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Sega Hotrod... desirable, sought after, any good?
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evileye
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Though nobody cares, I'd rather have one of these (and I do). LOL
For anyone else who wants a Super Sprint, this was just posted on CL today.
****Super Sprint Arcade Machine ( Atari )****
https://syracuse.craigslist.org/vgm/d/super-sprint-arcade-machine/6694160639.html
Brentradio
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FWIW, there is a CompactFlash floppy emulator and it does work with Hot Rod. I know because I have it working in my four player.
I spent *countless* hours a few years ago before the emulator was available getting a new floppy made for mine. Worked with some dude in Poland or somewhere (forget, it's been a long while) who had written some code that could write the special floppy. We did it with a normal floppy controller, but I had to change the crystal on a particular model TEAC floppy drive to get it to do the proper timing. Apparently there's a bad-ass floppy controller board for Amigas that could do this pretty easily, but standard PC hardware *can't* do the proper timing. But we figured out hacking a floppy drive would work and it did. Someone had apparently used an Amiga to *read* a good original floppy to get the code for MAME, so a floppy image was out there.
I had that working for a while when I found the emulator. Tried it and it didn't work, but the emulator I got was also from some dude in eastern Europe who was curious and did some poking and figured out how to make his emulator work with it and after a couple attempts by doing firmware updates, bang, it works with the MAME image. So that's what my machine has been running for a while now.
If you get a machine that has a floppy and it still works, there's an option in test to duplicate the floppy. I suggest you make a few backups. But also know that if your floppy drive dies, finding one that works can be troublesome. Not all PC drives will work, IIRC. I think I eBay'ed a few before finding one that would work. I think I still have a couple working ones, but I kinda wanna keep them.
Actually, fairly sure the emulator I'm using is this one:
http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
And come to think of it, it may not have been firmware, but it was some weird settings I had to make. Oh man, it's been so long.
--Donnie
I spent *countless* hours a few years ago before the emulator was available getting a new floppy made for mine. Worked with some dude in Poland or somewhere (forget, it's been a long while) who had written some code that could write the special floppy. We did it with a normal floppy controller, but I had to change the crystal on a particular model TEAC floppy drive to get it to do the proper timing. Apparently there's a bad-ass floppy controller board for Amigas that could do this pretty easily, but standard PC hardware *can't* do the proper timing. But we figured out hacking a floppy drive would work and it did. Someone had apparently used an Amiga to *read* a good original floppy to get the code for MAME, so a floppy image was out there.
I had that working for a while when I found the emulator. Tried it and it didn't work, but the emulator I got was also from some dude in eastern Europe who was curious and did some poking and figured out how to make his emulator work with it and after a couple attempts by doing firmware updates, bang, it works with the MAME image. So that's what my machine has been running for a while now.
If you get a machine that has a floppy and it still works, there's an option in test to duplicate the floppy. I suggest you make a few backups. But also know that if your floppy drive dies, finding one that works can be troublesome. Not all PC drives will work, IIRC. I think I eBay'ed a few before finding one that would work. I think I still have a couple working ones, but I kinda wanna keep them.
Actually, fairly sure the emulator I'm using is this one:
http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
And come to think of it, it may not have been firmware, but it was some weird settings I had to make. Oh man, it's been so long.
--Donnie
