That is exactly the purpose of the device. It seems there are still
some little bugs in the program, the device has to reset several times
before GBA will start to accept data... other than that the first
prototype works great.

I forget to mention, the RESET line on the PIC chip should be tied to
Parallel port pin 1.

Steve Garcia wrote:
> Interesting..is the device capable of sending the data from flash to the
> gba on powerup? If so I'd like to try it out.
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>>Happy new year.
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>>This is a project I have always want to do, which is a Enhanced MB cable
>>capable of downloading MultiBoot code to GBA without a computer.
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>>This perticular design contains a 256kbyte FLASH memory wich is capable
>>of storing a single program.
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>>The cable is very similar to the cable from www.godsmaze.org, except the
>>external FLASH memory device.
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>>The cable is compatable with the software from www.godsmaze.org. I also
>>have written a PC side software that is used to download the code to the
>>FLASH memory, I wll post it as soon as I can get it cleaned up. The
>>software is kind of large and hard to use, if you need it, please send
>>me a note to request for it, since I want to avoid sending it though the
>>mailing list. (The program also includes a version of Multiboot
>>downloading code that does not use 32bit multiplication, could be useful
>>for people who are writing multiboot games who want to speed up the
>>download.)
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>>I hope someone can make good use of this software, since I'm not good
>>with webpages, so chances are, I won't put it up on a webpage. This is
>>why I'm releasing it though the mailing list.
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>>If anyone want to post this on their website, please feel free to do so.
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>>The hardware description is included in the code. Feel free to ask any
>>question.
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>>I probally won't do more work on this since I'm out of time.
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>>Tn.
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