Step one copy to nexus from PC
step two insert nexus in to dreamcast controler
step three using the dreamcast copy the files across VMU

--- Paul Kratt <sblur@...> wrote: > Someone else wrote:
>
> >     SO debating weather or not I should try the VMU2PC port
> suggested by
> >     John Maushammer.  Has anyone tried it?  Is there a better way
> to
> >     upload programs into the VMU?
>
> If you're willing to spend another 20, you may want to try the Double
>
> Power. A few places sell it, Lik Sang is one of them:
> http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?products_id=52&likref=froogle
>
> It's made by the same company that makes the Nexus cards, and uses
> the
> exact same software as the Nexus Cards, (make sure you're using the
> latest software) it even uses the same cable as the Nexus cards. It's
>
> basicly a little device that you can plug up to two memory cards at
> once
> of any type into, and transfer files on to and off of them.
>
> Aside from that, I believe someone wrote a tool that you can burn to
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Someone else wrote:

>     SO debating weather or not I should try the VMU2PC port suggested by
>     John Maushammer.  Has anyone tried it?  Is there a better way to
>     upload programs into the VMU?

If you're willing to spend another 20, you may want to try the Double
Power. A few places sell it, Lik Sang is one of them:
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?products_id=52&likref=froogle

It's made by the same company that makes the Nexus cards, and uses the
exact same software as the Nexus Cards, (make sure you're using the
latest software) it even uses the same cable as the Nexus cards. It's
basicly a little device that you can plug up to two memory cards at once
of any type into, and transfer files on to and off of them.

Aside from that, I believe someone wrote a tool that you can burn to a
CD and run on your DC to copy protected files between VMU's. You might
want to look for that if that's your only problem.

Hi-

Welcome!

I don't have any experience with the nexus card, but I thought that was
a valid way of doing the transfer. Maybe someone else can help?

My VMU2PC program is a bit dated - it was developed under a 366MHz PII
running windows 98. If you've got an old machine similar to this, then
I'd say it's a good way to go. Otherwise, you may have some problems.
The program has some processor-speed specific timing loops, so a 2 GHz
machine will be too fast. (I tried to do it hardware-speed independent,
but I couldn't get the microsecond precision I needed. I could have
done a calibration loop at the beginning (like turbo C does), but I
didn't) Also, Windows 98 is pretty close to DOS - any NT-based OS
probably won't let you play with the hardware at a low level like I do
(I think there is some program that does this; it's probably been
written for PIC programmers). And, NT may mess with the timing some if
it gets a higher-level interrupt.

Even with my original system, the program wasn't perfect. It took some
chicken bones and mystical incantations to get it to work, but once I
got into a groove (something like unplug, plug, then transfer), it was
reliable.

Good luck!

- John


On Jun 27, 2004, at 11:25 AM, Trabin9 wrote:

> Hello I,
>
>  My name is Martin Lim.  I am new to VMU programming.  Still reading
>  up on VMU development. Been reading:
>
> http://mc.pp.se/dc/
> http://www.maushammer.com/vmu.html
> http://www.deco.franken.de/myfiles/myfiles.html
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>  I have bought a nexus memory card.  Seems to copy information out of
>  the memory card okay but can't copy stuff into the VMU.  So I have no
>  way of copying the programs I write into the VMU.
>
>  SO debating weather or not I should try the VMU2PC port suggested by
>  John Maushammer.  Has anyone tried it?  Is there a better way to
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Hello I,

My name is Martin Lim.  I am new to VMU programming.  Still reading
up on VMU development. Been reading:

http://mc.pp.se/dc/
http://www.maushammer.com/vmu.html
http://www.deco.franken.de/myfiles/myfiles.html


I have bought a nexus memory card.  Seems to copy information out of
the memory card okay but can't copy stuff into the VMU.  So I have no
way of copying the programs I write into the VMU.

