#154661 - yellowstar - Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:08 am
So my DS-X broke a good while ago.(I'm still using that awful trick of mine to use it)
And now I'm trying to find a good card, no more than $40.(Can't afford another DS-X)
Suggestions?
#154688 - melw - Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:59 am
R4DS
#154744 - SevenString - Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:23 am
I recently purchased a DS Fire 16g (2G) card for $39, -w- free shipping, and I'm lovin' it!
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#154797 - yellowstar - Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:02 pm
I'm not sure if I want to spend 3 months on new flash cards like the DS Fire...
#154809 - SevenString - Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:26 pm
| yellowstar wrote: |
| I'm not sure if I want to spend 3 months on new flash cards like the DS Fire... |
Ha ha! Well, it was more like 3 weeks for me between ordering it and getting it delivered to my door, but I get your point. Don't order a DS Fire from dealextreme if you're in a hurry. lol
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#154852 - yellowstar - Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:19 am
3 months is about how long it will take to obtain $40 for me. That's what I meant about 3 months - risking 3 months on a card that may not work as I want and such, and spending another 3 months for another card. Adding up to an awful 6 months.
#154898 - lord_hardware - Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:42 pm
M3DS Real, its multimedia menu alone make it the best card on the market... playing DSM's is a real awesome feature... not to mention it has an excellent ebook reader and is the only card (with the software) that allows you to listen to music while you read (if your into that)
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#154911 - yellowstar - Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:02 pm
I'm not really into the multimedia/music/ect that homebrew cards have... I basically only use it for homebrew.
#156215 - 11X_daemon_X11 - Wed May 07, 2008 8:48 pm
If you're looking for cheap, just buy a GnM. its about 20 bucks at walmart, can play any homebrew (as long as you patch), and pretty much everything else.
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#156224 - yellowstar - Wed May 07, 2008 10:06 pm
I once had that disaster called Games 'N Music.(It was thrown in the trash before my DS-X broke...)
The spring broke on that thing.(Had hold the microSD card in all the time when I used it)
I'll never buy anything Datel again, unless I'm %100 sure it's quality is fine.
#156250 - nsm333 - Thu May 08, 2008 1:13 am
never will buy from datel then. i did....lol. too bad for me. it wrecked my ds.
#156254 - yellowstar - Thu May 08, 2008 1:35 am
How did it wreck your DS? Does the DS crash whenever you try using the GnM?
#158708 - maximAL - Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:55 pm
has anyone tried the newer N5 and Edge DS cards? they seam to be wider available than the good ol' R4 cards...
#158884 - dantheman - Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:51 am
The N5 is an R4 clone and has a bad reputation for physically screwing up DS systems. The EDGE I've heard is decent.
#158903 - Lynx - Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:34 pm
#159963 - yellowstar - Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:36 pm
I finally I have the money for a $40 flash card!(I might be able to go unto $45 - $50 depending on the shipping cost)
Now I need to decide on which card to get... I was thinking about the R4, but with that they are planning to do, there's no way I'm getting that.
#159979 - tepples - Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:53 am
On another forum, I learned about a store that is selling CycloDS Evolution for $35.90 including Super Saver shipping. This adapter for SLOT-1 is compatible with microSD and microSDHC cards (not included). I can't tell you which store, but apparently I can link to the store's topic in Retailer Feedback.
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#160052 - yellowstar - Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:10 pm
I'm not interested in that card... Even more so now that I know that it doesn't have a storage device included... Any cards that are suggested, that use external devices for storage, SD/micro/ect, the hb card needs to include the external storage in the box.(Along with an USB adapter for the computer)
#160060 - tepples - Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:14 pm
Like R4, CycloDS Evolution comes with a no-name USB microSD writer. Any office supply store carries microSD cards.
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#160070 - yellowstar - Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:38 am
Is there any flash card now-a-days that come with the microSD and adapter? I can't afford another $40 for a microSD and adapter... On average, how much does the price differ for 2GB microSD, and SD cards?($40 was the price it cost to get an adapter and 2GB SD card. That was for Wii homebrew.)
