#63742 - adrian783 - Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:32 am
um...like giving it a external antaenna...or hardwire the signal to the chip...things like that
can it be done?
#63764 - TJ - Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:40 am
You could add an external antenna, yes.
#63765 - fun41 - Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:51 am
Mmm, I was wondering the same thing, although this might work (unless it was already posted, sorry...)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/io_burn/23021.html
This actually enables the DS to play GB and GBC Cartridges, but one of the steps allows you to double the WiFi range.
I have yet to do this myself.
#63767 - adrian783 - Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:06 am
jus so you havent been updated since the launch of DS...thats a hoax
#63771 - Dudu.exe - Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:31 am
Lot of people outside this site are saying taht this is a fake mod.. and it may damage your ds!
just to warning!
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000940023875/
read the comments!
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#63778 - adrian783 - Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:47 am
dude...are you saying people in gba/ds dev actually thinks its a real mod?
#63779 - Dannon - Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:08 am
It doesn't work, I foolishly tried it a while ago and it definately does not play Gameboy or Gameboy Color games.
Not too sure about the effectivness of the extended wifi range, but it is only a normal socket in the DS to connect to the antenna, there is nothing to stop you running a small cable from the antenna socket inside the DS to the outside and hooking it up to an external antenna, you may have to build it I haven't looked into it all properly yet
#63836 - m2pt5 - Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:52 pm
| fun41 wrote: |
Mmm, I was wondering the same thing, although this might work (unless it was already posted, sorry...)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/io_burn/23021.html
This actually enables the DS to play GB and GBC Cartridges, but one of the steps allows you to double the WiFi range.
I have yet to do this myself. |
Note: That LJ post has comments screened, so any comments that don't agree with his "hack" are never unscreened or even deleted. (Previously he had it set to "friends only", so only his co-conspirators could compliment his "genious".)
#63849 - JaJa - Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:37 pm
Heheheh.
I remember that hoax.
It wouldn't have been that simple because the GBC used a different chip, which was the co-chip in the GBA.
GBC had 2 chips, for GBC and GB
GBA had 2 chips, for GBA and GBC
DS has 2 chips, for DS and GBA.
I think that's what it was anyway. The GBA might have played GB games too, but i don't think it did.
Also attaching the antenna to your ground is likley to short it out and wipe out your DS's wifi.
#63855 - m2pt5 - Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:24 pm
| JaJa wrote: |
| The GBA might have played GB games too, but i don't think it did. |
It did, but it played them in the way the GBC played them.
#63860 - tepples - Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:01 am
| JaJa wrote: |
| GBC had 2 chips, for GBC and GB |
Nope. GBC had 1 chip, for GBC. The GBC functionality was designed to be a superset of the GB functionality.
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#63877 - sgstair - Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:36 am
Yes, recently every nintendo handheld has only had *1* chip for the processor & internal hardware (video/etc)
The way additional compatibility is added is the chip has multiple sections on the die, to support the different kinds of hardware (GBA only has one main cpu/hardware chip, as does DS - these chips can be switched to different modes by various means - on DS it can be done in software, on gba in hardware.) - sometimes the chips have sections that are used by both older and newer modes (DS's 2D video cores are nearly identical to the gba's video core.)
Additionally yeah - the "DS Gbc compatibility" mod is a hoax. and if you have performed it, note the following: of the connections made, one is a non-connection (connecting cart ground to system ground, this is already connected) - and the other one is connecting the RF antenna to ground (this is VERY BAD, it can damange the transmitter circuitry! The wifi may still work with this connection made but it's very likely to either (1) introduce LOTS of RF noise into the power system, or (2) Damage the transmitter's amplifier chip, or both. If you have made the mod I would suggest removing it immediately.
My $0.02 ;)
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#63880 - Dannon - Sat Dec 17, 2005 4:05 am
The mod was removed within the hour after a few wifi range tests as it didn't seem to do anything, your explanation tells me why, my once 'trusted' friend told me that the hack worked originally