SO debating weather or not I should try the VMU2PC port suggested by
John Maushammer.  Has anyone tried it?  Is there a better way to
upload programs into the VMU?

martin

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Whee! ^_^' I am in yet another place which is dieing. In any case, I
suck at this. I tryed to make a platformer, but couldn't stop players
from falling through the floor. I tried to make an overhead game, but
it was glitchyer then the original Zelda. I gave up and don't even
have that crap anymore. What to do, what to do... Maybe I dream too high.

mrchrispus wrote:
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Ahhhh!!!!! Let's keep this board alive! Kickin' it into high gear!!!

cool.... now for a pinout on that 6 pin header in the memory card (is
it serial or parallel)... sorry for the really extremly late reply
(life got complicated here)

>   Description : the Massive Memory Card Plus windows
software/drivers for Dr_Blackross. this is the dcmmcp.exe app
>
> You can access this file at the URL
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vmu-dev/files/dcmmcp.exe
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--- In vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com, RageAgnstDMarmot@a... wrote:
> Dosen't Yahoo have some sort of way to prevent this spam?

User subscription is now moderated which should help.

Leo.

Hello,

someone mailed the owners about suspect files in the files area (i removed that
email
and forgot the name, sorry :-) It took me quite a while to recover the login and
password for this account since I did not use it for a long time, even though I
read the
digest always.

It is still good to see that the DC is not dead yet. I can verify that on
virtuamunstaz.de
where still a lot of people use the vmu data creator online.


I switched off some of the lesser used web tools and made usage a little more
restrictive to prevent further spam.

Have fun,

   leo.

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Richard's birthday ;-)

Date: Thursday, May 15, 2003
Time: All Day

well, I was stuck for stuff to add to the calendar, okay ;-)

you can now download games with out nexus or cable just go here
http://homebrew.dcemulation.com/xdp/xdp.html and burn this new web
browser for dreamcast and it has a lot of vmu games on it ready to be
save on your vmu. maybe someone can make a website with all the vmu
games in it so when they upgrade the browser the website with the
games can be put on their next upgrade. this is all the games on the
browser http://jeffma.51.net/vmgame/ maybe this news will wake up the
dying scene

--- In vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com, "wstabosz82 <wstabosz82@y...>"
<wstabosz82@y...> wrote:
> hi,
>
[...]
> Conclusion:
> Using the web browser to send VMS to VMU will not work. Unless anyone
> has any other ideas.
>
Is there a tool aviable to write any Data from cd to the vmu or
something that could be used for it?

Or is there a way to copy files to the vmu with dclinux? Then I could
try to write a little Program that shows a menu and Uploads this file.
But i think a dc binary without linux should be doable too. And if
undel linux it would be a better idea if someone with a keyboard tries
that.

This would be a good way to upload games for people that don't have a
serial cable (like me) and for changing vmu games fast.

Anyway if we'd had the source of a Programm that can move one specific
file to the vmu than maybe we could add a menu to it. Another way
would be to use a boot menu like DC Hakker and compile a binary with
the vms name vompiled in for every game on the disc. So does anyone
know of Sources that could be Useful? Or does anyone already know hom
to to such a thing?

Marc

--- In vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com, Omar Cornut <cornut@n...> wrote:
>
> >Everybody knows that Dreamsnes lags really bad, well i was thinking
> >what if you could load the roms from the vmu and bypass the DC's
ram.
> >There's that 16 or 24m mega vmu that can connect to a computer, you
> >download the roms onto the vmu and Dreamsnes would have more of the
> >DC's ram which could speed up emulation. I don't know if this has
> >been tried or not but i thought what hell i'll post anyway.
>
> VM access and transfer are way too slow to be of any use as a
> replacement for standard RAM.
>
> More over, I do not recall about any VM with more than 512 kilobytes
> (the four-pages ones).



Shit! Well, there goes that idea down the toilet.

