Take a look at this transcript of an interview that Bill McEwen(Amiga's current
head honcho) gave with CNN.Apparently they've demoed the OS on a dreamcast (@
20:18:00)I'd really like to get one of those discs!! (Assuming they ever getthe
OS out of vaporware status, that
is...)http://cnnfntech.yellowbrix.com/pages/cnnfntech/Story.nsp?story_id=1168091\
1&ID=cnnfntech&scategory=Computers

Right a low-down of the content of the zip file by directory:

Codescape - contains the development kit for the SH4 processor as
mentioned at www.crossproducts.co.uk (and I tell ya when they find
out about this they ain't gonna be pleased!)

DACheck - A debug utility that checks the connection from a PC to a
SCSI GD-ROM drive (yes, I can see ya'll sittin up an listenin' now..)

GDWorkshop - The aforementioned GD-ROM emulator

Hitachi - A series of programs including the assembler for the SH
processors (you can read that again if you want)

PRFDump - I couldn't figure this out. Sorry.

VMSTools - A wide range of VMU/VMS dev tools - including the OFFICAL
Sanyo assemblers, I haven't managed to get the GUI kit working yet
but hopefully I will.

Whew. I don't know what to say now. Get it b4 it goes. Because it'd
better go soon.

David John Springate
Lead Programmer
Team G43
Graymalkin 43
www.g43.co.uk
djs@...


--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, "David John Springate" <djs@g...> wrote:
> For those who are interested in making GD-ROMS the file mentioned
> below contains a GD-ROM drive emulator. Read the below information
> taken from the emu's help file. Remember Katana was the name for
> Dreamcast when it was in development. I have not yet managed to get
> the emulator to work as it requires ASPI32.exe but I'm working on
it..
>
> "The Katana GD Emulator (GD-M) and GD Workshop streamlines your CD
> product development cycle.
> Using GD Workshop you can create a "virtual" CD and emulate
> it on the
> Katana development box. This virtual CD can be edited and recreated
> instantly so that you can test the effect of changes to the project
> in seconds.
> The Katana development box contains all the hardware required for
> real-time CD emulation and GD Workshop provides remote control and
> logging of CD emulation and writing, plus a CD editing suite."
>
> David John Springate
> Lead Programmer
> Team G43
> Graymalkin 43
> www.g43.co.uk
> djs@g...
>
> --- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, "-SK-" <stka@m...> wrote:
> > I think it's ancient developer info.  Kinda looks like test
> software.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sam Ip <sam_ip@i...>
> > To: <vmu-dev@egroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:57 PM
> > Subject: [vmu] is it "that" DC dev kit??
> >
> >
> > > I just got it somewhere on the net.
> > > since my computer didn't config. properly(well, I'm using
chinese
> > > windoze...), I cannot try it out yet.
> > > however, it did have some good document for you to hack in
VMUs...
> > >
> > > here is the file:
> > >

I know this a VMU mail group but everyone seems a little interested
in Dreamcast nowadays.
I think everyone needs to check out this site:
www.crossproducts.co.uk

I believe they have worked closely with Sega, working with the SH4
processor since 1994. SH4 as everyone knows is what is used in
Dreamcast. :-)

David John Springate
Lead Programmer
Team G43
Graymalkin 43
www.g43.co.uk
djs@...

For those who are interested in making GD-ROMS the file mentioned
below contains a GD-ROM drive emulator. Read the below information
taken from the emu's help file. Remember Katana was the name for
Dreamcast when it was in development. I have not yet managed to get
the emulator to work as it requires ASPI32.exe but I'm working on it..

"The Katana GD Emulator (GD-M) and GD Workshop streamlines your CD
product development cycle.
Using GD Workshop you can create a "virtual" CD and emulate
it on the
Katana development box. This virtual CD can be edited and recreated
instantly so that you can test the effect of changes to the project
in seconds.
The Katana development box contains all the hardware required for
real-time CD emulation and GD Workshop provides remote control and
logging of CD emulation and writing, plus a CD editing suite."

David John Springate
Lead Programmer
Team G43
Graymalkin 43
www.g43.co.uk
djs@...

--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, "-SK-" <stka@m...> wrote:
> I think it's ancient developer info.  Kinda looks like test
software.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sam Ip <sam_ip@i...>
> To: <vmu-dev@egroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:57 PM
> Subject: [vmu] is it "that" DC dev kit??
>
>
> > I just got it somewhere on the net.
> > since my computer didn't config. properly(well, I'm using chinese
> > windoze...), I cannot try it out yet.
> > however, it did have some good document for you to hack in VMUs...
> >
> > here is the file:
> >

I think it's ancient developer info.  Kinda looks like test software.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Ip <sam_ip@...>
To: <vmu-dev@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:57 PM
Subject: [vmu] is it "that" DC dev kit??


