur2040]

I remember seeing the last one you picked up on eBay. Truly an interesting piece of hardware...and it's extra interesting that you have three.

SuperGrafx? Unreleased? Legendary?

Gonna prove to us that Strider does exist, eh?

[Sally]

Either the Hu7 is a lot smaller than i thought, or you have a really freaking big pc in the background...

I was hoping pictures would show up sooner or later. Me wonders if you have any of the programming documents as well?

[madhatter256]

It's about time you post pics of that thing. YOu had it for quite some time.

What versions are those PCB boards? Are they both the same model, revision, etc?

Also, is it made out of wood, the rack mount? THe whole thing looks like a home-made rackmount case lol.

I doubt the company you got it from had any info on Strider. I thought it was also proven that strider never existed on the PCEngine by NFG. Am I right or wrong?

[ASSEMbler]

Either the Hu7 is a lot smaller than i thought, or you have a really freaking big pc in the background...



Freakin huge PC. No, it's not NOT strider.

[SuperGrafx]

Freakin huge PC. No, it's not NOT strider.

Galaxy Force II, perhaps?

[Blur2040]

Galaxy Force II, perhaps?

Teehee, that would be great too. Poor Assembler, you just opened yourself up to a whole pile o' questions.

[Thibaut]

Is it a SGX unreleased ? Forgotten Worlds ? Dragonbreed ?
Or a Hu-CARD unreleased ? Dino Force ? Marble Madness ?
Please...

[sabre470]

No PCFX but SGX yes. Unreleased hu games, no not going into detail, but unreleased.

I suppose some more torture is in order. :dance:

http://assemblergames.com/images/Hu7/Hu7s.jpg

AHHH You like that torturing me, what ever you got, I want it!!! SGX unreleased is some serious stuff. I guess I'd be surprised to see which game it is? Is it a CAPCOM port of some sort or I don't even get a hint? Talking about rare stuff do you know that I happen to have one of the only 3D game on the PC-FX and that does run on a stock PC-FX but I can't see anything on the screen because I don't the 3D adapter (sad story check my blog).

So yeah I'm ever more jealous (if that's possible) but you really are a serious collector with some serious connections (not that we don't know that already) to get some unreleased SGX Stuffs. :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

Sabre

[sabre470]

Freakin huge PC. No, it's not NOT strider.

Big Antec Server Tower? They are nice and spacious aren't they?

Sabre

[Mark30001]

I could've sworn the unit was close in size like in this horrible attempt to Photoshop a pic, yet I tried :lol::

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/8365/hu5hp.png (http://imageshack.us)

[kingofthelobster]

Wow, thats a freakin awesome find... I really wish I had the connections you do. I also really wish I hadn't sold off all my Turbografx and PC Engine stuff a couple years back when I was having some money problems. :(

[Blur2040]

I could've sworn the unit was close in size like in this horrible attempt to Photoshop a pic, yet I tried :lol:

*Big Honking Picture*



Just think about the size of a PC Engine, and it's pretty easy to get an idea of about how big it is...I mean a PCE is about the size of 4 CD cases stacked on top of one another. <3 PC Engine and its tinyness <3

[Tomcat]

Any of them for sale?

[Thibaut]

Assembler could you please show us a picture of your SGX Development System ?
Thanks

[sabre470]

Assembler could you please show us a picture of your SGX Development System ?
Thanks

Yes please and some hints or pictures on your prototype game would be (probably to much to ask) great.

Cheers

Sabre

[Mr. Rare]

Very cool looking indeed.

[ASSEMbler]

Next time I dig it out, I will take pics.

[Thibaut]

Yes please, I am waiting those pictures so much.....

[Thibaut]

Please Assembler....

[Thibaut]

Please Assembler.... Those pictures will be a real treasure for a PC Engine Fan like me...

[ccovell]

Please Thibaut...

[sabre470]

Please Thibaut...

Yeah Thibault, you're one impatient guy :110:... Good things come to those who wait… :110:

The SGX dev kit shouldn't be so much different than the one for Cores, it might be bigger to fit an SGX on top of it...

Sabre

[Thibaut]

Yes it's right, I am not very patient with rares PC Engine items !

[Thibaut]

"No PCFX but SGX yes. Unreleased hu games, no not going into detail, but unreleased."