>Everybody knows that Dreamsnes lags really bad, well i was thinking
>what if you could load the roms from the vmu and bypass the DC's ram.
>There's that 16 or 24m mega vmu that can connect to a computer, you
>download the roms onto the vmu and Dreamsnes would have more of the
>DC's ram which could speed up emulation. I don't know if this has
>been tried or not but i thought what hell i'll post anyway.

VM access and transfer are way too slow to be of any use as a
replacement for standard RAM.

More over, I do not recall about any VM with more than 512 kilobytes
(the four-pages ones).

Everybody knows that Dreamsnes lags really bad, well i was thinking
what if you could load the roms from the vmu and bypass the DC's ram.
There's that 16 or 24m mega vmu that can connect to a computer, you
download the roms onto the vmu and Dreamsnes would have more of the
DC's ram which could speed up emulation. I don't know if this has
been tried or not but i thought what hell i'll post anyway.

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the vmu-dev
group.

   File        : /dcmmcp.exe
   Uploaded by : gengar560 <gengar56@...>
   Description : the Massive Memory Card Plus windows software/drivers for
Dr_Blackross. this is the dcmmcp.exe app

You can access this file at the URL

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I got it. I have to post it though... let me see if I can...

--- In vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com, "Dr_Blackross" <drblackross@y...>
wrote:
> For a Dreamcast... hopefully this will solve my transfer issues
with
> parallel ports and scrounging looking for AVR's in old tech.
But...
> i cant find a pinout for the cable (PC 2 Memory card) or the
> software.
>
> found info
>
> http://media.gameshark.com/info/document/dc_massivememory.pdf
>
> but all the links to the windows software are dead.
>
> anyone can post the dcmmcp.exe app would be cool.

For a Dreamcast... hopefully this will solve my transfer issues with
parallel ports and scrounging looking for AVR's in old tech. But...
i cant find a pinout for the cable (PC 2 Memory card) or the
software.

found info

http://media.gameshark.com/info/document/dc_massivememory.pdf

but all the links to the windows software are dead.

anyone can post the dcmmcp.exe app would be cool.

i built the link (atleast 3 times now) with different voltage dividers
for those lines that require them.

now... i know its got to be something i am doing wrong.... i still
cant download a VMS file to the VMU. the hardware (voltage dividers),
every version of them, all hit the 3.3 to 3.5v marks for the signal
voltage. not a issue, this is why i think i might be misusing
sendfile.exe.

C:\Documents and
Settings\Dr_Blackross\Desktop\VMU2PCAlphaRelease>sendfile -h
Usage: sendfile [OPTIONS] FILE
Send a FILE to a Sega Dreamcast VM
Version 1.1

   -d device  set device where the VMU is connected
   -t type    filetype 0x33 = data, 0xcc = game
   -n name    filename inside VMU
   -v         verbose
   -h         This help text

C:\Documents and
Settings\Dr_Blackross\Desktop\VMU2PCAlphaRelease>sendfile -d lp
t1 -t 0xcc -n 3dball -v 3d-ball.vms
Size of file 8704 bytes, 17 blocks
open "lpt1" @ $378

then it crashes here is the error report...

AppName: sendfile.exe  AppVer: 0.0.0.0  ModName: sendfile.exe
ModVer: 0.0.0.0  Offset: 00001926

this is where i snagged the sendfile.exe
http://www.maushammer.com/VMU2PCAlphaRelease.zip
now i dont know if Sören's code is more up-to-date, but i still
end up
with the same thing. reason i was saying it might be my error is in
hte syntax of sendfile.exe maybe i am not typing it right, lol, maybe
we need a VB version of sendfile... :) (for less human error)

