What is the CD Emulation System?
CD Emulation System for PlayStation provides CD emulation to accompany development on the DTL-H2000, 2500 and 2700 series of Sony PlayStation development boards.
CD emulation allows you to see how your program will run on the CD before you commit to cutting a disc, by imitating the running of a CD image on an alternative storage device.
This easy to install and intuitive product is available in two different hardware packages, enabling you to choose the hardware configuration that fits your setup. Choose between the CD Emulation system in an external unit which plugs via a SCSI adapter into any free PCI slot on your PC, or an Emulator board that plugs directly into any free ISA slot on your PC.
The tools provided in the CD Emulation System enable you to create and manipulate a CD image graphically, by dragging the required files to a graphical representation of the CD.
The CD emulator part of the emulation system is a piece of hardware that simulates a CD mechanism. It does this by intercepting commands to the target's CD mechanism via an adapter attached to the target and diverting them to the CD emulator via the appropriate cable. On receipt of the commands, the CD emulation simulates the appropriate CD response.
What does it include?
CD Emulation System provided in external unit (DTL-S2900)
The external unit CD emulator has a useful additional feature, an LCD display which provides real-time emulation information.
Another advantage of this hardware package is that it can be connected directly to a PCI slot on your PC, leaving valuable ISA slots free for other boards. The supplied SCSI adapter auto-configures. Alternatively, it can be plugged into any SCSI card, e.g. an Adaptec card, that the user already has in their machine.
The CD Emulation System in this hardware package consists of the following:
CD Emulator two bay unit
CD Emulator Adapter used to connect to Sony DTL cards
SCSI Controller card with external SCSI 2 type connector
Removable hard disc drive storage kit
Set of intuitive Windows-based tools for Windows 95 or NT, allowing the building, maintenance and emulation of CD images
Connection cables
CD Emulation System provided on a board (DTL-S2910)
The CD Emulator board can be plugged directly into any free ISA slot on your PC. The ISA board auto-configures. This board can be plugged into the same slot as the original system.
The CD Emulation System in this hardware package consists of the following:
CD Emulation DTL-S2910 card
Connection cables
Set of intuitive Windows-based tools for Windows 95 or NT, allowing the building, maintenance and emulation of CD image
A well designed software graphical user interface that enables you to create and manipulate a CD image on an alternative storage device by dragging files and dropping them over the graphical representation of the CD.
The ability to use this image to realistically assess the timings of the potential CD by using it as the basis for CD emulation, i.e. the CD Emulator will use the files located on the storage media to mimic the files normally found on the CD.
The ability to quickly and easily make changes to the CD image (edit files, or change file order) with no significant time overhead.
Once you are satisfied with the performance of an emulated CD image and provided you are connected to a CD recorder device, you can use this software to cut a gold disc.
A new design of external unit (depending on the hardware package) with LCD display that enables you to monitor the emulator activity in real time.
It emulates a CD drive for a Sony Playstation development board.
It can be used with any PC with a free PCI slot (if you choose the external box configuration), or any PC with a free ISA slot (if you choose the emulator board option).
You can connect additional SCSI HDs to it for storing additional CD emulation images.
You can connect a Sony approved SCSI CDR to it.
The supplied boards provided with the system auto-configure (no confusing jumpers to be manually set).
The software has been designed with the intuitive Windows look and feel.
To create a CD for emulation, just drag and drop files into the CD explorer window.
Software provides real-time feedback of the status of the CD emulation.
The software allows CDs to be cut directly from the emulation image.
System Requirements
Host 486/Pentium class PC with Windows 95 installed and one free ISA slot. DTL-H2000, 2500 and 2700 series of Sony PlayStation development boards.
SN Systems Technical Support
You can obtain technical support and upgrades for the CD Emulation System for PlayStation direct from us. You're never more than an e-mail or a phone call away from a team of specialist support technicians. Continuing an SN Systems tradition, all our technical support and upgrades are free for the lifetime of the product, ensuring your software is always at the leading edge of PlayStation games development.