> I just got it somewhere on the net.
> since my computer didn't config. properly(well, I'm using chinese
> windoze...), I cannot try it out yet.
> however, it did have some good document for you to hack in VMUs...
>
> here is the file:
>

I just got it somewhere on the net.
since my computer didn't config. properly(well, I'm using chinese
windoze...), I cannot try it out yet.
however, it did have some good document for you to hack in VMUs...

here is the file:

http://samic.port5.com/dc_devkit.zip  (10.5MB)

--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, dmcnelis@a... wrote: > "Vagrant Story" reviewed on
Game Room Internet TV show  Ooh, the list's first blatantly irrelivant spam
message.  We've passed another milestone today ;-)  > Check it out!  I won't if
it's all the same to you.

"Vagrant Story" reviewed on Game Room Internet TV show
http://www.projectgames.com

In "Vagrant Story," you are the Artist Formerly Known as Prince
wearing ass-less pants, fighting the demons of the underworld in an
epic adventure combining "Purple Rain" with "Beastmaster." This is a
great RPG with the oddest art design and fashion sense we've ever
seen. However this game excels with its unique battle system, a
plethora of customizable weapons and a cornucopia full of daisy-
chainable attacks and def magic tricks. And if that's not enough,
we'll grab our crotch and scream "Purple Rain, Purple Rain!!!!"

Check it out!

Now of course this might still take a while, but Sega has finally
grudingly agreed to look at releasing the VMU development kit to the
general public.  They are currently contacting Sanyo (Compiler
Developer) and Hudson Soft (VMU Emulator), and finding out if there
would be any problem if their tools were released publicly.  I have
no idea how long that process will take.  If there is no problem with
either company, then the tools will be released.

I would like to thank John Byrd at Sega of America Dreamcast for his
help in my crusade.  He is the head of Developer Tech Support, and
without his assistance all of this wouldn't be possible.  Just having
Sega agree that the VMU development community needs these tools is a
great win for us.

I would like to personally invite all VMU developers to sign up to a
new mailing list.  The e-mail address is:
subscribe-vmu-coders@...
This list is being maintained by the folks here at Sega.  Do me
proud, and we will try to answer questions.  We are currently limited
in only answering questions on information that is already known.
Such as what does the OCR register do, but not how to use the VMU
Emulator or the Assemblers.  Once everything is publicly released,
then of course our response level can change.

Take care everyone!

Alexander Villagran
Senior Software Engineer
Sega.com, Inc.

P.S.  I am also the head engineer for the VMU section on Sega.com.
If you want your homemade games up there, and want new features to
that section of the site, be sure to let me know.  Drop me a line at
villagra@... and be sure to put [Chat] somewhere in the subject
or my e-mail filter will throw it away.

--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, "Marcus Comstedt" <marcus@i...> wrote:
> As usual, I'll publish info on my website when I have something
conclusive.

Which is about... now.

It won't help you to burn a copy of the CDX coverdisc, and considering
I haven't written all the stuff about IP.BIN yet, it might not help
you to burn any software of your own either, but it should at least
tell you how to create a working disk with my serial port slave...
:-)


   // Marcus

This particular version, at least, worked for me.  Cant verify any of the
others.

http://www.djmonkeyboy.com/dc/nero_bootdisk.zip

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: Matthias L. Jugel <leo@...>
To: <vmu-dev@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:47 AM
Subject: [vmu] Re: OT : DC Boot of CDR (?)




> I hope it's not a joke ...
>
> The files and their contents on the disk is not quite
> assuring. I wonder why these crackers always try to be
> "kewl" and actually act like 10-year-olds.
>
> Leo.
>
>

--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, "-SK-" <stka@m...> wrote:
> The CloneCD version worked fine for me, but try this one with nero
anyway.
>
> http://www.djmonkeyboy.com/dc/nero_bootdisk.zip

	 I hope it's not a joke ...

	 The files and their contents on the disk is not quite
	 assuring. I wonder why these crackers always try to be
	 "kewl" and actually act like 10-year-olds.

	 Leo.

--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, "Richard Munn (aka benjymous)"
<richard.munn@b...> wrote:
> I was wondering if the people here think that there's a call for
somekind of centralised vmu downloads server.

> Please give me your comments / suggestions / webservers / etc!

Nice idea. There is various vmu things around, and it would be great
to have them on a centralized place.