Hmm... According to Google, SD cards cost more. I guess I'll need to squeeze an microSD and adapter into my budget...(Hopefully $50 will be enough... But if the flash card, or if the SD/adapter, if the shipping isn't free, well, big problem, as that will most likely exceed my budget...)
EDIT:
Well, for this one web site, I'd have to pay for the SD/adapter shipping...(The SD/adapter are in the same package)
Unless I can find a card with a price low enough to fit in the shipping and tax for everything, I'm sunk.
#160080 - elwing - Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:58 am
[A retailer] have some dstt going for 20$ shipping included, they even send along a card reader (which apparently suck...)... seem like you can easily find a small microSD for less than 20$ and you'll have your whole system for less than 40$...
I'm ordering one, they already received the dstt from the manufacturer so i guess I'll receive mine soon.
ho, here's a link...
[MOD: Link removed]
#160104 - gauauu - Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:15 pm
Elwing: the mod policy strikes again. The cheesy workaround is to post a link in the retailer feedback section, and then link to that.
Mod: Once again, I want to draw your attention to the rule that asks you to replace links, not to destroy them:
| SimonB wrote: |
| -Replace links to retailers with a link to the retailer feedback section. |
#160106 - elwing - Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:22 pm
oups, my bad, saw a link on post that where talking about retailer, was thinking it wasn't tabu unlike piracy and other bad things... here's a corrected link on the retailer evaluation.
http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=14429
sorry
#160263 - yellowstar - Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:12 am
I checked the price for iTouch DS, and it's a card I can afford.
Anybody that owns this card, could you elaborate on your likes/dislikes of this card, and other things?(And yes, I read a review)
Does Juglak's WMB Host work with this card?
With the latest firmware, has that bug with 99 max files been fixed? Isn't the firmware upgrade-able somehow? I don't see any fw downloads on the iTouch web site...
#160359 - chuckstudios - Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:53 pm
| yellowstar wrote: |
I checked the price for iTouch DS, and it's a card I can afford.
Anybody that owns this card, could you elaborate on your likes/dislikes of this card, and other things?(And yes, I read a review)
Does Juglak's WMB Host work with this card?
With the latest firmware, has that bug with 99 max files been fixed? Isn't the firmware upgrade-able somehow? I don't see any fw downloads on the iTouch web site... |
The iTouchDS interface is terribly slow. It will make you crazy during dev cycles.
Besides that, I haven't tried Juglak's host or had more than 99 files, so I don't know about that...
The firmware updates are available here.
#160362 - elwing - Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:18 pm
the DSTT seem pretty good from the review I've seen... except the build quality that is just crappy... any way I'll be able to speak more about it in less than 1 week :)
#160667 - yellowstar - Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:20 pm
I'd like to get a NAND card. Yeah, it's more expensive (usually), but I'd rather have a card using internal memory than microSD.
According to Wikipedia,
there's only 4 orginal flash cards that use NAND: G6DS Real, N-Card, Acekard R.P.G, and DS-X. Is that correct? Which card would be considered the best out of all of these, excluding DS-X?(I sure can't afford another DS-X, but even if I could, what if it would break again?)
Here's my dislikes of all of these, excluding DS-X:(I got this information from reviews, please let me know if some of this is incorrect.)
G6DS Real:
The card needs inserted into the the writer device to access the FS on the computer. I'd rather use a card that just uses a USB cord from the computer, plugs directly into the card, and the FS could be accessed without the DS being turned on.(ala N-Card)
N-Card:
Short USB cord, and slow transfer to/from PC. Bad interface. Must have DS turned on from PC to access FAT.
Acekard R.P.G:
USB cord can't be connected to the card while the card is inserted in the DS.(The cord would only be used so the computer could access FAT, that's all.)