>From: "theonlybendavis <theonlybendavis@...>"
><theonlybendavis@...>
>Reply-To: vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com
>To: vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [vmu] Can this be done: DC VMU emulator...
>Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:13:08 -0000
>
>I was just thinking today that it would be very useful to have a
>Dreamcast based VMU emulator...
>Ideas for features would be:
>- to have the VMU emulator controled via the DC controller and have
>the program being run displayed on the TV as well as on the VMU
>loaded into the DC controller...
>- it would would have to load from and save to the VMU in the DC
>controller so that the emulator could be used to play the minigames
>associated with specific games and acctually affect them (aka skies
>of arcadia/sonic adventure 2), so I don't have to buy another battery
>- it would have to emulate up to 4 VMU's simultaneousely and support
>linking between the VMU's in 2 controllers as well as a virtual VMU
>controlled by one of the other controllers...
>- is should include all the copying/deleting funtions that are
>standard to the VMU interface built into the DC...
>- it should allow for upload and download via FTP for VMU files
>(including appropriate conversion), so one can avoid purchasing new
>Memory cards by backing files up online..
>- and for good measure it should have a simple graphics editor that
>would let people create and change those VMU image things...
>
>All in all, if it's at all possible it seems like it would make a
>very useful tool, and seeing as their are so many people out their
>playing with codeing the DC and VMU it seems like it would have
>already been done by now...  I unfortunately don't have much
>experience with programming and stuff so I wouldn't know where to
>even start looking for this kind of stuff.
>
>anyways... it's an idea I like to dream about and if you have any
>suggestions where I should start looking for the steps I should take
>to start creating this kind of stuff I would greatly appreciate it (I
>have a couple really good programming buddies who are just itching
>for the opportunity to code something useful)
>
>Benjie

     Also a port of VMU Script, the language for programming the VMU could be
added to all that, so using the keyboard and VMU Script a minigame could be
written on screen then compiled and saved to the VMU, wow you idea is great
indeed, but alas, i have zero programming experience, so it`s up to any one
else in this list to make it, maybe we could support as bug reporters and
beta testers...

We`ll meet again someday soon... ikaruga a shooter for real men...
>


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--- In vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com, "Dr_Blackross" <drblackross@y...>
wrote:
> --- In vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com, "Michael K Ter Louw"
<mterlouw@g...>
> wrote:
> > Soeren, or Marcus (or anyone else for that matter!),
> >
> > Is there any information available on the communication protocol
> between
> > the DC controller's vmu port and the vmu?
>
> maybe a bit belated of a reply... but i just picked up a couple of
> these vmu's and hacked one apart (w/ dremel) to get the connector
to
> build a parallel adapter.. and was thinking the same thing...
>
> i found this page off of Sören Gust's site...
>
> http://mc.pp.se/dc/controller.html
>
> there was another page i misplaced that showed the serial traffic
to
> a controller and what goes where once inside the controller.
>
> (i think it was on the previous link or burried in John
Maushammer's
> site somewhere... http://www.maushammer.com/vmu.html )
>
> was going to try and code some stuff to run ferretronic's serial
> chips, or something, since these VMU's make great lil pocket
watches.


BTW found that page with the serial protocol for the controller
http://mc.pp.se/dc/maplebus.html

--- In vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com, "Michael K Ter Louw" <mterlouw@g...>
wrote:
> Soeren, or Marcus (or anyone else for that matter!),
>
> Is there any information available on the communication protocol
between
> the DC controller's vmu port and the vmu?

maybe a bit belated of a reply... but i just picked up a couple of
these vmu's and hacked one apart (w/ dremel) to get the connector to
build a parallel adapter.. and was thinking the same thing...

i found this page off of Sören Gust's site...

http://mc.pp.se/dc/controller.html

there was another page i misplaced that showed the serial traffic to
a controller and what goes where once inside the controller.

(i think it was on the previous link or burried in John Maushammer's
site somewhere... http://www.maushammer.com/vmu.html )

was going to try and code some stuff to run ferretronic's serial
chips, or something, since these VMU's make great lil pocket watches.

