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SEGA Confidential General NoticeWhen using this document, keep the following in mind:1. This document is confidential. By accepting this document y

SEGA Confidential 63.0 Setting the Jumper PinsThe VCD I/F Board has four jumper pins:• ISA-IRQ setting (J3) • ISA-DMA setting (J4)• I/O address se

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual74.0 Installation and Setup for PC-Compatibles1) Items Required for InstallationOne PC

SEGA Confidential 85.0 Execution Using Sample DataThis chapter describes how to check the operation of the Virtual CD Emulator thathas been set u

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual9Type the following MS-DOS command:Step 2C:\>SET∆VCDIO=020000[ENTER]The Virtual C

SEGA Confidential 105.2 Start and QuitOnce the Virtual CD Emulator starts, enter the following commands:Step 4C:MYDIR>VCDEMU∆JVC[ENTER]The Vir

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual11How to QuitStep 9Press the SPACE key. “Menu” in the top bar is highlighted."Me

SEGA Confidential 126.0 Switching Between Virtual CD and CD DriveTo make it possible to switch between the Virtual CD and the CD drive, a switch lik

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual13Section II: CD Emulation SoftwareThis section describes how to use the CD emulation

SEGA Confidential 141.0 Overview of CD Emulation1.1 Summary of VCD Emulator FunctionsThe VCD emulator is an MS-DOS program that runs on PC-compati

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual15Files that Contain Unaltered CD ImagesCDs have a variety of format standards. Data

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SEGA Confidential 161.2 Work Flow SummaryThis section gives a broad overview of how the VCD emulator works. Before startingthe VCD emulator, read

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual17Developing Content and ProgramsImage data and programs placed on the CD must be pre

SEGA Confidential 18Starting the VCD EmulatorAfter creating CD configuration files or the CD image file, start the VCD emulator.The user will be abl

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual192.0 The CD Emulation Process ExplainedThis chapter explains the three CD emulation

SEGA Confidential 20ScriptEmulation(Direct DOS FileAccess)Script Real-Time EmulationPartial DOS File Updateand ModificationPreprocessing(VCDUTL.EX

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual212.1 Running a Simulation Using MS-DOS FilesThis section describes the operating pr

SEGA Confidential 22Step 6- Launch the VCD emulator (VCDEMU.EXE).Enter the command shown in the example. The VCD emulator will start and rundirec

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual232.3 Updating Part of a CD ImageThis section describes the process for “partial CD

SEGA Confidential 243.0 Creating DataThis section describes how to use a script to arrange data on a CD.DOS files containing scripts are called s

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual25CommentsCharacters that follow a semicolon (;) to the end of the line become commen

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SEGA Confidential 26• (ISO9660) File NameThe ISO9660 file name consists of a file name and a version number separated by a semicolon. Thefile name

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual27Volume DefinitionThe lead-in and 2-second gap are followed immediately by the syste

SEGA Confidential 28• EscapeSequence(SVD)Shows the set of characters described within the subvolume descriptor and characters describedwithin the di

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual29• VolumeCreationDate (PVD, SVD)Specifies the date of volume creation. When this lin

SEGA Confidential 30• ChannelsThis line is used to specify whether the track will have two channels or four. This line is valid onlywith CDDA track

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual31Interleaved files are defined between <FileInterleaveFile line> and<EndFi

SEGA Confidential 32• SectorRateThe number of sectors transferred in 1 second (75 or 150). The default is 150 (sectors/sec).• FileNo (file interle

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual33Specify one of the following three data types for the file:AudioIndicates that ther

SEGA Confidential 34— STEREO_CData is ADPCM at stereo_level C.— CDDAUsed when data is CDDA to record in an ISO9660 file system.— VIDEOShows that the

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual353.2 Script Command ReferenceFormat Definitions of LinesBackus Naur (BNF) notation i

SEGA Confidential READER CORRECTION/COMMENT SHEETChpt. pg. # CorrectionCorrections:General Information:Your Name PhoneDocument number ST-129-R2-093

SEGA Confidential 36Restrictions include:<d 1 characters>::=<shift JIS characters><a 1 characters>::=<shift JIS characters>O

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual37<EndFile line>::= EndFile [CR]<BeginTimeE line>::= BeginTimeE <relati

SEGA Confidential 38<AbstractFileIdentifier line>::= AbstractFileIdentifier <D + identifier> [CR]<BibliographicFileIdentifier line>

SEGA Confidential 39SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual<Unit size> ::= <numeric string><Gap size> ::= <numeric string&

SEGA Confidential 40<Switch> ::= TRUE FALSE<Number of channels> ::= 2 4<Attribute> ::= HIDDEN NOHIDDEN RECORD NOTRECORD<B

SEGA Confidential 41SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualScript SyntaxThe syntax of the input script is indicated below.• Items enclosed by

SEGA Confidential 42<File Definition> ::= <File definition line> <File definition line><File Definition><File Definiti

SEGA Confidential 43SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual<Extension File Definition> ::= <File Interleave Definition> <FileI

SEGA Confidential 44• The same command can be written more than one time, but for commands such asthe ones within each block (x x ~ End x x), the co

SEGA Confidential 45SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualScript keywords are listed in the following tables.Table 1 List of Script Comm

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual1SATURNVirtual CD SystemUser’s ManualIntroduction ...

