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by zxdunny
Mon 7 Jan 2019 00:29
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Arrived defective
Replies: 7
Views: 6294

Re: Arrived defective

He's usually pretty responsive, and it's literally just one guy so I expect he will get back to you. Just have patience - and take comfort in the knowledge that it's not just you; many units came out defective but he's really good at solving problems.
by zxdunny
Sun 6 Jan 2019 18:22
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Arrived defective
Replies: 7
Views: 6294

Re: Arrived defective

So you've had it less than a week which puts you squarely at the new year and you expect people to be around at this time to answer your demands? Dude, chill a little and give Pierre a while to get back to work after the holidays.
by zxdunny
Fri 12 Oct 2018 15:18
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: ELI5 Request: How to Install Bios
Replies: 5
Views: 6314

Re: ELI5 Request: How to Install Bios

The process for adding BIOS images is identical to that for ROMs, you just put them in the... BIOS folder?
by zxdunny
Thu 11 Oct 2018 16:53
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: ELI5 Request: How to Install Bios
Replies: 5
Views: 6314

Re: ELI5 Request: How to Install Bios

Connect via Ethernet. There's a folder for BIOS images and ROM images. There are a few tutorials on this very forum, if you look.
by zxdunny
Thu 11 Oct 2018 16:52
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Emul Gamecube
Replies: 3
Views: 4812

Re: Emul Gamecube

That was a "no" - Gamecube emulation is not available for these things at present and it's doubtful that it will be any time soon.
by zxdunny
Thu 11 Oct 2018 16:51
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: RetroStone boot problem identified
Replies: 62
Views: 69052

Re: RetroStone boot problem identified

To be honest, you could solder a (short!) wire to the resistor. As long as the current can "short" the resistor - that is, take an alternate path instead of through it - then you're good. To those of you that are disappointed with the 'Stone I would say this: You can get similar units base...
by zxdunny
Wed 3 Oct 2018 12:05
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Safe shutdown script
Replies: 5
Views: 6113

Re: Safe shutdown script

¿And why will it "kill" the SD card? If any files are in use when the power fails, the whole card will almost certainly die due to filesystem corruption. Powerloss during gameplay will be usually fine if you're emulating an old ROM based system, but for anything that uses disk images it w...
by zxdunny
Tue 2 Oct 2018 01:02
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Safe shutdown script
Replies: 5
Views: 6113

Re: Safe shutdown script

Simply switching the RetroStone off with the power switch will likely kill your uSD card unless you're very lucky.
by zxdunny
Mon 1 Oct 2018 01:15
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Battery level.......
Replies: 1
Views: 2848

Re: Battery level.......

It most certainly does corrupt uSD cards when the battery gets low.
by zxdunny
Tue 25 Sep 2018 11:46
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone 16gb work?
Replies: 9
Views: 9099

Re: Retrostone 16gb work?

When you say it's not recognised, do you mean it doesn't show up in the device list? Or that it won't read from the card in Explorer?