3 Dec
2008
3 Dec
'08
5:57 a.m.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
> > My laserdisc player harks from 1986,
incidentally, and even its SCSI data
> > interface has no Inquiry support - it was just too early, I suppose...
>
> SCSI LASERDISC?!?!?!?!?! I think there were only RS-232 Laserdiscs?!
>
> I'd love to have a serial-commanded laserdisc hehehe :o)
I have a few - mostly to play Dragon's Lair and Space Ace (but I do
have a couple of kiosk CAV discs as well). AmigaVision supports a
variety of laser disc command sets, as a classic environment which
could be simple and fun to explore such discs in.
I recently got an AG-LD30 with a serial interface, but
I don't know the
pinout. It's a 15-pin D female connector, like a PC joystick port or Mac
monitor port.
I think there's at least one Pioneer with a DA15 serial interface, but
I have no idea if there's any sort of standard for them. If you can't
find a manual for your AG-LD30, there's always the technique of
tracing out the circuit manually. Ground should be easy, then it's a
case of looking for, typically, a 1488/1489 pair and divining what
your RxD and TxD are. It's probable that there's no handshaking, but
I suppose there could be. Not knowing the command set could be a
problem, though. Check out AmigaVision to see if it knows about your
player. You could then sniff the command set with a serial analyzer.
Generally speaking, the player should have commands for start, stop,
and seek, at least, and perhaps lock/unlock, eject, and several more
directives. When writing apps for a friendly environment, start,
stop, and seek are probably the most important commands to figure out.
-ethan
3 Dec
3 Dec
6:03 a.m.
>
I'd love to have a serial-commanded laserdisc hehehe :o)
I have a few - mostly to play Dragon's Lair and Space Ace (but I do
have a couple of kiosk CAV discs as well). I recently got
an AG-LD30 with a serial interface, but I don't know the
pinout. It's a 15-pin D female connector, like a PC joystick port or Mac
monitor port.
I think there's at least one Pioneer with a DA15 serial interface, but
I have no idea if there's any sort of standard for them.
6:57 a.m.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:03 AM, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
They actually made a DVD version of those which is surprisingly good!
Yes. I have one if not both. I was surprised how playable they are,
but I got them for ripping (I already own the original SA and DL discs
and the last-off-the-line DL disc with extra content) for Daphne.
Not as far as I know, but it's easy to establish GND, so it should be
easy to see if what you have is superficially the same as any models
of Pioneer. I did a quick dig around and didn't see any manuals that
were easy to download for Panasonic, but I'm sure they are out there
somewhere.
-ethan
> I'd love to have a serial-commanded
laserdisc hehehe :o)
I have a few - mostly to play Dragon's Lair and Space Ace (but I do
have a couple of kiosk CAV discs as well). I have no idea
if there's any sort of standard for them.
This is actually a Panasonic. Does that change anything (probably not)? 
7:17 a.m.
>
I'd love to have a serial-commanded laserdisc hehehe :o)
I have a few - mostly
to play Dragon's Lair and Space Ace (but I do
have a couple of kiosk CAV discs as well). AmigaVision supports a
variety of laser disc command sets, as a classic environment which
could be simple and fun to explore such discs in.
7:27 a.m.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:17 AM, Alexandre Souza
<alexandre-listas at e-secure.com.br> wrote:
I have a Pioneer Laseractive, but never figured out how to control it
serialy without the PC command module :(
Is that hardware that's missing from your player, or some sort of
software package for your PC?
-ethan
> I'd love to have a serial-commanded
laserdisc hehehe :o)
I have a few - mostly to play Dragon's Lair and Space Ace (but I do
have a couple of kiosk CAV discs as well). AmigaVision supports a
variety of laser disc command sets, as a classic environment which
could be simple and fun to explore such discs in. 
7:39 a.m.
I have the original LD of "Cliffhanger" the arcade game, got it off fleabay,
and a pioneer LD player, can't remember the model, I don't think I ever got the
interface working.
Then I found Daphne, and found an "emulation" for the LD player, along with
someone who had
done a lot of work to convert the LD to digital contents that Daphne could use.
I've actually gotten that running and played a little bit, it works very well,
but I find the controls exceedingly difficult.
Then again, I haven't played Cliffhanger since it was in the arcade, that might
account for much.
Still my favorite game from arcade days though
I have no idea about the legalities of sharing this stuff, but I figured since I owned the
original,
using the emulation was mostly ok, I have a legal right to the content...
ah fun times...
Dan.
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9:19 a.m.
I have a
Pioneer Laseractive, but never figured out how to control it
serialy without the PC command module :(
Is that hardware that's missing from
your player, or some sort of
software package for your PC?
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