And this way, one wouldn't have to create a personal webpage to share
his programs/sources/utils.

Various suggestions for the directory tree (as they come to my mind):

dirs for games binaries and sources, tools binaries (perhaps with
subdirs for each platform ?), tools sources

Make the VMU binaries available as VMS as well as VMI files, maybe
with an option to display only VMI or only VMS files ? (and perhaps
also DCI ?)

For tools binaries, maybe choose prefered archive file format
according to each platform (ie. lha or lzx for amiga, tar gzip for
linux/unix, zip for windows)

--
Antoine 'MORB' Chavasse / CdBS Software

The CloneCD version worked fine for me, but try this one with nero anyway.

http://www.djmonkeyboy.com/dc/nero_bootdisk.zip



----- Original Message -----
From: Matthias L. Jugel <leo@...>
To: <vmu-dev@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 8:58 AM
Subject: [vmu] Re: OT : DC Boot of CDR (?)
>
> i just burnt it today ... or better tried to. The CloneCD
> process failed (probably because of the writer) and I got
> a singe track on the cd that sounds like someone having his
> micro phone open and doing strange things including tapping
> on the micro phone ... very realistic :-)
>

> As several of you seem to have noticed, the CD image that can be
> found on the net is a bit tricky to actually burn though.  When
> I get time, I'll try to create a bootable CD-R without using this
> image directly, so that we can find out how to do it without having
> to rely on specific burning software (that happens to be quite
> picky about what CD-R drives it can use as well...).  As usual,
> I'll publish info on my website when I have something conclusive.

	 i just burnt it today ... or better tried to. The CloneCD
	 process failed (probably because of the writer) and I got
	 a singe track on the cd that sounds like someone having his
	 micro phone open and doing strange things including tapping
	 on the micro phone ... very realistic :-)

	 leo.

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Munn (aka benjymous) [mailto:richard.munn@...]
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 11:28 AM
To: vmu-dev@egroups.com
Subject: [vmu] VMU-net

I was wondering if the people here think that there's a call for somekind of centralised vmu downloads server.  What I'm thinking of issomething like Aminet (for the non amiga people here, it's a amiga fdlibrary with a nice heirarchical directory structure, what's newlists, what's new / popular for files, etc.My idea would be to set up an automated system (a bit like booyaka)that would allow people to upload their homebrew minigames (andprobably game saves too) so that a potential user only has to look ata single site (or one of its mirrors) to find all the newest stuffAs I've just graduated from uni (with a 2.1, much to my surprise!!)I'm currently desparate for some kind of project to keep me occupieduntil I get a job, and I think something like this would be great toset up (but obviously it would be pointless if nobody would want toupload their games!)Please give me your comments / suggestions / webservers / etc!

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I was wondering if the people here think that there's a call for somekind of
centralised vmu downloads server.  What I'm thinking of issomething like Aminet
(for the non amiga people here, it's a amiga fdlibrary with a nice heirarchical
directory structure, what's newlists, what's new / popular for files, etc.My
idea would be to set up an automated system (a bit like booyaka)that would allow
people to upload their homebrew minigames (andprobably game saves too) so that a
potential user only has to look ata single site (or one of its mirrors) to find
all the newest stuffAs I've just graduated from uni (with a 2.1, much to my
surprise!!)I'm currently desparate for some kind of project to keep me
occupieduntil I get a job, and I think something like this would be great toset
up (but obviously it would be pointless if nobody would want toupload their
games!)Please give me your comments / suggestions / webservers / etc!

Vincent Schoettke wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I just released my first VMU game! It's based on Get 4, Connect 4 or
> whatever you want to call it (with some extra mode).
>
> More infos on the download page or in the game itself:
>
> Download location:
> http://www.aliendesign.net/vmu

I tried it yesterday... I like it much, especially because that I did
such a thing on my hp48 some time ago and I've been too lazy to
implement a one player mode... I'd better go buy a few batteries in
advance for my vmu...

--
Antoine 'MORB' Chavasse / CdBS Software

Hi folks,

I just released my first VMU game! It's based on Get 4, Connect 4 or
whatever you want to call it (with some extra mode).

More infos on the download page or in the game itself:

Download location:
http://www.aliendesign.net/vmu

Don't hesitate with feedback :)

l8r Vincent

I don't know if X:Drive's automated message will get onto the list, so
I'll post manually..

