Re: [Gc-linux-devel] Paper Card Reader boot load?

[Groepaz <gr...@gm...>]

On Thursday 05 August 2004 20:10, Scott Mazur wrote:
> Forgive my memory, I've just found the project...
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> There was/is a card reader device for the GC.  I've never owned one, but =
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> I understand correctly, it plugged into a game port, then you swiped trad=
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> cards with barcode/dot patterns that eventually loaded a mini game.  I'm=
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> assuming it came with a disk as well.  In other words, the disk lets you=
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> load programs through a game port, possibly even store them on flash for=
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> later?
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> If you had the card reader disk, would it be possible to reverse engineer=
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> the card reader device and come up with a patch cord to directly load up=
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> programs from another computer?  Or for that matter, maybe a small boot=20
> loader program could be written and printed in the paper card format that=
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> would contain enough code to get the network up and a real boot loader=20
> running?

=E4=E4=E4=E4h...wasnt that a device made for the GBA ? (which btw, has been=
 cracked
already)

gpz