That would explain why when I boot it on my ezflash IV it just shows a scrambled Nintendo logo. Does anyone know how I can patch the rom myself?

Man I'm surprised so many don't like the bare PCB idea. Seems like he really went the extra mile to make it unique, I'd imagine manufacturing is more expensive versus just buying the cheapie chinese shells.

Does anyone have any concrete evidence that the PCB is any worse than a normal cart shell? I don't own one. Do they break? Do they fall out? Is it hard to get it in? Just wondering why so many are against it.

http://truechiptilldeath.com/

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"a transistor is a series of tubes"

Woah, nice work! I had the same idea but abandoned it because I have no idea how to make a cart edge connector in eagle. Is the one there a DMG port or GBC port? What's durability like, does the port seem like it might break off?

My only big hesitation is doing a DMG style connector provides no way to power the aboy without modifying a cable. The dual ended cables I have have th 5v line working but only on the GBC side.

Also I notice your open hardware logo. I just wanted to throw out that all the stuff I'm doing in relation to this is also open and available on github in my fork of your repo. Check it out here: https://github.com/catskull/Arduinoboy

EDIT: What does fritzing charge for a shield? Is it really 29 euro?

pselodux wrote:

Interesting. The FAT documentation suggests that it's suitable to run on a micro, so I wonder what it'll sound like.

It should sound exactly the same as any other GBA since it uses the GBA sound and not the GB sound.

DMG ports are probably impossible. I'm pretty sure the only reason GBA ones are available is because of clones like the GB BOY and other SP style handhelds.

I feel like most cables around are the dual end style, so a GBC cable is totally acceptable for me. Does anyone else have an opinion on the matter?

zii.hrs wrote:
catskull wrote:

I actually found a supplier of new GBC/GBA link ports! So it wouldn't increase costs much and you wouldn't have to butcher old boards!

Ah, nice! But I take that you've had no luck with DMG link ports? wink

Not wanting to fork out the dough for a rose colored gaming faceplate, I keep checking aliexpress for faceplates. It seems like someone is now producing some and they're available for relatively cheap (~$10). There's only black or silver I guess.

I received one in the mail not too long ago and the quality is decent. Definitely not OEM quality, but it's totally acceptable for me.

Just thought I'd post here in case anyone is in the same boat I was. smile

http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?cat … +faceplate

So I have the old clear EZFlashIV. I'm trying to run the rom on my cart but when I boot the game the nintendo logo is scrambled. I can't read french so the documentation isn't helping much. Anyone have any tips for me?

Dire Hit wrote:
catskull wrote:

I think this is what I printed when I made them. The red border was so I could cut it out.

I'm in love with this. Might throw it on a t shirt.

Thanks dude! Here's some I did for pulsar in that same style:

I think this is what I printed when I made them. The red border was so I could cut it out.

Yeah If I were you I'd make dang sure your cable matches the provided pinout. Use a multimeter to test each pin.

The xiwi is a kit, right? Has it previously worked and then stopped? I've never used a xiwi kit but I've messed around a bunch with them and the only time I've seen it lock up is if the link cable is incorrectly wired or if some of the arduino pins aren't connected correctly.

Which issue, the freezing thing or just no midi out of LSDJ?

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Now that https://letsencrypt.org is live, why not add SSL to the site?

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Yeah you're right! Also it will switch on me just after refreshing the page.

I just assumed the site used phpBB it seems like I read it once? I have no idea where I got that from. I'd be curious to know what the site was coded in if not phpBB.