interesting, I didn't hit that limit yet, but I certainly have more than 200GB worth of games, so I'll try that some time in the future.

I don't get audio :)

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The biggest I have is 256GB and it works like a charm.

The weakest link in terms of hardware is the IDE adapter so I'll guess maybe up to 500gb?

@@sideprojectslab7352The IDE to SD card adaptor you used only allows up to 137GB worth of games. If you load more games than that they'll be corrupted and won't boot. You can get around this with an iFlash Solo and a ZIF to IDE adaptor.

137GB worth of games is the limit. Any excess will be corrupted

@@MichaelM28 Thanks! That's quite a specific number too.

Thanks :D I made it myself years ago

Honestly that sounds like a great idea, most reconstruction are esata iirc, but just haveing a micro sd card slot would be great.

Some SCPH-7xxxx series still have the HDD solder points and you can use it to connect a hard drive or a IDE to SD Card Adapter, search for PS2 IDE Resurrector on KZbin.

It would be good if you want a more direct connection between the storage and console. However, Using a Raspberry Pi and the PSX Pi SMB Share image to do network loading does the trick just fine on slims though to be honest. All you need at that point is a USB Hard Drive and a a short Ethernet Cable.

@@rashira9610the raspberry pi method isn't as fast as a hard drive and doesn't have as good compatibility either

I don't think those models have an expansion bay, do they? Without expansion bay this specific mod is not possible

Thanks, the tune is something I made with Renoise years ago, just for fun, very creatively called "house beats" :D

Something tells me you didn;t listen or watch. He specifically said he was doing this mod so he can just pop the SD card in and out from the front any time, instead of having to fiddle with the entire adapter to load new games.

In my book transferring files to an SD-Card is a far easier process than: (1) connecting a network cable from my laptop to the ps2, (2) starting the OPL server on the PS2, (3) setting up the laptop's ethernet interface to the correct static IP needed to connect to the PS2, (4) then using HDL-Dumb to transfer the files, and then (5) undo all that. But as usual these are matters of personal preference, so I wanted to share this method in case others are interested

@@sideprojectslab7352 Step 1 is not needed. My PS2 has an permanently attached Network cable and is connected to my home Network over Lan. So the 3. Point is not needed to. Because i entered a static ip in my PS2 which can be reached from my Home Network. Sure, i still need to Start the OPL Server, but i do this in Open Games Loader and need to use HDL Dump on my Computer. But i dont have to swap cables or static IP Adresses...

Take's a lot longer though and you'll need to connect your PS2 to a router with an ethernet cable.

@@Munin666Have you considered the possibility that not everyone has their PS2 and router in the same room?

@@MichaelM28 Like me? 😜 i use an WLAN Adapter with Ethernet Output for my PS2 🤣 works fine

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With an internal HDD (or my SD mod) loading dual layer games larger than 4GB, such as champions of norrath, is no problem at all through HDL-Dumb, as the internal HDD uses its own special file system

@@sideprojectslab7352 It still uses FAT32. The PS2 cannot read any other file system. What HDL-Dump does with files which are larger than 4 GB is split the file into multiple 2GB chunks. The only system which allows you to preserve the iso files as they are is using the network share setup. Even with the new OPL update which allows drives larger than 2TB to be used, you still have the file limitations and must rely on those weird programs that change the iso files in such a way that makes maintenance harder.

​​​@@BrunodeSouzaLino The PS2 does not use FAT32 for the HDD, it has a special way of handling data by making different partitions and APA headers for each of them. The 2.2TB limit comes from APA limitations. Each partition then can have their own file system, for example Sony's official programs will make partitions in PFS, Linux PS2 installs will be in EXT2/RFS partitions. What HDLoader actually does is making individual APA headers with ISO9660 partitions (essentially the raw iso/disc data) for each game. This method is pretty much adopted by the homebrew community for storing games without I/O overhead. There is no 4GB limitation, however you would need special software to just work with the disk, and games cannot be in fragments, so special care is needed when deleting and writing games. There is a fork of OPL by Grimdoomer that adds internal HDD exFAT FS support thru BDM. It works but the fork is currently unmaintained.

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yes I've seen something like that, but don't you still lose the memory card slot for that to work?

@@sideprojectslab7352 actualy in the diagram and in macho nacho's video theres a switch that switches between memory card or sd card

not sure, the serial number sticker is long gone, so is there another way to find out the model number?

​@@sideprojectslab7352 yes, you boot the system into it's main menu ( the menu that shows the browser and system configuration) press triangle to go into version which shows you what model PS2 it is and it's firmware.

@@madmax2069 Ok I checked, yes it's a 30004 model :)

i don t know why anyone would use any other version of opl besides the exfat version. all those antiquated programs just to get games on a hard drive is so bothersome

Hey! Thanks for your comment. In order: 1) yes it's the super-duper-dell monitor, I also have three, however analog input is a little so-so in terms of color, but really useful for the work I am doing with all sorts of old consoles. 2) I couldn't get my hands on an original SATA adapter so far, but still, using the network interface to load games through OPL is much more hassle than popping an SD-Card in and out :D

No need, the product is already for sale here: www.retro-updates.com/product/14007423/dc-64d-the-complete-dc-power-mod-for-the-c64

@@sideprojectslab7352 Thanks 😊

Hello, strange that you can't join, in any case these are now for sale here: www.retro-updates.com/product/14007423/dc-64d-the-complete-dc-power-mod-for-the-c64 or here: restore-store.de/ about your question about power, it's a little more nuanced than that, please have a look at the manual on the github page here: github.com/sideprojectslab/DC-64/blob/main/doc/DC-64x_v0_manual.pdf for the full device specification and detailed assembly instructions

Bluetooth devices connect to the ESP32 on board of the Blue-64, which then turns Bluetooth events into control signals for the keyboard and joystick lines present on the keyboard connector, thus controlling the C64

hey, consider getting in tough via Discord, we have a beta program running and there are plenty of boards in stock :)

Have a look at my other "DC-64" videos, a beta program for a complete tailor-made board is currently ongoing, you can get in touch via Discord and get one too :)

Indeed you are free to do so :)

Absolutely, however it is in general good practice to have some protection against reverse polarity, as not all wall adapters have the same polarity. So having a diode in series is rather desirable. If you know what you are doing you could definitely short both legs of the rectifier, effectively bypassing it entirely, or you could remove it and replace it with a single schottky diode, however it is not the easiest component to remove, having 4 through hole pins...

Hi, from a software perspective blue-64 is just a wrapper for the fantastic bluepad32 library from Ricardo Quesada, so for any compatibility question that is the project you need to check out: github.com/ricardoquesada/bluepad32 it appears to me that the Nintendo switch controllers should be supported

Good question, I really can't say as I heven't looked into it at all, however at some point I'll have to design a new version, specific for a specific motherboard version of the C64-C, and I have a hunch that that might be more in line with the power circuit of the C128, so never say never :)

I supposed you might be talking about CR1 and R5, I'll soon make a video about my new beta board and that one involves indeed connecting to CR1 and cutting either terminal of R5, it's a much simpler solution and far easier to identify and revert than my original approach

Some days later I got on the discord. It works now.