<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/11608/is-it-possible-to-trick-dmg-into-thinking-it-has-a-screen/ Sun, 07 Jul 2013 00:31:08 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175987/#p175987 Alpine says:
Saskrotch wrote:
Alpine wrote:

probably just sync it with another DMG, but it's cool to find out what other things I could do with it

like, have a separate cart for each song, preloaded?

yeah, pretty much.

]]> Sun, 07 Jul 2013 00:31:08 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175987/#p175987 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175980/#p175980 Saskrotch says:
Alpine wrote:

probably just sync it with another DMG, but it's cool to find out what other things I could do with it

like, have a separate cart for each song, preloaded?

]]> Sun, 07 Jul 2013 00:06:07 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175980/#p175980 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175976/#p175976 nitro2k01 says:
Saskrotch wrote:

but wait what are you gonna do when you get the back pcb working on its own

<snarky nitro mode>
You could always damage a DMG shell an make your own version of the mythical Gulf War Gameboy that plays Tetris forever, but without a display.
</snarky nitro mode>

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 22:47:59 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175976/#p175976 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175975/#p175975 Alpine says:
jefftheworld wrote:

I can imagine taking a mainboard PCB being placed in a small enclosure with an mGB cart and an arduinoBoy. A singlesmall package DMG synth module.

I was actually thinking more along the lines of building a back pcb into a keyboard of some kind, but that works to.

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 22:30:03 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175975/#p175975 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175972/#p175972 jefftheworld says:

I can imagine taking a mainboard PCB being placed in a small enclosure with an mGB cart and an arduinoBoy. A singlesmall package DMG synth module.

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 22:18:00 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175972/#p175972 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175965/#p175965 Alpine says:

probably just sync it with another DMG, but it's cool to find out what other things I could do with it

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:46:31 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175965/#p175965 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175962/#p175962 Saskrotch says:

but wait what are you gonna do when you get the back pcb working on its own

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:34:20 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175962/#p175962 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175947/#p175947 nitro2k01 says:

You could wire up a single button as a start button, between pin 6 and, uhm I can't remember off the top of my head which of the connections marked "button diodes".

http://gbdev.gg8.se/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=400

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:42:33 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175947/#p175947 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175940/#p175940 Alpine says:

hence why I suggested it

burnfingers hasn't uploaded a tut yet, so I wouldn't even know where to start without it

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:36:21 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175940/#p175940 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175930/#p175930 2PLAYER says:

There was a topic about wiring a controller to the gameboy not too long ago

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/11361 … ontroller/

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:22:52 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175930/#p175930 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175927/#p175927 Alpine says:
jefftheworld wrote:
Timbob wrote:

You'd still need to press start in lsdj to get it to sync...
mgb and midi should work, right?

Wiring a single button for start would be possible, too.

How about wiring an NES controller for control of every button?

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:19:35 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175927/#p175927 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175925/#p175925 jefftheworld says:
Timbob wrote:
nitro2k01 wrote:

Yeah, the CPU doesn't know whether there's a screen attached. You won't have any direct button input however, so there's that. You could get around that with some planning. Say put LSDj in slave mode and start the playback from the other side of the link cable. Or use it for MIDI.

You'd still need to press start in lsdj to get it to sync...
mgb and midi should work, right?

Wiring a single button for start would be possible, too.

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:17:55 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175925/#p175925 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175911/#p175911 Timbob says:
nitro2k01 wrote:

Yeah, the CPU doesn't know whether there's a screen attached. You won't have any direct button input however, so there's that. You could get around that with some planning. Say put LSDj in slave mode and start the playback from the other side of the link cable. Or use it for MIDI.

You'd still need to press start in lsdj to get it to sync...
mgb and midi should work, right?

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 18:28:01 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175911/#p175911 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175906/#p175906 Alpine says:
Bamboori wrote:

uhm, doesnt it start up without a screen? i always thought so.

did not know

nitro2k01 wrote:

Yeah, the CPU doesn't know whether there's a screen attached. You won't have any direct button input however, so there's that. You could get around that with some planning. Say put LSDj in slave mode and start the playback from the other side of the link cable. Or use it for MIDI.

that sounds like a good idea, but I have a distinct lack of link cables (although I may need to get some now)

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 17:57:03 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175906/#p175906 <![CDATA[Re: Is it possible to trick DMG into thinking it has a screen?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175899/#p175899 nitro2k01 says:

Yeah, the CPU doesn't know whether there's a screen attached. You won't have any direct button input however, so there's that. You could get around that with some planning. Say put LSDj in slave mode and start the playback from the other side of the link cable. Or use it for MIDI.

]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2013 17:46:57 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/175899/#p175899