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THE OPERATION OF CD64 IS USER FRIENDLY. MOST OF THE OPERATION IS ON SCREEN.
INDEX
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Remove the plastic cover off the U64's expansion port ( on the bottom side of the N64 ) and connect to CD64 'S port ( On the top of CD64 ) ** i.e. place U64 over CD64
Plug one of your U64's cartridge into CD64 slot ( beside the CD's ROM panel )
Connect the DC adapter for CD64, Turn on the U64. ( Ha ! screen came out )
The N64 is placed on top of the CD64. No additional connector or a lockout-adaptor is necessary. An original Nintendo-Cartridge must be inserted into a port located at the front of the CD64. That means that the N64-CartPort actually is not used at all.
The CD64 works on NTSC as well as on PAL-N64's.
By powering on the N64 you will be welcomed by the CD64 Startup-Logo followed by the Main Menu. The Menu is English, very colorful and can be comfortably controlled by the N64-Joypad.
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Loading a Game From CD ( LOAD CD64 FILE )
Insert a CD containing game or utility
program into the CD drive, and then press Joypad's button A. By selecting this option, the
CD64 will try to load the directory of the inserted CD. Interesting on that point is that
CD64 doesn't care how you name your files but scans the whole directory and displays the
filenames as well as the header name and country-information. If the header is in Chinese,
you will see real Chinese characters and no garbage. Now you can select a game and start
loading by pressing "A"-Button. After loading you may start the game or go back
to Main-Menu.
* Different CD-ROM Drive will load at different speeds. It normally take 8-25 seconds to load a 64MBIT files.
This option starts the ROM-Image currently in CD64¡¦s RAM which you may have loaded by using the previous menu-option or dumped with the Download-Option. The actual ROM-Image-Name is displayed on the bottom of the Menu-Screen. It will return an error if no file is present.
Download Game Cartridge ( DOWNLOAD CARD )
Read out the inserted N64-Cart to CD64-Ram by selecting this menu-option. The reading-out progress is very fast. A 64Mbit-Module takes around 14 seconds to backup into DRAM.
Execute the Cartridge plugged into the CD64-Slot.
S-RAM transfer ( MEMORY MANAGER )
Those game ( with battery save feature ) you just play , there save data is store into
the S-RAM of you boot cartridge. You can upload & down it from /into the Joypad's RAM
CARD for permanent storage.you can save the records into CD64 as long as the game
cartridge that you plugged in has EEPROM built in.However, we do recommend you always has
this type cartridge plug in and always has memory pad installed in your controller. When
playing the game, the game save data is tempory save onto the boot cartridge. After you
finish to play
the game. You can transfer the saved data to the Joypad's memory card. One 256K Ram Card
can store 15 normal save. You may as well use the SRAM Manager 2.0 from www.blackbag.org , but of course you will need to load
it from CD/PC first. By using this compress program ,you can store up to 256 save. Button
configuration will display on screen.
Cheat - Code Function ( X-TERMINATOR )
Pre-load the game from CD-ROM or /Game cartridge. Select the build-in code or edit by yourself. Enable the function active ( X-TERM : ON ). Then play the game. You can obtain infinitive live, energy, select level etc by using this powerful function.
You can also save you own parameter code into the Bios. Button configuration will display on screen.
Here we go with an example to make you fully understand the procedure. After loading a game into DRAM (in our example Extreme-G US-Version) you go back to Main Menu and select the X-Terminator-Option. Here you can roam through a list of available cheats sorted by Game-Name. Often there is more than one cheat available per game. After selecting "Extreme-G [USA]" you can select pre-defined cheats and enable them by using the "A"-Button or enter a new one yourself. You can enable more than one cheat at a time. The selected codes will be displayed in a different color and the amount of cheats selected is displayed in the lower right corner of the screen. If you are satisfied with your selection, go back to main menu, the button status bar now shows "XTERM [ON]". On selecting the Option "Play CD64-File" Extreme-G will be started with the cheats enabled. Notice that you can format the X-Terminator-Buffer by using the Format-Utility in the "CD64 Test"-Menu. This will disable all cheats again. Of course you may also turn them on/off manually in the X-Terminator-Menu one by one again.
Utility Programs ( CD64 TOOLS )
The Tools menu provide five option utility programs. It is very useful for the professional programmers.
PRO-COMM LINK - Can link to PC by using a pro-Comm link card.
DRAM EDITOR -Hex Editor function.
As stated before, the CD64-Tools-Menu features a hex-editor. The HEX-Editor can be used to, you guessed it, hexedit the DRAM. It is so to speak a very simple version of Hedit or Niew you know from PC. Maybe helpful to change a few things for advanced coders. Changes can be checksum-calculated afterwards
DRAM CHECKSUM - Can calculate the Dram checksum
SWAP DRAM BYTE - Can swap Dram Byte
COPY CARTRIDGE HEADER - Can copy cartridge header automatically
** those tools is for professional user & programmer only **
It's can check the CD64's Dram & ROM performance. Just press Joypad's button A
In this menu you will find a few test utilities such as download and verify a cartridge . The third option will format the X-Terminator-Buffer to disable codes you selected before in the X-Terminator-Menu.
DRAM & CARD VERIFY- User can use this function by download the cartridge data and compare the data in Dram to verify the memory is in good condition.
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CD64 INITIALZATION ¡V You can initialize your CD64 to the original set-up by using this function.