SEGA Confidential 46Table 2 List of Script Keywords (2)Keyword Parameter DescriptionEndPrimaryVolume End of primary volume descriptor.Suppleme

SEGA Confidential 47SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualTable 3 List of Script Keywords (3)Keyword Parameter DescriptionEndFile End fil

SEGA Confidential 48Table 4 List of Script Keywords (4)KeywordParameterDescriptionBitRateBit rate[Sequence no.]Bit rate of MPEG data.The order

SEGA Confidential 49SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualTable 5 List of Script Keywords (5)Keyword Parameter DescriptionVolumeExpirati

SEGA Confidential 504.0 Emulator DisplaysThe VCD emulator screen is composed of the six sections shown in Figure 5.Figure 5. VCD Emulator Scree

SEGA Confidential 51SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualMode WindowThe mode window displays the following three modes.• VCD emulator modeD

SEGA Confidential 52• Atime (Absolute Time)When a command is received that has an access position as its parameter, thatparameter value is display

SEGA Confidential 53SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualInformationOpen CD TrayClose CD TrayExitView:Log IndicationFAD FormAlwaysError Only

SEGA Confidential 54Use the UP/DOWN cursor keys or the PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN keys to reviewthe TOC data. Press the ENTER or ESC key to exit this mode.•

SEGA Confidential 55SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualFile InformationDSK File : sonic.dskRTI File : sonic.rtiSCR File : sonic.scrL

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SEGA Confidential 565.2 Release ProgramVCDEMU.EXECommand: VCDEMUCommand name: VCD EmulatorFunction: Performs virtual CD emulation. This software

SEGA Confidential 57SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualCannot find the beginning of REL info.Unable to find the keyword within a specifie

SEGA Confidential 58SCR Script file nameRTI Disc configuration data file nameOptions/i Display ISO9660 processing/d Display input DOS file proces

SEGA Confidential 59SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualBlock ErrorsThe following errors occur when the relationship between the Block and

SEGA Confidential 60Illegal Switch ****The switch handles TRUE or FALSE only.Illegal Attribute ****The attribute definition **** in incorrect.Ille

SEGA Confidential 61SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualBeginTime and EndTime cannot be defined in a blockBeginTimeX and EndTimeX cannot be

SEGA Confidential 62Channel number is already definedThe channel number has been already defined.Expected CloseBracketThe open bracket "[&quo

SEGA Confidential 63SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual• VCDBUILD Error MessagesGeneral Error Messages———:nnn xxxxxxxxxx———: open error:

SEGA Confidential 64Option /c Related Error Messages———: Disposition pattern for Channel Interleavennnn]nnn:nnn:nnn:nnn:nnn:nnn:nnn:nnn:nnn:nnn:nn

SEGA Confidential 65SATURN Virtual CD System User's ManualExample:VCDUTL∆TSTGAME∆ISO1FILE.DDD∆DOSAUDIO.D01∆DOSAUDIO.D02∆[-f∆DOSAUDIO.PAT][

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual3IntroductionOverview of CD Emulation System Configuration and FunctionsThe CD-ROM em

SEGA Confidential 66Cannot find DOS file [test].The target update file "test" could not be found among the RTI files. Check thescript

SEGA Confidential 67SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual5.3 Sample DataFile Configuration• JVC.SCR Sample script• JVC.PRM PRE/BUILD startup

SEGA Confidential 68[A] EXEC [B] SKIPCD-ROM DIRECTORY CHECKVCD CHECK PROGRAMVER 1.0[A] EXEC [B] SKIP [Openin

SEGA Confidential 69SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual3. CDDA PlayPlays sound using track 2 and 3 data. Audio is played back automaticall

SEGA Confidential 70INDEXAbsolute Time ... 52Bottom Bar ... 51Buffer

SEGA Confidential 4About this ManualThis manual consists of two sections. The first explains the VCD system setup; thesecond explains the CD emulati

SEGA Confidential SATURN Virtual CD System User's Manual5Section I: VCD I/F Board Main FunctionsThe VCD I/F Board (RT-V1A) is an ISA expansio