I'm planning on making and selling a Sega Naomi Compact Flash adapter that is similar to the Official Sega one. The cost of having PCBs made and the cost of the parts on the board are kinda pricey unless bought in bulk so Im looking to see how many people would actually buy one. I could do a prebuy and sell at a discounted price if the number of adapters is high enough if there is enough interest in this venture. Most likely I will be going at it alone and then selling them with markup on ebay, but I wanted to offer the chance here since it will help with me with the startup costs.
Basically the low down on this thing is: Its a direct replacement for the GD-ROM system. If you already have a GD-ROM in your machine, it will directly replace the GD-ROM drive with a compact flash drive.
Benefits:
Replaces failing GD-ROM drives
Cheaper to buy Compact flash games (I will also offer these at around 30 each)
Easier to get hard to find games (I can make most of the Naomi1 and Naomi2 games already on CF)
Uses only one security chip, so its easy to swap CF cards to play a different game.
Load times are slightly faster (depends on the size of the CF card, some games load much faster)
Cons:
MUST have a NET DIMM to use it (will not work with normal DIMM board)
MUST be able to update your NET DIMM to version 4.02 (I can do this easily or help you if your NET DIMM is already at 3.03 or higher)
If you dont have a GD-ROM drive and power cable in your machine you will need to figure out how to get +5v to the CF drive. (I may make an adapter cable that will easily solve this)
ISSUES to think about:
If you have a NET DIMM then its very easy to just Net boot games to your machine and not need a GD-rom drive or CF drive. Although, after a few months of net booting to my driving cab, its turned into a pain in the ass. I hate having to drag my laptop out into the garage next to my cab and plug the cable into it and the dimm and then have to load the rom up . I at one point I built a small Mini ITX PC and placed it inside the cab to stay there but that was not cost effective and still a pain. Now, if I want to change games, all I do is swap the CF card and turn the machine on and its done. My 9 year old daughter can change the game easily herself now without me having to do it for her so thats a bonus to.
Cost of one of these will be from 150-250 dollars depending on how many I can presale. I was shooting for 200 each shipped to sell on ebay, so hopefully I can sell enough to get the cost down. Costs are based on number of PCBs I have to have printed, cost of the parts that popluate the board. Not charging for my time of soldering all the parts to the board, I may offer a discount if you solder them yourself.
Here is a picture of the Official Sega Cf adapter, mine will be very similar, although I want mine to be blue.
Basically the low down on this thing is: Its a direct replacement for the GD-ROM system. If you already have a GD-ROM in your machine, it will directly replace the GD-ROM drive with a compact flash drive.
Benefits:
Replaces failing GD-ROM drives
Cheaper to buy Compact flash games (I will also offer these at around 30 each)
Easier to get hard to find games (I can make most of the Naomi1 and Naomi2 games already on CF)
Uses only one security chip, so its easy to swap CF cards to play a different game.
Load times are slightly faster (depends on the size of the CF card, some games load much faster)
Cons:
MUST have a NET DIMM to use it (will not work with normal DIMM board)
MUST be able to update your NET DIMM to version 4.02 (I can do this easily or help you if your NET DIMM is already at 3.03 or higher)
If you dont have a GD-ROM drive and power cable in your machine you will need to figure out how to get +5v to the CF drive. (I may make an adapter cable that will easily solve this)
ISSUES to think about:
If you have a NET DIMM then its very easy to just Net boot games to your machine and not need a GD-rom drive or CF drive. Although, after a few months of net booting to my driving cab, its turned into a pain in the ass. I hate having to drag my laptop out into the garage next to my cab and plug the cable into it and the dimm and then have to load the rom up . I at one point I built a small Mini ITX PC and placed it inside the cab to stay there but that was not cost effective and still a pain. Now, if I want to change games, all I do is swap the CF card and turn the machine on and its done. My 9 year old daughter can change the game easily herself now without me having to do it for her so thats a bonus to.
Cost of one of these will be from 150-250 dollars depending on how many I can presale. I was shooting for 200 each shipped to sell on ebay, so hopefully I can sell enough to get the cost down. Costs are based on number of PCBs I have to have printed, cost of the parts that popluate the board. Not charging for my time of soldering all the parts to the board, I may offer a discount if you solder them yourself.
Here is a picture of the Official Sega Cf adapter, mine will be very similar, although I want mine to be blue.
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