Got to respect the idea but i am not sure you realise how much
work/time will be involved, still, i am happy to give any help i can.
It could be great, try and get lots of people involved so the level of
enthusiasm can not drop and it could be the best !!

  --- "theonlybendavis <theonlybendavis@...>"
<theonlybendavis@...> wrote: > I was just thinking today that it
would be very useful to have a
> Dreamcast based VMU emulator...
> Ideas for features would be:
> - to have the VMU emulator controled via the DC controller and have
> the program being run displayed on the TV as well as on the VMU
> loaded into the DC controller...
> - it would would have to load from and save to the VMU in the DC
> controller so that the emulator could be used to play the minigames
> associated with specific games and acctually affect them (aka skies
> of arcadia/sonic adventure 2), so I don't have to buy another battery
> - it would have to emulate up to 4 VMU's simultaneousely and support
> linking between the VMU's in 2 controllers as well as a virtual VMU
> controlled by one of the other controllers...
> - is should include all the copying/deleting funtions that are
> standard to the VMU interface built into the DC...
> - it should allow for upload and download via FTP for VMU files
> (including appropriate conversion), so one can avoid purchasing new
> Memory cards by backing files up online..
> - and for good measure it should have a simple graphics editor that
> would let people create and change those VMU image things...
>
> All in all, if it's at all possible it seems like it would make a
> very useful tool, and seeing as their are so many people out their
> playing with codeing the DC and VMU it seems like it would have
> already been done by now...  I unfortunately don't have much
> experience with programming and stuff so I wouldn't know where to
> even start looking for this kind of stuff.
>
> anyways... it's an idea I like to dream about and if you have any
> suggestions where I should start looking for the steps I should take
> to start creating this kind of stuff I would greatly appreciate it (I
>
> have a couple really good programming buddies who are just itching
> for the opportunity to code something useful)
>
> Benjie
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> - it should allow for upload and download via FTP
for VMU files
> (including appropriate conversion), so one can avo
id purchasing new
> Memory cards by backing files up online..

well, i can't help with most of what you describe, b
ut, there are sites for the upload/ftp sort of stuff
...

http://www.vmu-harddrive.com
offers free private accounts for file storage, as we
ll as a public archive...

http://tools.planetweb.com
offers the ability to ftp game saves into webspace..
.
(though, it is planetweb only, unfortunately, and th
e ftp'd saves can only be downloaded with planetweb
browsers...  so, it is of very limited value...)

http://snow.prohosting.com/droleen
offers a great ftp interface to transfer media files
  and html files from vmu directly to webspace, with
some very nice features...
this site also has a web-based vmu icon and animatio
n creator, though it is down now, but will hopefully
  return eventually...  and the creator is very javas
cript-heavy, so, i doubt it works with planetweb, ju
st dreamkey or dreampassport...


and anything i am forgetting can, of course, be foun
d at the dreamcast browsers group...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DreamcastBrowsers



insidious_plots...
http://home.earthlink.net/~insidiousplot

I was just thinking today that it would be very useful to have a
Dreamcast based VMU emulator...
Ideas for features would be:
- to have the VMU emulator controled via the DC controller and have
the program being run displayed on the TV as well as on the VMU
loaded into the DC controller...
- it would would have to load from and save to the VMU in the DC
controller so that the emulator could be used to play the minigames
associated with specific games and acctually affect them (aka skies
of arcadia/sonic adventure 2), so I don't have to buy another battery
- it would have to emulate up to 4 VMU's simultaneousely and support
linking between the VMU's in 2 controllers as well as a virtual VMU
controlled by one of the other controllers...
- is should include all the copying/deleting funtions that are
standard to the VMU interface built into the DC...
- it should allow for upload and download via FTP for VMU files
(including appropriate conversion), so one can avoid purchasing new
Memory cards by backing files up online..
- and for good measure it should have a simple graphics editor that
would let people create and change those VMU image things...

