TGFC Lifestyle - Powered by Discuz! Board

引用:

What is PSIO?
PSIO is simply a cartridge that plugs into your PlayStation 1's Parallel I/O Port (PIO).
It will then let you play your software from an SD card on the console instead of the CD-ROM drive.

Is PSIO an emulator for PlayStation games?
PSIO does not emulate PlayStation games. PSIO is an emulator of the CD-ROM co-processor (SUB-CPU).
That being said, it is a hardware emulator, which, is almost identical to the original Sony CD-ROM MCU.

How much is a PSIO cartridge?
$149.95 AUD.

How much is shipping?
It is free, and included in the total cost mentioned above.

How do I select my games?
A custom built menu system boots up each and every time you turn on your PlayStation, which is called the "PSIO Menu System".
It runs on the PlayStation 1 directly and allows you to select and boot games from the SD card using the controller.

Can I boot my original PlayStation format CD-ROM's like normal when PSIO is plugged in?
Yes, so long as the Switch Board has been installed (see below), there is an option in the Menu System to boot from the CD-ROM drive directly.
Otherwise, you may unplug PSIO to return your PlayStation back to regular operation.

Will DUAL-SHOCK Vibration and Memory Cards work?
Yes. All peripherals will work like normal when PSIO is running.

Will PlayStation 1 games run at their original speed when using PSIO?
Yes. The PlayStation 1 Parallel Port can handle up to 3 megabytes per second on the system bus. The original CD-ROM (at 2x speed) could read at a maximum of 352 kilobytes per second, so there is plenty of bandwidth available.

Will the PlayStation 1 Power Supply Unit overload with PSIO?
No.

What regions will PSIO work in?
It will work in all regions. This includes PAL, NTSC-U/C and NTSC-J.

Do all games work on PSIO?
Not all games will run, and we are unsure what ones will fail without testing of each and every PlayStation game title in its library.
With that being said, usually we can fix the game problem with a firmware update if you let us know the exact problem.
You may however see which games have been tested here.

What format should I backup my games as?
We recommend that your CD-ROM discs are ripped 1:1, without any errors whatsoever, as a *.BIN and *.CUE format.
Other formats you may use however are *.ISO and *.IMG.

I see that my game isn't listed in the 'Compatibility' page. Will it work with PSIO?
Yes, your game should work with PSIO. If your game does not work, we will flag it and start to look into it.

My PlayStation 1 is a PAL system. Can I play NTSC-U/C or NTSC-J games on it?
Yes, however you will need to play over RGB video output or else a modification to the PlayStation mainboard will be required in order to generate a colour picture. We will have more detailed information about this upon release and how you may perform the modification.

Are there any modifications required for PSIO to work?
Yes. An internal modification is required. The modification is a small printed circuit board (PCB) with a logic gate array based integrated circuit (IC) that detects whether a PSIO cartridge is plugged in or not. More information may be found here.

I have a modchip in my PlayStation. Will that effect PSIO?
No, nor will it have an effect on the Switch Board.

What about multi-disc games. Can I play games such as Abe's Exodus or Final Fantasy that use more than one disc?
This will hopefully be released in a future firmware update, but the idea would be that you simply eject and re-insert the SD card to force a disc change.

Can I watch movies/video?
You can watch video as a Sony STR format in a resolution of 320x256 at 15 Frames per Second in Stereo with 44.1KHz audio (MPEG frames interleaved with XA).

Can I use a Hard Disk Drive to play my games?
No. The USB port on PSIO is to stream image data only.

What about the PSone/SCPH-900x PlayStation's?
The PSone (Sony's re-designed mini PlayStation 1) and SCPH-900x series, will not be plug-and-play since they do not have a Parallel I/O port.
To get around this, we have a special version that will not include the PIO header connector on the PCB.
You will be required to solder 41 wires from PSIO's custom pin design to the PSone or 900x mainboard manually.

When did you start working on this?
PSIO began as a concept on August 15th, 2010. It is a one of a kind device, and nothing else exists like it.

I can play my games fine on my PS3. Why would someone buy this?
The PS3 emulates PlayStation games using software. It is inaccurate, glitchy, and the games were never designed to be played like that.

What is the point of this product? I can play my games fine from a disc!
The PlayStation 1 CD-ROM drive when brand new was decent quality.
However, since the consoles launch in 1994, the laser assembly has deteriorated, and it is impossible to find a brand new one.
Games now freeze, skip music and sometimes will not load at all due to this fact.

Will you post Worldwide?
Yes. We ship to almost every country.

引用:

什么是PSIO?
  PSIO 是一个简单的插入PS1 I/O 接口的桥接设备。可以让你通过SD卡运行游戏，从而摆脱光驱。

PSIO是 PS1 的模拟器吗？
  PSIO 不能模拟PS1的游戏。PSIO是一个PS1的光驱模拟器。
  简而言之PSIO是一个硬件模拟器，几乎和PS1的光驱一样。

多少钱？
149.95澳元折合691人民币

运费多少钱？
全球免邮费

我如何选择游戏？
每次开机都有选单，被称作"PSIO Menu System"。开机会直接运行这个选单，然后允许你通过手柄选择不同的游戏启动。

我可以在PSIO接入的情况下，运行光盘游戏？
没问题，可以通过切换板，在菜单系统中有一个切换可以直接通过光盘运行，你还可以直接拆下 PSIO 让你的PS1 回到过去的状态

手柄和记忆卡可以工作吗？
没问题，妥妥的工作

当使用PSIO是 PS1游戏的运行速度正常吗？
正常，原理我就懒得解释了，反正是妥妥的正常

在使用PSIO的过程中 PS1 会过载吗？
不会

锁区吗？
不锁

所有的游戏有可以运行吗？
目前并不是所有的游戏都可以运行，并且我们也不确定哪些游戏运行有问题（确实也太多了，我们没法一个一个的测试）。但是我们会通过固件升级的方式提高游戏的兼容性。

什么格式的镜像可以运行
没有任何错误的 Bin/CUE/ISO/IMG

我看到我的游戏不在兼容性的列表页，那么这个游戏可以通过PSIO运行吗？
应该是可以运行的，但是不保证，我们会做标记，并且尝试解决

我的PS1是PAL制的我可以运行其他区的游戏吗？
可能需要通过RGB视频模式运行（这段不会翻译。。。。。）

让PSIO工作还需要其他的硬件修改吗？
需要，需要进行内部修改。一块小的电路板需要和主板焊接，来检查PSIO插入或者被拔出，

我的PS1内含直读，会影响PSIO吗？
没有任何影响

多碟游戏怎么办，我想玩类似最终幻想的多盘游戏
将来我们会升级固件来解决这个问题，目前只能通过拔插SD卡来强制换盘

我可以看电影或者视频吗？
你可以看Sony STR格式的

我可以使用硬盘来玩游戏吗？
不可以

PSone/SCPH-900X 怎么办？
这个型号的没有 I/O 接口我们有特殊版本的 PSIO 和这个型号的机器配合。但是你需要飞线。飞线的数量是41根

这个项目是什么时候开始的？
2010/08/15

我用我的PS3就可以玩这些游戏，我为什么要买你这个玩意
PS1是软模拟，我这个是硬模拟

这个产品的卖点是啥，我光盘玩的好好的
新的PS1的光驱还是不错的。但是 PS1是 1994年发售的。现在再找一个新的PS1是相当困难的
SDL妥妥的比直接运行光盘好

全球发货吗？
包邮上火星