#27083 - getch - Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:26 pm
I managed to get my code compiled as multiboot, and it will run on hardware over an XBOO in win98, but not in winXP.
I read that winXP wont allow software to talk directly to parallel port, so I got the UserPort program, but that has no effect.
NO$GBA has a driver install option, but it won't install for me, saying that memory is messed up.
Could anyone help me find these drivers anywhere? I dont want to have to reboot everytime I want to test.
Thanks
#27090 - ampz - Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:38 am
userport-like programs can be kind of tricky to get to work properly.
Work on userport, or try another similar program, that's where the problem is.
#27312 - getch - Sat Oct 09, 2004 1:48 am
Sorry to keep pressing the issue, but I haven't had any luck since I originally posted.
Userport doesnt seem to allow a whole lot of fiddling. The only thing I can do with it is enter my parallel port address (378 - 37F) and hope for the best. I've copied the sys file to my windows\system directory, but no change.
Also, I an unable to find any sofware similar to Userport. Do others exist?
#27316 - ampz - Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:03 am
giveio
#28590 - Starman - Wed Nov 03, 2004 3:16 am
I'm having the same problem. Quadruple checked the pinouts and connection using a voltmeter and I can't get anything. I tried setting my parallel port to "Normal" instead of ECP+EPP in the BIOS. I tried xboo, xboo commander, no$GBA, and UserPort. Nothing works. Xboo Commander keeps saying "No response from GBA". No$GBA says "nocashgba driver error". I'm getting terribly frustrated with this. Any ideas? Thanks.
Mike
#28592 - tepples - Wed Nov 03, 2004 3:46 am
Can you buy a copy of Partition Magic, shrink your Windows XP partition, and install FreeDOS as a dual boot?
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#28593 - Starman - Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:07 am
No, I'm on a RAID.
I'm thinking about installing 98 on another HD.
Mike
#28598 - Starman - Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:39 am
I tried it using a DOS floppy to boot on 2 computers. No good. I verified that the cable's built properly and the pins are right and there are no shorts. I'm going to consider getting a flash unit instead, I suppose. Tried it on my old GBA, my daughter's, and my GBA SP. None of them worked.
Mike
#28651 - phonymike - Thu Nov 04, 2004 1:32 am
I dev on a shitty old laptop I have (win98) for this very reason. I could always flash a card, but it's quicker with xboo, especially that burst boot option (it waits for a com from the pc, then downloads the new image over your current one and jumps to it, no need to turn the gba on/off over and over again.)
#28667 - Starman - Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:56 am
I got it. I was looking at the pinout diagram backwards :P.
Now I get a "transfer failed...bad response error".
EDIT: It was xboo that gave me the error on my 98 boot floppy. If I use XP and Xboo Commander, it works fine.
Mike
#28671 - Krakken - Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:20 am
| phonymike wrote: |
| I dev on a shitty old laptop I have (win98) for this very reason. I could always flash a card, but it's quicker with xboo, especially that burst boot option (it waits for a com from the pc, then downloads the new image over your current one and jumps to it, no need to turn the gba on/off over and over again.) |
I never really understood the burst boot.
#28672 - tepples - Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:25 am
Here's how I understand burst boot: Each of your programs listens on the serial port and, when there's activity, jumps into Martin Korth's burst boot code to receive another program.
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#36438 - irondonkey - Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:05 am
Sorry to drag this thread back up, but I'm getting the same "transfer failed...bad response" that Starman was. Does anybody know what this means?
#38353 - wintermute - Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:01 pm
It means what it says, probably the cable is a little too long or the parallel port is underpowered.
You'll probabably have more luck with Xboo Communicator though.
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