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by commodorejohn
Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:06 pm
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Operating System
Replies: 27
Views: 19796

They're easy to get, too, at least in the States - just drop by any public school and ask if you can take some old Mac stuff off their hands. They'll thank you for it.
by commodorejohn
Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:52 pm
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: newby
Replies: 18
Views: 16795

There are C compilers for both the Z80 and the 68000, but since the Z80 is kind of slow, you're usually better off programming it in assembler. You'll be fine programming the 68000 in C unless you're doing something which needs to run extremely fast.
by commodorejohn
Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:52 pm
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Operating System
Replies: 27
Views: 19796

Perhaps it was the keyboard from a Sega Teradrive? Was it with a computer or a Genesis proper?

(I saw a Teradrive at a Wal-Mart in Mexico - had I known how rare they were at the time, I would've snapped it up, but sadly I thought someone had just thrown a Genesis into a PC case. Argh.)
by commodorejohn
Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:50 pm
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: newby
Replies: 18
Views: 16795

ToToTEK sells Mega Drive/Genesis flash carts, which are certainly one option. On the other hand, if you have a Mega CD attachment or are prepared to shell out a little cash for one (I got one like-new at a game shop for $50 US,) you can do Mega CD development and have more RAM, a second CPU, a grap...
by commodorejohn
Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:38 pm
Forum: Tools
Topic: Interest in High Level Scripting Language for Sega CD Dev?
Replies: 11
Views: 12920

Hmm, sounds a little closer to GameMaker than SCUMM, but pretty close to what I was considering. I'd like to see something along these lines.
by commodorejohn
Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:44 pm
Forum: Tools
Topic: Interest in High Level Scripting Language for Sega CD Dev?
Replies: 11
Views: 12920

Hmm, I like the idea. I've actually been considering the possibility of a SCUMM-style system for Sega CD - would this be something similar, or would it be more low-level?
by commodorejohn
Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:53 pm
Forum: Demos
Topic: Beta testing request
Replies: 9
Views: 10842

I have a US model 2, and I'd be happy to help, although my school schedule may or may not slow me down.
by commodorejohn
Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:35 pm
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Operating System
Replies: 27
Views: 19796

If someone could whip up a keyboard connector (or was there ever a Genesis keyboard like there was for Famicom?) we could have a Unix-y sort of OS for Mega CD.

Even better, with an IDE interface and a RAM cart, we could boot off a hard drive ;)
by commodorejohn
Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:16 pm
Forum: Mega/SegaCD
Topic: Sega CD questions?
Replies: 4
Views: 7932

Thanks a lot!
I find perusing the docs and trying to make sense of them is the easy part - it's [i]getting ahold of them[/i] that's tricky :D
by commodorejohn
Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:34 pm
Forum: Mega/SegaCD
Topic: Sega CD questions?
Replies: 4
Views: 7932

Sega CD questions?

Hi, I recently got a Sega CD with the intention of developing for it, but I've only been able to find a few sparse pieces of documentation on it. Is there any even somewhat comprehensive documentation out there for it? I'd assume that there has to be since it's been emulated, but I can't find any =/...