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Hardware > Newbie question. PC to GBA cables

#26717 - getch - Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:09 pm

I dont really know what cable I would need.
Could someone explain to me the differences between XBOO, UART, MBV2 and MBV3 cables?
Can any of these make GBA think ROM is present? (i.e. to send more than 256k)

thanks

#26719 - ampz - Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:03 pm

Not without a flashcart.

#26739 - tepples - Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:07 pm

You can send up to 352 KiB if you're careful. Send an initial program that 1. fills VRAM (96 KiB), 2. copies code to IWRAM, and 3. inside that code, receives a second program into EWRAM.
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