SNES Copier Found (Any Info?)

[Cambot]

I came across this "SWC 3201DX" at a local thrift today, and it was priced at $2.99, so curiosity got the best of me. From what I can gather, it copies either SNES or Super Famicom games - or both. Does anyone know much about this or can direct me to a page where I can read up on it. Cant seem to find much online.

Thanks.

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[Knoxximus]

HOLY CRAP! Is that a ROM dumper?!?!

[DOL_001]

It should be able to copy both SNES and SFC carts. That is a great deal if it works.

[idrougge]

Ucon64 will probably handle it.

[The_4th_Survivor]

That's an awesome deal. The only things that you should be worried about would be the following:

* How to power the copier. Usually, those copiers are infamous for only being able to accept a certain type of AC adaptor jack as well as the voltage issue, which could either have your copier function normally, or fry the circuit boards within.

* The floppy disk drive has gone bad. If that's the case, it might be very difficult to have the disk drive replaced.

I'm sure there's someone here who can give you more info.

Anyway, good find.

[norkusa]

* The floppy disk drive has gone bad. If that's the case, it might be very difficult to have the disk drive replaced.

I had a SWC almost exactly like this. When the drive crapped out on me, all I did was replace it with a internal PC floppy drive and it worked fine.

Don't remember much about how to use it. I think you hold the R button down on the controller when powering it up and that brings up the SWC menu.

And I don't know about this one but mine didn't need a power supply to power up.

[Cambot]

I still haven't tried to fire it up, but did you need a manual, norkusa?

[RugalSizzler]

Another thing to worry about is that some Third Party devices might damage the SNES or even cause other problems and then there might be power problems:sob:

[Cambot]

I thought about this. I have three SNESes so, I won't do it on my original machine, nor my really nice one. I'll use the "beater."

[norkusa]

I still haven't tried to fire it up, but did you need a manual, norkusa?

Naw, not really. I thought it was pretty easy to figure out. To make a game disc, all you gotta do is format a floppy with the copier first, then plop a rom on it from your PC (make sure it's unzipped and in .smc format) and it should be ready to play.

Of course, you can't play roms that are bigger than the size of the floppy (i think the SWC does 700kb & 1.4mb discs). If you want to play a rom that's larger than that, you'll have to use an app like Ucon and split it up so it'll fit on multiple discs.

(I'm not positive but I think that you could use a SNES power supply on the SWC. At least on the version I had. I can't remember for sure though)

[djsquarewave]

Naw, not really. I thought it was pretty easy to figure out. To make a game disc, all you gotta do is format a floppy with the copier first, then plop a rom on it from your PC (make sure it's unzipped and in .smc format) and it should be ready to play.

Of course, you can't play roms that are bigger than the size of the floppy (i think the SWC does 700kb & 1.4mb discs). If you want to play a rom that's larger than that, you'll have to use an app like Ucon and split it up so it'll fit on multiple discs.

(I'm not positive but I think that you could use a SNES power supply on the SWC. At least on the version I had. I can't remember for sure though)
SMC is Super Magicom format, and I'm not sure if that'll work on an SWC. Definitely won't work on a Dr. SF, but that's a different manufacturer altogether. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if any ROM over 1024k (8 megabits) had to be split, even if it still fits on one floppy.

It's hard to tell from the photos, but it doesn't look there's a voltage marking on it. I'd try a Genesis 1 power lead if you have one handy (and it fits) as those seem to be pretty generic. Works on my SF7, anyway, though again...different manufacturer.

Also, I seriously doubt you'll damage your SNES with it. If anything you'll fry the copier, but more than likely not the system itself.

[norkusa]

SMC is Super Magicom format, and I'm not sure if that'll work on an SWC. Definitely won't work on a Dr. SF, but that's a different manufacturer altogether. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if any ROM over 1024k (8 megabits) had to be split, even if it still fits on one floppy.



Yeah, it's strange that it was formated for a different copier but .smc's worked fine on my SWC for some reason. I forget what model number it was but it basically looked exactly like the one in the pic but was grey and didn't have that big sticker on it.

The ROM splitting was one of the only things I didn't like about the copier. Small games like Super Tennis would fit fine on one disc but stuff like Final Fantasy III and Zelda had to be split into 4 or 5 different discs. And each disc would take about a minute to load, so it was a real pain to set everything up when I wanted to play one of those games.

[Cambot]

Well, I hooked it up to an SNES, and it worked. It even has a little built-in puzzle game called "Shingles." Believe it or not, I couldn't find a floppy disk off hand to test the drive. And besides, my PC which has a floppy drive isn't even hooked up at the moment.

[badinsults]

If you need to convert to another rom format, NSRT has the ability to add headers for different copier formats.