Look what I got in the mail today
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Look what I got in the mail today
15 years after its release I got a hand on the Panasonic FZ-EM256 Memory unit
I wanted it really bad when it was first announced like 16 years ago and I struggled with the tiny memory of my Panasonic FZ-1. When it came out it was not even available where I live nor did anybody import it since 3DO was on its way downhill.
15 years later I rediscovered my 3DO and gave the search for the unit another try. Thanks to the internet I found one at a chinese store online.
After some trouble trying to get a hold of it finally arrived today.
I was surprised that the unit was in such great mint condition.
You could almost mistake it for new. Only the saved games on the memory unit itself gave it away The unit and even the CD-case still had their plastic wrapping and it works just fine. A nice nostalgic treat.
I wanted it really bad when it was first announced like 16 years ago and I struggled with the tiny memory of my Panasonic FZ-1. When it came out it was not even available where I live nor did anybody import it since 3DO was on its way downhill.
15 years later I rediscovered my 3DO and gave the search for the unit another try. Thanks to the internet I found one at a chinese store online.
After some trouble trying to get a hold of it finally arrived today.
I was surprised that the unit was in such great mint condition.
You could almost mistake it for new. Only the saved games on the memory unit itself gave it away The unit and even the CD-case still had their plastic wrapping and it works just fine. A nice nostalgic treat.
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Nice great condition too. I've gotta find one of those as I'm fed up with deleting saved games all the time
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I know, it is annoying. I remember back in the days when the internal memory was full the games couldn't save any more and nobody knew what was wrong. My reseller wanted to open my 3DO up to see if it was broken. I brought my 3DO to the store and turned it on one more time. One game came up with a memory manager and I quickly trashed all my saved games. Since then we all learnt that the internal memory can get overfloated without even a warning message The FZ-1 doesn't even have a memory manager. I think Wing Commaner III was the first game I had that featured one.Quagmire wrote:Nice great condition too. I've gotta find one of those as I'm fed up with deleting saved games all the time
Anyhow great to have really. Does anybody happen to have the manual as pdf file? Or is it just all in japanese?
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2-3? Not even close (unless your game are like Alone in the Dark & Slam n Jam or something) Although the memory is certainly less than most desired, you can still fit several games on it. I probably have 15 or so in my own nvram. And of course the Game Guru helps create even more room.oldskool wrote:If that. Some games have large memory saves. 2-3 at most.
You basically just have to stick with one game till' you finish it. Which is not always bad I suppose.
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Glad to see you got one. I wanted one so bad and it took me a while to get one, only mine didn't come with anything. I got the disc image to run it from someone on here and I've enjoyed it ever since.
No need for a manual, just plug it in and put in the disc, it will tell you what buttons do what.Superhero360 wrote:Anyhow great to have really. Does anybody happen to have the manual as pdf file? Or is it just all in japanese?
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FZ-10 has much more internal storage space then the FZ-1. With my FZ-1 I would run out of space after 2-5 games. With my FZ-10 I believe I have about 12 different titles saved and I have only eaten up about 3/4 of my memory so far.
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Both models had 32kb? Wow, I must have had an FZ-1 with defective RAM. Is that possible? I saved like 3 games on it and it was full. I saved the same three games on my FZ-10 and still had over 3/4 of storage space left. I always just assumed they had expanded the storage space on the later model. Thanks for clueing me in!
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I always wondered what those units looked like on the inside. Considering the PS1 memory card is 128kb, and its tiny in comparison, what's on the inside that is making the memory unit so big? Is it just aesthetics to make it look boxy compared to the FZ-1 unit/ (and yes..I do know the ps1 has a bit of a tech advantage in being able to shrink down storage at that point in tech history)
awbacon wrote:I always wondered what those units looked like on the inside. Considering the PS1 memory card is 128kb, and its tiny in comparison, what's on the inside that is making the memory unit so big? Is it just aesthetics to make it look boxy compared to the FZ-1 unit/ (and yes..I do know the ps1 has a bit of a tech advantage in being able to shrink down storage at that point in tech history)
I posted some pics and info in this thread:
http://cdinteractive.co.uk/3do/forum/viewtopic.php.......
Awesome, thanks. Alot of unused silicon in the design.bitrate wrote:awbacon wrote:I always wondered what those units looked like on the inside. Considering the PS1 memory card is 128kb, and its tiny in comparison, what's on the inside that is making the memory unit so big? Is it just aesthetics to make it look boxy compared to the FZ-1 unit/ (and yes..I do know the ps1 has a bit of a tech advantage in being able to shrink down storage at that point in tech history)
I posted some pics and info in this thread:
http://cdinteractive.co.uk/3do/forum/viewtopic.php.......