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WaverBoy
Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 6
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject: MD PRO 64...64 Megabits? |
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Wow, that's small. At first I thought it was 64 MegaBytes, but, nope, after reading around a bit here, it appears it's only 64 Megabits...not too many games are going to fit on that $90 piece of hardware. Why so small? My teeny little EFA Linker GBA flashcart is 64 MegaBytes, for chrissakes. |
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DoctorBackup
Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 265
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Well the average MD/GEN game is only 4M. 64M is actually plenty large enough. |
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WaverBoy
Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 6
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but...how can 64Mb be plenty large enough? There are lots of great games larger than 4Mb. I can fit 16 games max on there, and only if they're all teeny 4Mb ones. Not a lot for $100, especially when I can fit 250 NES games along with a few GBA games on a tiny 512 Mb EFA cart which costs $20 shipped from Hong Kong. I ask again, why so small a capacity? |
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SmartOne
Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 42
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:50 am Post subject: |
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It's the NOR or NAND (can't remember which) flash type that's really expensive because it's not prefered by the general market but necessary for the Genesis. I really wish I could throw any game imaginable onto my cart and have a whole collection. That would be amazing. |
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fonzie
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 95
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, EFA's cart 512Megs cost like 2 usd of crap cheap serial flash ... And Mdpro's 64meg is more 8 usd of parallel hi quality flash. I'm speaking of the chipsets, then comes the fact EFA is produced in very big quantity and mdpro in low quantity. |
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WaverBoy
Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 6
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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The crap cheap serial flash seems to work beautifully in my EFA...why is parallel flash used in the MD-PRO instead of serial flash?
I heard a rumor a while back that a larger capacity cart was in the works from TotoTek...perhaps a USB compatible one...is that a possibility? If you released a 512 Mb USB compatible cart, I'd fork over $100 in a heartbeat. Maybe even $150. |
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Yabier
Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 32
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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WaverBoy wrote: | The crap cheap serial flash seems to work beautifully in my EFA...why is parallel flash used in the MD-PRO instead of serial flash?
I heard a rumor a while back that a larger capacity cart was in the works from TotoTek...perhaps a USB compatible one...is that a possibility? If you released a 512 Mb USB compatible cart, I'd fork over $100 in a heartbeat. Maybe even $150. |
It took me 3 years to make my MDPro work. If now Tomy releases a USB version, I think I'd blow out my head xD |
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