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What is the Xboo cable? The Xboo cable was created by Martin Korth in 2001. The basic features of the cable is: - Upload multiboot images. - Dump the BIOS. - Allows two-way comunication with the PC. The last feature is the most interesting function, though it's not "supported" by the standard send/dump program. In this section I will try to add more information about the cable, as it's many hobby GBA developers most used tool for testing on real hardware. As you should allready know, the limit for a multiboot image is 2 Mbit (256 Kbyte). The sending speed is reasonable. How do I build one? It's probably the easiest piece of hardware you will ever build. It requires no chips, transistors, or anything similar. Just a 6-pin GBA linkcable connector and a 25pin male LPT cable, mostly used in older printers and scanners. Connect four wires, and off you go! it couldn't really be more simple than that. The official instructions is here, and there is a "schematic" here. My own instructions about how do build one will follow. When you have slapped the cable together, test it with a multiboot image of your own choice. For ease, I made this little batch file: path=c:\xboo xboo /378 %1 Simply, eh? it's using port 378 (as you can see), so just change it to the port you use. Browse files |