Magic2 Clone "Enhancement" help

**kgn340** · 07-09-2004,11:31 AM

G?day,

It?s time for me to do something with my old Magic2 Clone (this whole ?not being able to authenticate discs past the boot up point" is ANNOYING).

1) Wayyy back when someone posted a switch-mod for the Magic2 clone (tho I can?t remember exactly what it did). Does anyone have any info on this?

2) I was thinking about adding some circuitry around my clone to make it ?smarter? (possibly a pic12c508). Here are my thoughts:
- does the monitoring of the EJECT and RESET points, when detected it activates the RESET point on the Clone. Thus, if the eject (or reset) button is pushed, the clone would start the authentication routine again. (Thoughts on this?)
- A smart ?shut-off? feature. After a few minutes, the circuitry would ?turn off? the clone (probably by holding the reset line on the magic chip). This would reduce heat build up and extend the life of the internal voltage regs.

A couple of questions:
* What is the part# for the magic 2 clone micro? (I need to dig up a datasheet to see what I?m dealing with)
* Is the RESET point on the magic PCB the same the actual /Reset of the magic micro?
* Electrical characteristics of the EJECT and RESET points on the PS2. Do they go HIGH or LOW when the button is pushed?

Any additional info/comments/thoughts that people can offer would be greatly appreciated.

And all of my findings / circuits / source code will be made publicly available if people want.

Thanks,
kevin

**loy** · 07-09-2004,12:23 PM

hehe i'd get that thing reflashed with some ice code or somthing. all u need is a fluffly 2 progger. also u need to move/remove some components to fit the code

**loy** · 07-09-2004,12:26 PM

the smaller chip is a ubicom sx28 and the big one is s xilinx xc9572. tats wat it says on this clone. i'm pretty sure u can flash it

**kgn340** · 07-09-2004,12:59 PM

Wow. Has anyone seen instructions for using the supplied JED/Hex files?

Looks like a lot of work programming work to upgrade the old board (both the XC9572 and SX28).

I think that I'd like to patch something in, instead of too much mucking with my current install.

Thanks,
kevin

**loy** · 07-10-2004,01:56 AM

reflashing i heard is quite easy. u just have to mess with the board a bit. i'd prefer reflashing then that

**kgn340** · 07-10-2004,07:21 PM

thanks loy ... i do appreciate the input.

i just thought that it would be kinda cool to "upgrade" existing magic2's without having to fubar with the existing chip.

i see that the magic3 people have a pic12c508 solution and i thought that it'd be nice for the magic2 people to have something similar.

judging by the input, i guess i was wrong.

thanks again, loy.

cheers,
kevin

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