Do you have time Assembler to take pictures of yours SGX developpment ?
And yours prototypes ?
Thank you very much

[Thibaut]

"The Hu7d unit connects via custom interface to a PC98 computer. Accessing the PC engine via a bus , it consists of four boards. The PCE with the bus device, a RAM board that is good for 8mbit, and a ROM board for up to 64 Mbit, and an ICE module."

Sorry but someone could explain what is an ICE module in fews words.
Thank you very much.

[babu]

wikipedia has the answear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-circuit_emulator

[Thibaut]

Thank you very much Babu

[Cephalgy]

hI8GH9;
THE DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE ON ZEOGRAD.COM IS one of the best tool ever.

For testing and playing your homebrew you need a development unit like: MULTI GAME DOCTOR 2 for the pc-engine. My system on the picture have a 8M card and a interface for the MGD2. You transfer the homebrew on the Card and play this in you JAP/US Pc-Engine/DUO/R/RX/LT/GT/SGFX/TURBOGRAFX......

I trade or sale this system with any other interfaces: Sega Megadrive/Genesis/SNES!

Look here:
http://www.bilder-upload.at/seiten/img/indext.php?pic=0a673b8180295f2f5d9c4df2a8b0e6b0.jp g
(http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/www.bilder-upload.at/seiten/img/indext.php?pic=0a673b8180295f2f5d9c4df2a8b0e6b0.jp g)

[Thibaut]

Some pictures of my Hu7D system developpment from NEC Avenue with :
- Hu7D system (with the EEPROM BIOS Hu7D V1.00)
- 2 news PC98 interface cards in box
- sound card
- Back up card
- A/D acquisition sound
- 2 boards developpment
- cables
- NEC Avenue Home Made system developpment in the Tennokoe Bank 2

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/540/img4731pv7.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4731pv7.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7766/img4715yi0.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4715yi0.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3968/img4716ex7.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4716ex7.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4444/img4718om8.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4718om8.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6749/img4719bj3.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4719bj3.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1157/img4720es7.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4720es7.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4315/img4721pb7.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4721pb7.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4108/img4722ty8.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4722ty8.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9093/img4723tr7.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4723tr7.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/297/img4725fd8.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4725fd8.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3078/img4726kv5.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4726kv5.jpg)


http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1046/img4732lg3.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4732lg3.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7341/img4734je1.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4734je1.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6781/img4735fo4.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4735fo4.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/672/img4737mh6.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4737mh6.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9340/img4738vq5.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img4738vq5.jpg)

[sabre470]

Some pictures of my Hu7D system developpment from NEC Avenue with :
- Hu7D system (with the EEPROM BIOS Hu7D V1.00)
- 2 news PC98 interface cards in box
- sound card
- Back up card
- A/D acquisition sound
- 2 boards developpment
- cables
- NEC Avenue Home Made system developpment in the Tennokoe Bank 2


Very nice indeed!!! Did it come with any software? Where did you get it BTW?

Sabre

[Thibaut]

Thanks.
No I don't find the Hu7D software and the manual at the moment, but I am searching after them.

Sorry my english is very bad, what's mean 'BTW' ?

[sabre470]

Thanks.
No I don't find the Hu7D software and the manual at the moment, but I am searching after them.

Sorry my english is very bad, what's mean 'BTW' ?
Désole Thibault BTW signifie By The Way.

Sabre

[Thibaut]

J'ai eu le système par un de mes contacts au Japon qui a réussis à rentrer en contact avec un ancien employé de NEC Avenue.

[tomaitheous]

I was tracing through some custom CD read routines(not the system card ones) of Seiya Monogatari for a side project when I came across some interesting code. Anyway, before calling the custom CD read routine, the game checks $FFF5 ($1ff5 in rom) of the system card main lib bank. This is always set to $80 (for bank $80) for automatic bank setting routine. Curiously I change the value to something else and followed the code. Low and behold it jumped to a different CD read function (one with no delays for reading from the port).

I talked with Charles MacDonald about his dev super system card and it uses a different memory layout and does not start with $68 but much lower. So it looks like there's some left over particular dev code in some later SCD/ACD games. Some of the ISO's have pieces of text in them describing CD base emulation system using a hard drive setup and the hu7 references.

Has anyone see pics of any CD dev systgems?

[sabre470]

Next time I dig it out, I will take pics.

Bump? Any chance to dig out this SGX dev kit?

Are you now willing to share the name of your unreleased PCE stuffs? or hints could do as well...

Sabre