New Homebrew Mod Dev Thread

[MrSporty]

Rattles post above is correct but in theory you'd prolly find it to be both too time consuming for the wiring and too costly.

The PS2 Bios would need to be completely replaced and seeing as its a 32 MegaBIT part (4 Megabytes) , flash parts of this size dont come cheap.

Youll also probably find that the 2 chips on the Magic2 work in tandem , with the SX controlling the bios patching routines of the xilinx depending on the jumper pad configuration. This would obviously have to be taken into account to produce patches for the different regions. Modification of the SX hex is needed but thankfully isnt too hard.

As it stands , magic2 is the easiest solution so far to hombrew .. unless someone releases hex that can reliably patch the bios on the fly using a scenix micro running at 50mhz .. and then combines it with the current magic 2 scenix code ..

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hang on .. thats a magic3 aint it ... lolol

[maomo34]

Why are you thinking in replace the xilinx for a eprom? In my opinion it cuold need more effort that use the already released files.

[ODD]

is it possible to bauild a programmer?
is there a how to in the internet?
its tooo expensive to buy one!

thx!

[maomo34]

Originally posted by ODD
is it possible to bauild a programmer?
is there a how to in the internet?
its tooo expensive to buy one!

thx!

All that info, has been alredy posted in others threads check them before to ask.

[Gradius]

The real, cheap, and easy alternative is rip off Magic3 code. Why? It's damn easy to produce this board, you'll just need:

- 1 IC (Ubicom) SX28AC
- 1 resonator (50MHz)
- 2 capacitors
- 1 PCB (if you want)
- a programmer (for SX28AC)

That's all, the costs is less than US$ 10. The programmer is around US$ 40 or less.

Gradius

PS: The best part this modchip is universal (except for Jap consoles, but hey, is just another code).

[maomo34]

I agree whit you Gradius the best solution is a One chip solution, like magic3 or others clones (Bluechip, XO-2), but we don't have the code of them, so at this time the Magic2 Homebrew is the best option.

[necrolop]

Hows the work on ripping the M3 code going n e ways?

[Robot]

I will be getting my programmer and some Xilinx and Sx28 chips this week , ones i have it i will be sorting out how to install the 2 chips homebrew style without any pcb. From looking at the magic 2 pcb we can see that the 2 devices do infact connect to each other thus reading off each other (not just ground)

more news to follow later on in the week.....

[ODD]

ok sorry!

but there are so many different eprom programmer!
damn and im not familiar with this shit..!
Please help me! give ma an url to the right topic or a pdf
with the manual with how to build the programmer!
it would be so nice, thanks!

[2 Tru CReW]

I dont know lol anything about this but - vero board instead ???