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What is the CD Emulation
System?
CD
Emulation System for PlayStation provides CD emulation to accompany development
on the DTL-H2000, 2500 and 2700 series of Sony PlayStation development
boards. CD
emulation allows you to see how your program will run on the CD before you
commit to cutting a disc, by imitating the running of a CD image on an
alternative storage device. This
easy to install and intuitive product is available in two different hardware
packages, enabling you to choose the hardware configuration that fits your
setup. Choose between the CD Emulation system in an external unit which plugs
via a SCSI adapter into any free PCI slot on your PC, or an Emulator board
that plugs directly into any free ISA slot on your PC. The
tools provided in the CD Emulation System enable you to create and manipulate
a CD image graphically, by dragging the required files to a graphical
representation of the CD. The CD
emulator part of the emulation system is a piece of hardware that simulates a
CD mechanism. It does this by intercepting commands to the target's CD
mechanism via an adapter attached to the target and diverting them to the CD
emulator via the appropriate cable. On receipt of the commands, the CD
emulation simulates the appropriate CD response. What does it include?
CD
Emulation System provided in external unit (DTL-S2900) The
external unit CD emulator has a useful additional feature, an LCD display
which provides real-time emulation information. Another
advantage of this hardware package is that it can be connected directly to a
PCI slot on your PC, leaving valuable ISA slots free for other boards. The
supplied SCSI adapter auto-configures. Alternatively, it can be plugged into
any SCSI card, e.g. an Adaptec card, that the user already has in their
machine. The
CD Emulation System in this hardware package consists of the following:
CD
Emulation System provided on a board (DTL-S2910) The CD
Emulator board can be plugged directly into any free ISA slot on your PC. The
ISA board auto-configures. This board can be plugged into the same slot as
the original system. The
CD Emulation System in this hardware package consists of the following:
A well
designed software graphical user interface that enables you to create and
manipulate a CD image on an alternative storage device by dragging files and
dropping them over the graphical representation of the CD. The ability
to use this image to realistically assess the timings of the potential CD by
using it as the basis for CD emulation, i.e. the CD Emulator will use the
files located on the storage media to mimic the files normally found on the
CD. The
ability to quickly and easily make changes to the CD image (edit files, or
change file order) with no significant time overhead. Once you
are satisfied with the performance of an emulated CD image and provided you
are connected to a CD recorder device, you can use this software to cut a
gold disc. A new
design of external unit (depending on the hardware package) with LCD display
that enables you to monitor the emulator activity in real time.
System Requirements
Host
486/Pentium class PC with Windows 95 installed and one free ISA slot.
DTL-H2000, 2500 and 2700 series of Sony PlayStation development boards. SN Systems Technical
Support
You can
obtain technical support and upgrades for the CD Emulation System for PlayStation
direct from us. You're never more than an e-mail or a phone call away from a
team of specialist support technicians. Continuing an SN Systems tradition,
all our technical support and upgrades are free for the lifetime of the
product, ensuring your software is always at the leading edge of PlayStation
games development. How much does it cost?
For more
information on pricing and availability of both products, please contact Tim
Flett at Sony by e-mail: Tim_Flett@scee.net. Please note that
neither CD emulation packages include the Sony DTL boards or external hard
drives. COPYRIGHT
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