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GBxCart RW v1.1
A device for reading game ROMs, save games and restoring
saves for GB, GBC and GBA carts from your PC via USB.
Features
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Backup games ROM to your PC
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Backup save games to your PC
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Restore save games from your PC
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Supports Gameboy, Gameboy Colour, Gameboy
Advance cartridges
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Supports SRAM/Flash/EEPROM for Gameboy Advance
cartridges
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GUI or console interfacing programs
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Backup GB Camera active images to BMP with a one
click program (GB Camera Saver)
Specifications
Size: 54mm (L) x 57mm (W) x 9mm (H)
Voltage: switchable between 3.3V (for GBA) and 5V (for GB/C)
Weight: 18 grams
Requirements
USB Mini cable
Table of Contents
How to Use ..................................................... Page 2
Using the GUI Program .............................. Page 2
Using the Console Program ......................... Page 3
Raw I/O Access ............................................... Page 4
Sachen ROM Mapper support ..................... Page 5
Gameboy Camera Saver ............................... Page 6
Revision History .............................................. Page 7
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GBxCart RW Manual
Revision 7
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- Page 1 GBxCart RW v1.1 A device for reading game ROMs, save games and restoring saves for GB, GBC and GBA carts from your PC via USB. Features • Backup games ROM to your PC • Backup save games to your PC •...
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Page 2: Using The Gui Program
How to Use 1. Before inserting the cartridge, select the correct voltage for your cartridge using the switch (GB/GBC use 5V while GBA uses 3.3V) and connect the USB cable to ensure the correct voltage LED lights up and then unplug the device. If the device isn’t automatically detected, you will need to open up Device manager, find the “USB 2.0 Serial”... -
Page 3: Using The Console Program
If the cartridge information doesn’t match what you know to be correct, you can press the “Specify Cart Info” button to change the ROM size, RAM size/type. 5. You can now press the corresponding buttons to read the ROM, save the RAM to the PC (save game) or write the RAM (save game) from the PC. -
Page 4: Raw I/O Access
3. Press “0” and hit enter to read the cartridge information. Make sure that the “Logo check” comes back as OK otherwise the cartridge may not be read correctly and you will have to disconnect the device, remove and re-insert the cartridge. -
Page 5: Sachen Rom Mapper Support
Port mappings to Gameboy Slot pins (for PCB v1.1) PB0 = A0 PA0 = A8 PC0 = D0/A16 PB1 = A1 PA1 = A9 PC1 = D1/A17 PB2 = A2 PA2 = A10 PC2 = D2/A18 PB3 = A3 PA3 = A11 PC3 = D3/A19 PB4 = A4 PA4 = A12... -
Page 6: Gameboy Camera Saver
Gameboy Camera Saver This program is useful if you are constantly using the Gameboy Camera and wish to save the images quickly to BMP files. Found in the \Interface_Programs\GBxCart_RW_GBCamera_Saver_vx.x folder. Automatically creates a folder with the current day/time, saves the GB camera memory to this folder and extracts the active (non-deleted) images from the save to separate BMP files labelled 1.bmp to 30.bmp. -
Page 7: Revision History
Software Revision History Console Interface v1.3 – 8 May 2017 • Added alternative method (very slow) to read Gameboy Camera if you aren’t able to re-program the firmware to • Added additional check for EEPROMs which seem to allow 4Kbit or 64Kbit reads without any issues •... - Page 8 Initial Release (Errata - The switch operates in reverse, for example, moving it to the left should select 3.3V but it selects 5V and moving it to the right should select 5V but it selects 3.3V.) (c) 2017 by insideGadgets http://www.insidegadgets.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
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