All in all, if it's at all possible it seems like it would make a
very useful tool, and seeing as their are so many people out their
playing with codeing the DC and VMU it seems like it would have
already been done by now...  I unfortunately don't have much
experience with programming and stuff so I wouldn't know where to
even start looking for this kind of stuff.

anyways... it's an idea I like to dream about and if you have any
suggestions where I should start looking for the steps I should take
to start creating this kind of stuff I would greatly appreciate it (I
have a couple really good programming buddies who are just itching
for the opportunity to code something useful)

Benjie

>  Does anyone have any experience with getting down
loads
> to work with DreamPassport as well as PlanetWeb?

the downloads at dreamaves.de, booyaka, and virtuamu
nstaz work with all dc browsers, but, i don't know t
hat any of the people behind the latter two are stil
l around for comment...
also, i am pretty sure cjayc has dc saves at gamefaq
s set up work with all dc browsers...  he may or may
  not be accessible for info...

i think it is safe to say that the current reigning
public mind on these matters is doug over at vmuhd..
.
http://www.vmu-harddrive.com
he licked this problem long ago and i have always kn
own him to be more than willing to help out with stu
ff like this...  he provided the scripts for dreamsa
ves and was even helping planetweb.com get some part
s of their vmu file browser-compatibility issues wor
ked out...


insidious_plots...
http://home.earthlink.net/~insidiousplot

Make sure your web server provides these files with the correct mime
type:

application/x-dreamcast-vms-info        vmi
application/x-dreamcast-vms             vms

Leo.
--
VirtuaMUnstaz.de

--- In vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com, Sam Steele <chip@c...> wrote:

> What are you using to generate the VMI files from the VMS files?
> There needs to be a checksum etc. in the VMI file.

VMU.EXE - vmu data creator (c) 1999,2000 by VirtuaMUnstaz

Using the -i option, the .VMI looks okay ( vms type : GAME($3) /
Checksum : SEGA:ok AGES:failed ), as does a hex dump, and the DC
definitely makes a GET request ro the server for the correct file.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

What are you using to generate the VMI files from the VMS files?
There needs to be a checksum etc. in the VMI file.

On another note, I've got downloads to work fine with PlanetWeb, but
when I try to download files with DreamPassport it pops up an error
message in japanese after downloading the file.  I can't read
japanese :)  Does anyone have any experience with getting downloads
to work with DreamPassport as well as PlanetWeb?

- -Sam
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "The Happy Hippy" <dreamcast@...>
To: <vmu-dev@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:32 PM
Subject: [vmu] VMU Web Download Problem


> Hi,
>
> I have almost no DC or VMU experience, so I've thrown myself into
> the dark a bit, but have read all the FAQ's and digests of this
> list, I have however hit a problem ...
>
> I have a home-grown web server running on a local PC which the DC
> can dial into and be served web pages from, and I have modified it
> to serve up .VMI and .VMS minigame files.
>
> Using the PlanetWeb 2.6 browser, all HTML files download okay, as
> do .VMI files but once the .VMI has been downloaded, the browser
> reports "Failed to download the VMS file". The download progress
> bar pops-up and gets halfway across before the failed message
> appears.
>
> I've used Telnet on the local PC to check the pages are being
> served up okay, and that the Content-Type: in the header is
> correct. MS IE downloads the files when the file links are clicked
> on and the downloaded images match those on the server. I've
> re-assembled the .S file to recreate the .VMS and .VMI files so
> filename cases all match etc, but still no joy.
>
> Attempting to download the .VMS directly causes the PlanetWeb
> browser to show a page which says "The document you have chosen
> contains no HTML etc etc", and then displays gibberish, as I
> expected, but gives no error messages per se.
>
> The VMU in the controller appears to be working fine, and can save
> and load game save data from DC games.
>
> Any ideas as to what's going wrong or where to start looking, as
> the browser message isn't the most useful error message I've ever
> seen ?
>
> Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
>
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