#1620 - Vortex - Mon Jan 20, 2003 7:58 pm
Hello,
How hard would be to design/create a cable/adapter to connect a standard modem to the GBA's comm port ?
Thanks
#1628 - ampz - Mon Jan 20, 2003 8:59 pm
depends on the purpose...
#1636 - Vortex - Mon Jan 20, 2003 9:38 pm
| ampz wrote: |
| depends on the purpose... |
The purpose could be anything ... let's say create a dialer, TCP/IP stack and a tiny HTML brower and surf the net :-)
My question was regarding the hardware side - is voltage-conversion required (probably yes) ? Anything else important to be included (PIC-like CPU, etc.) ?
#1639 - ampz - Mon Jan 20, 2003 10:07 pm
Only thing required is a 3.3V RS232 transciever.
#2535 - BurkeMDavis - Wed Feb 05, 2003 11:51 pm
#2583 - barnabe9999 - Fri Feb 07, 2003 9:01 pm
When www.x-trafun.com modem will be launched? ANd how much is it cost?
#2592 - Music Is Math - Sat Feb 08, 2003 6:04 am
They just sent out their sdk doc for review a week or so ago. It's not a modem, It's a bluetooth cart +flash? and it needs a usb dongle for your pc to program it/connect to the net. The sdk looks very simple to use and they will do their own game distrib/money collection. Looks cool if it ever takes off. I ran across the reference at www.eet.com (EE times)
#3022 - barnabe9999 - Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:55 pm
But do you think it can become popular?
#3023 - ampz - Sun Feb 16, 2003 3:40 pm
No.
#3835 - wtuck - Mon Mar 10, 2003 5:49 am
ampz,
Why do you think it won't take off???
#3837 - Daikath - Mon Mar 10, 2003 8:55 am
Name 1 add-on that did became popular outside of a disk system for the NES in Japan.
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#3842 - tepples - Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:15 pm
| Daikath wrote: |
| Name 1 add-on that did became popular outside of a disk system for the NES in Japan. |
The Power Pad for PlayStation.
(If that doesn't count because it wasn't for a Niиtendo console)
The smart controller for GameCube, which we know of as the Game Boy Advance system.
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#3844 - ampz - Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:30 pm
Thoose are used for commercial games... This bluetooth thing is not. And I really doubt any game publisher will use it, since that would bring up all sorts of Nintendo licensing problems.
#4252 - spankmonkey1987 - Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:30 pm
ye i know enough about general electronic to do dont know if ot would be worth it or not that tiny screen is pretty shit to veiw anything more than the games on maybe email or mobile talk or connect games with it but reply and tell me yes or no because i dont think it would be that hard but may need a specific server though
#33665 - DiscoSnorlax - Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:36 pm
Well, you could try making a Shark MX clone, those have built-in modems. Of course, when I got mine (new, nonetheless), I didn't know it needed a special service that had stopped being offered. I wonder if a gameshark could 'unlock' it for me to use with my own dialup servers and such...?