3DO FZ-10 USB Host Controller Review
What is a 3DO FZ-10 USB Host Controller? [UPDATED] [UPDATED July 2020 - added some images of the installed ribbon in response to requests, updated the link to MNEMO's new website and made a couple of minor cosmetic corrections.] If you know what an "Everdrive" is, that's basically what this works out to being for the 3DO. This type of device is most commonly referred to as an Optical Drive Emulator (ODE). It installs into a 3DO game console in place of its CD drive which allows you to load games from a USB device. The main advantages to this are that there are no moving parts to wear out, and more importantly you can have the entire library of 3DO games loaded onto the console at once. Overview Back in June of 2018, I wrote about a 3DO FZ-10 that I "rescued". It had a broken latch, and literal dirt and dead bugs in its innards. The CD drive spindle was seized, and the power and access lenses were missing. My main motivation in purchasing an "as-is...