#162440 - yellowstar - Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:17 am
Apparently the Acekard R.P.G I was referring to, with the internal NAND, is an old version of that flash card, it was replaced with a new version with only MicroSD, and the firmware went closed-source. So Acekard R.P.G is out. N-Card, isn't really an option, since the DS must be turned on and connected to the flash card. Is there a Linux compatible version of the G6DS Real's software? I'm using Windows, but I'm wondering if it's Linux compatible... I'd like a list of the clones of these NAND cards, but only clones that actually have new/different features, ect.
#162502 - josath - Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:53 am
man, microSD cards are basically free these days. I think I got a 1GB microSD for $0.76 once ($10 - $10 coupon + tax). The other day I saw a deal that worked out to six 2GB microSDs for $21 plus $5 shipping (on a website called woot...that deal is gone now). People need to quit whining about the microSD not coming with the flashcart.
As for that link to tehsk***, don't trust a damn word that comes from brakken. Especially in regard to "bricking". (When darkfader released his DS bricker, brakken posted a news article claiming man dsdev homebrew authors supported it, and then proceeded to host the bricking files on his own website.). Never mind the tons of errors in the post he just put up (BIOS is read-only, darkfader's bricker is not a virus, etc)
#162505 - yellowstar - Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:29 am
I don't have a MicroSD adapter. The last one I got,(I didn't pay for it, it was for Wiidev, and it's about an hour and 30 minutes drive away. I'd rather not use that adapter, I'd prefer to just use a NAND card.)
cost ~$30.(But it also has a slot for an SD card, so that's most likely why it cost so much. Apparently there's cheap adapters available, but with a microSD card is needed for a flash card using microSD, and I'd go over-budget...)
The 2 GB SD Card cost $10.(I realize microSD cards are cheaper.)
EDIT:
DS Fire looks interesting...
#162507 - yellowstar - Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:53 am
So how does this DS Fire work? In reviews I read things about a GBA cart... I'm having a lot of trouble finding a review from a homebrew perspective... Does the USB cord plug into this Slot-2 cart that may be included, or does it plug directly into the Slot-1 card? If it's Slot-1, can the NAND FS be accessed without the DS being turned on?
#162509 - chuckstudios - Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:21 am
| yellowstar wrote: |
I don't have a MicroSD adapter. The last one I got,(I didn't pay for it, it was for Wiidev, and it's about an hour and 30 minutes drive away. I'd rather not use that adapter, I'd prefer to just use a NAND card.)
cost ~$30.(But it also has a slot for an SD card, so that's most likely why it cost so much. Apparently there's cheap adapters available, but with a microSD card is needed for a flash card using microSD, and I'd go over-budget...)
The 2 GB SD Card cost $10.(I realize microSD cards are cheaper.)
EDIT:
DS Fire looks interesting... |
Every self-respecting microSD-based flash cartridge comes with a USB microSD reader. Compounding this with the dirt cheap prices of microSD cards and the widespread availability and generally lower prices of microSD-based carts, I can't understand why you insist on a NAND-based cartridge.
#162514 - dantheman - Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:22 am
Perhaps it's simply for the quicker speed in sending over new compiled binaries for testing. I'd imagine the work yellowstar is doing would require frequent testing, and constantly removing and inserting microSD cards and card readers and adapters would get tiresome after a while.
There are of course some wifi-based solutions that can be used to help facilitate quicker testing (HTTPexec is the first that springs to mind), though if more than just the *.nds file is being updated it would be somewhat difficult to manage.
#162562 - yellowstar - Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:07 am
| dantheman wrote: |
| Perhaps it's simply for the quicker speed in sending over new compiled binaries for testing. I'd imagine the work yellowstar is doing would require frequent testing, and constantly removing and inserting microSD cards and card readers and adapters would get tiresome after a while. |
That's right. When my DS-X was working I would test frequently. I'd go with microSD, but I prefer a NAND card. I can't really find any NAND cards... I guess I'll investigate microSD flash cards...
| dantheman wrote: |
There are of course some wifi-based solutions that can be used to help facilitate quicker testing (HTTPexec is the first that springs to mind), though if more than just the *.nds file is being updated it would be somewhat difficult to manage. |
I'm aware of that software.
EDIT:
I have decided to get a Acekard 2.