#105 - zanor - Thu Jan 02, 2003 10:50 pm
Is Flash2Advance and Flash Advance the same thing?
#117 - Lord Graga - Fri Jan 03, 2003 9:46 am
Flash2Advance is a fine product, and it is cheaper than the visoly linker + it supports more save stuff.
#132 - arrid - Fri Jan 03, 2003 8:05 pm
Flash2Advance is a parallel port -> gba serial cable that uses your GBA to flash the cart
Flash Advance is a seperate piece of hw that hooks up to your parallel port (same thing as a GBX for DMG/PGB/CGB)
#251 - MHz - Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:01 pm
"keep in mind that with the f2a linker, it can take up to an hour to flash a cart.(from what I hear)"
What?! I think you better check the objectivity of your "sources" or their testing methods. With the "right" computer configuration I can most certainly make flashing with the Visoly kit take 10 hours!
When I flash my 128M cart using the F2A linker it takes me approx 160 seconds (including the CRC check)... That's a hell of lot less than an hour (double that for the 256M cart and you're still flashing pretty fast)! It all comes down to what your confiuration is (hardware as well as software).
My experinces with the F2A are only positive ones (no problems flashing or making backups, no problems saving, great speed, easy to use, right size of cart)... Perhaps there are some flaws with it, but I haven't seen them yet.
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