I've stuck the CDX image into the public folder of my X:Drive
thinggie, so click this link:
http://www.xdrive.com/share/961847782vq3Ndp7VQ5SiIliG0F46nwY
and hit the big dowload button, and hopefully it should work (at least
Linux Netscape seems to be happy to retrieve it, which it didn't from
the original host)

The file will self destruct [from the server] in seven days -
X:Drive's built in make public limitation :( - but I'll make it public
again at a later date if anyone requests it

--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, "Richard Munn (aka benjymous)" <richard.munn@b...>
wrote:
>
> Okay, as I was getting tired of continually having to boot a dos
> emulator to convert .vms files to .dci to transfer to my nexus, I
> sat down and wrote my own coverter programs.  What I've come up with
> are a pair of programs that can run without user interaction, and do > the
following:
>
> dci2vmx - this takes a .dci file as input and creates a .vmi and a
> .vms file (suitable for web use)
>
> vmx2dci - this takes a .vmi and .vms pair and creates a .dci file
>
> Since it grabs all the info from the .vms, my converter doesn't need
> to prompt the user for file type or filename, etc

Well, the latest versions of my tools can be 'semi-automated'
too, since _all_ the input is now read from the default input
device (even the y/n checks).  This means that you can now create
text files with the required input data and then feed it to the
program(s) with the DOS redirection commands, for example

         DCI2VMS  FILE.DCI  <  DATA.TXT

So if you put such commands in a .BAT file and use redirection,
you only need to call that, with no further input.

However, your idea to get the info directly from the .VMI file
is _GREAT_... I guess I simply was too lazy to add that to my
own stuff.

Bye


Alessandro
---
You get what anyone gets. You get a lifetime.

Okay, as I was getting tired of continually having to boot a dos
emulator to convert .vms files to .dci to transfer to my nexus, I sat
down and wrote my own coverter programs.  What I've come up with are a
pair of programs that can run without user interaction, and do the
following:

dci2vmx - this takes a .dci file as input and creates a .vmi and a
.vms file (suitable for web use)

vmx2dci - this takes a .vmi and .vms pair and creates a .dci file

Since it grabs all the info from the .vms, my converter doesn't need
to prompt the user for file type or filename, etc (which is nice, in
my opinion, since it works well in automated scripts - I've got a
makefile which will assemble a .s file, create a .vmi for it, convert
to .dci and copy to my nexus, all just from one command!)

As I'm not certain of its stability yet, I've only released a GPL
source archive, which can be found at
http://rvmu.port5.com/data/vmux_src.tgz - it should compile on any
ansi compiler (but don't quote me on that - It's currently only tested
under EGCS on my miggy!)

There's some setting in Windows Registry you can mess with at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings

remember that messing with the Registry without
doing backups can be harmfull ;)

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  * Email: Giovanni@...

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Munn (aka benjymous) <richard.munn@...>
To: <vmu-dev@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 1:09 PM
Subject: [vmu] Re: force-feedback


> --- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, sam_ip@i... wrote:
> > My I ask a question....
> > Is it possible to hack the browser's "USER-AGENT" so that I can
> > download/get access to the server for the files?
>
> The only browser I know of that actually lets you change your user
> agent string in its settings, is Lynx (a good old-fashioned text based
> browser).  Versions exist for virtually every computer system.
>
>
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--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, sam_ip@i... wrote:
> My I ask a question....
> Is it possible to hack the browser's "USER-AGENT" so that I can
> download/get access to the server for the files?


The ad-removing proxy 'junkbuster' will fake your browser's identifier
for you. It runs on either windows or Unix.

-adrian

hi all, just to let you know that there is going to be a special
dreamcast vmu development chat evening on my site,

on Friday 23rd of June, at 8:00pm UK Time.

please go to http://www.newmanfamily.freeserve.co.uk/dc
and click on vmu chat.

Tim.

e-mail tim.newman@...

--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, sam_ip@i... wrote:
> My I ask a question....
> Is it possible to hack the browser's "USER-AGENT" so that I can
> download/get access to the server for the files?

The only browser I know of that actually lets you change your user
agent string in its settings, is Lynx (a good old-fashioned text based
browser).  Versions exist for virtually every computer system.

My I ask a question....
Is it possible to hack the browser's "USER-AGENT" so that I can
download/get access to the server for the files?

Sam IP,
mailto:sam_ip@...