XTERM BUFFER FORMAT ¡V You can format the X-Terminator code storage buffer to the original format when you meet problem for storing the cheat-code.
CD64 CONFIGURATION ¡V You can configure your CD64 by selecting this menu.
If you encounter a problem while installing or using your CD64, check this section for
help.
CAUTION : To prevent damage to your Game Console and PC, turn off electrical
power before connection or disconnection .
GAMEBOY EMULATOR ( not avaible on the Bios Menu, it is available in software). It can let CD64's user to play GameBoy's games by CD64. Please check from your dealer or download from the internet.
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The parallel port adaptor is allow the user to communicate ( upload & download ) between CD64 ( I/O port) & PC ( parallel port / printer port ).
Using CD64COMM.EXE and Parallel Port Adaptor at PC ECP PRINTER PORT 1 (LPT1)
to link up with the CD64:
Install the Parallel Port Adaptor at PC ECP PRINTER PORT 1 (LPT1), and connect
it to the CD64 with a parallel cable. Copy the CD64COMM.EXE and DOS4GE.EXE into
the C:\N64 directory. Type CD64COMM.EXE at the DOS prompt and follow the on screen
prompts. If the communication fails, have a look at the Trouble Shooting section
of this manual.
Optimizing your PC:
To get the best performance with the Comms software you may wish to try the
following.
1. The comms software uses disk access a lot, a disk cache will speed this
process up considerably. Ensure you have some form of disk cache running.
If in DOS mode (i.e. Not in a Windows DOS shell) then install SMARTDRIVE.
If you are in Windows 95 then you will find a disk cache is already on.
2. If in Windows, run the CD64COMM.EXE program at full screen and not in a
window. Although the program does work perfectly OK in a window it is
considerably faster at full screen.
3. Ensure your ISA bus speed is set to its fastest in your machines BIOS.
(Some machines do not have this setting).
Communicate Procedure:
1. Turn off the CD64 & N64 .
2. Connect Parallel Port Adaptro to your PC.
3. Move Parallel Port Adaptor switch to CD64
4. Connect the cable between Parallel Port Adaptor and CD64
5. In your PC DOS mode, type following command.
6. Turn our your CD64. ( Make sure your cd64 config are set to Parallel Port Adaptor and
press START button to save the config.
7. Upload and Download start.
Type the following command line at dos prompts at C:\N64 directory:
1. Download file GAME.BIN to CD64 DRAM ADDRESS and using Parallel Port Adaptor
at ECP PRINTER PORT 1 (LPT1).
C:\N64>CD64COMM -p378 -t -fgame.bin -sb4000000
2. Download file GAME.BIN to CD64 DRAM ADDRESS and run the files by using Parallel Port
Adaptor
at ECP PRINTER PORT 1 (LPT1).
C:\N64>CD64COMM -p378 -x -fgame.bin -sb4000000
3. Grab file GAME.BIN from CD64 CARD ADDRESS length 0x800000 and using Parallel
Port Adaptor at ECP PRINTER PORT 1 (LPT1).
C:\N64>CD64COMM -p378 -g -fgame.bin -sb2000000 -L800000
4. Grad file GAME.BIN fromCD64 DRAM ADDRESS length 0x800000 and using Parallel Port
Adaptor at
ECP PRINTER PORT 1( LPT1 )
C:\N64>CD64COMM -p378 -g -fgame.bin -sb4000000 -L800000
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*
* C:\n64>cd64comm
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* CD64 Up/Download utility Ver2.00
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* Usage: CD64COMM -P<port> -T -X -G -F<fname> -S<start> -L<length>
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* Example: CD64COMM -x -fTEST.BIN -sb4000000
* CD64COMM -p378 -t -fTEST.BIN -sb4000000
* CD64COMM -g -fTEST.BIN -sb2000000 -l800000
* CD64COMM -p378 -x -fTEST.BIN -sb4000000
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* Options :
* -P pc Port address 378-ECP PRINTER PORT
* -T Transfer a block of data to CD64 but don't do anything with it
* -X eXecute code after download
* -G Grab game from CD64 to file
* -F Filename of binary image to download\upload
* -S Start address b2000000=card start, b4000000=dram start
* -L Length of grab 800000=64Mb, c00000=96hMb, 1000000=128Mb, 1400000=160Mb(20MBYTE),
* - 1800000=192Mb, 1c00000=224Mb(28MBYTE), 2000000=256Mb
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* All lengths are hex
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Parallel Port adaptor's Trouble Shooting:
a. Failed to communicate.
If using Parallel Port Adaptor, the PC PRINTER PORT should be ECP MODE PRINTER
PORT and PORT 1 (LPT1). And the port address setting should be -p378.
There are the ERROR MESSAGEr meaning:
1.The file length error means the file length is not in 32bit (4byte)
mode, file length last digit should be $0,$4,$8,$c.
2.The checksum error means the game file is not n64 checksum made.
You can use the cd64 tools menu checksum function to make
thechecksum.
3. The download error means there are something wrong in the download
process.
May be cause by nose environment, cable too long, pc not
ground.
However the CD64comm.exe can not run with some pc by the compatibility problem. Please try
the RTOOLS, you can found it at www.blackbag.org.
CD64 user can get the X-terminator cheat -code from the following web-site.:
www.gametech.co.jp ( Japan code )
www.blaze.de/german/download.htm
(Europe )
www.x-plorer.co.uk ( U.K. )
www.gameshark.com ( U.S.A. )
www.xploder.com ( U.S.A. )
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