@Bakachan: 7 inches of ribbon cable caused problems apparently. Replacing the chip without seperating the boards sounds nice, but I'd do it so rarely it wouldn't bother me unless I was doing a huge amount of testing on it.
@above posts: The CD BIOS will eventually look something like the Unibios in feature set. It's only a bit over a month old, but now there is:
-an actual decent hardware test, since the system is never tested normally and if one starts randomly resetting or not turning on at all, many things could cause it
-debug dips, not a big deal they don't work in many games by the looks
-region switching with no physical switch
-MVS mode for infinite credits and MVS behaviour where applicable
-setting soft DIPs which can be saved/loaded automatically when you start your game
Will eventually have:
-cheat engine, which is actually easy to implement and can be more flexible than on cart systems. I just want the bugs from having to use emulators before fixed first.
-whatever else, I don't know
@guy who mentioned Crossed Swords 2 convert: I'm doing this eventually, I've been interested in the idea of doing a full conversion for a while. But after seeing the Ironclad bullshit on ebay and everywhere else, I devided I'll never upload the romset. Just hope that SNK puts out another MVS version on the VC