--- In vmu-dev@egroups.com, Markus Stumpf <maex-li
sts-dc-vmu-dev@s...>
wrote:
> Hoi folx,
>
> On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 08:39:24AM -0700, WaltRC wrote:
> > I'm not much into vmu animations but I'm having a really hard
time
finding
> > info. on force-feedback and html to access the vmu. Any help will
be
> > greatly appreciated!
>
> If you want to activate the vibra pack from your HTML docs add the
> following tag:
>     <embed type=application/x-dreamcast-vibrate hidden="true">
>
> As for access to the VMU I've played a bit with the Sonic Adventure
> Server. It has uploads for the chaos and I always wondered how they
do
> it, but the DreamKey browser doesn't allow you to show the source
of
the
> pages. If you try to access the pages via MSIE or netscape you get
> a permission denied, same if you use the "standard" DreamKey
browsers.
>
> What I found out is that they do content negotiation based on the
> browser version. If your browser sends in the HTTP request header
>      User-Agent: Mozilla/3.0 (DreamKey/1.0; SonicKey)
> you'll get access to that site.
>
> They have a page that contains:
>
> <form action="/cgi-bin/soa/sonicadv/setcookie.cgi">
> <input type=hidden name=file value="chao_submit.html">
> <input type=hidden name=name value="chao">
> <input type=hidden name=value value="daycare">
> <input type=hidden name=path value="/cgi-bin/soa/sonicadv">
> <input type="submit" value="LEAVE YOUR CHAO">
> </form>
>
> Submitting this form results in a page that gets a cookie set:
>
> Set-Cookie: chao=daycare; path=/cgi-bin/soa/sonicadv; expires=Wed,
21-Jun-2000 15:28:12 GMT
>
> and the code
>
> <form action="x-avefront://---.dream/vms/load/SONICADV_H07"
target="_parent">
> <input type=submit value=" SELECT VMU "></form>
>
> SONICADV_H07 is the name of the file that you get, when you press
"A+Y"
> while putting the chao on the VMU i.e. the chao upload format.
> I thought that the browser takes the info from the Cookie to
determine
> the script to use for upload , but when I try to add that code to an
> experimental page, all I get is the content of the file displayed on
> the screen.
>
> Hadn't had time to dig into that any further by now, but if I find
out
> something new, I'll keep you informed.
>
>  \Maex
>
> P.S. I don't know of other sites that support uploads via the web.
>      Maybe with some other examples that would make things easier.
>
> --
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when you wake
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haven't
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asleep yet.

Hoi Paul,

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 03:12:11PM -0500, Paul Kratt wrote:
> That's because SONICADV_HO7 is an html file.
> Check out what I did on
> http://metrosonic.webprovider.com/sonicperil/gift.html
> to see an example. It overrides samba GP with my HTML file, and loads it
> when you goto the Upload Data link.
>
> Just look at SONICADV_HO7 in a hex editor. :-)

I have HEX editors, but I have no Windows PC and no link cable (MS free
zone here).
Do you think you could do me the favor and email me the SONICADV_HO7
file? Do you have any information about the format of the file?

Do you have also a file that you get when you download a Chao from the
day care?

This mechanmism could make it possible to directly upload and download
files from the VMU to a Website and vice versa without using the email
interface, no?

	 \Maex

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>SONICADV_H07 is the name of the file that you get, when you press "A+Y"
>while putting the chao on the VMU i.e. the chao upload format.
>I thought that the browser takes the info from the Cookie to determine
>the script to use for upload , but when I try to add that code to an
>experimental page, all I get is the content of the file displayed on
>the screen.
>
>Hadn't had time to dig into that any further by now, but if I find out
>something new, I'll keep you informed.

That's because SONICADV_HO7 is an html file.
Check out what I did on
http://metrosonic.webprovider.com/sonicperil/gift.html
to see an example. It overrides samba GP with my HTML file, and loads it
when you goto the Upload Data link.

Just look at SONICADV_HO7 in a hex editor. :-)

Ok, I realise I'm a bit late with commenting on all this, but I have
A) been out of town
B) actually done stuff instead of writing about it  :-)

So, what can I say?  _Yes_, it is true.  It is possible to boot from a
CD-R.  I have myself booted the AR CDX demo from a CD-R.  I have also
managed to modify the CD image to contain some code of my own, so I
now have a CD-R that allows me to upload and run code through the
serial port...

My Dreamcast is a Japanese one, btw, so I don't think there are any
PAL/NTSC problems with the CDX demo.  I was able to use it to boot the
European version of MDK2 on my Japanese DC.

As several of you seem to have noticed, the CD image that can be found
on the net is a bit tricky to actually burn though.  When I get time,
I'll try to create a bootable CD-R without using this image directly,
so that we can find out how to do it without having to rely on
specific burning software (that happens to be quite picky about what
CD-R drives it can use as well...).  As usual, I'll publish info on my
website when I have something conclusive.


   // Marcus