> What sort of things do you have planned for GB or related ?

I have thought of the following. The '*' indicates suggestions or

ideas offered by others.



Convert Game Genie to Card Copier/Keyboard interface

Audio Player (download stereo .WAV files to a SSC by NCS and listen

  to almost CD quality sound either through the built-in speaker or

  through stereo headphones. Fast forward & rewind simulation possible.

  This would be the 'ultimate' for joggers as it would be unaffected

  by mechanical shock or vibration. Heck, mount it to your bicycle.)

Basic Interpreter, Floating Point (got source code almost done)

Calculator including base number conversions

Caller ID Display & Logging (Simple caller ID chip is all that's needed...)

Caller ID Display, Logging, & call return (one button dials number on display)

Cartridge, Multi-use (A cartridge that has programmable flash eeprom as well

  as infrared send/receive. Hopefully some of the following features as well:

  A/D chip, D/A chip, microphone, modem, RS-232 interface (RS-485 for macs)

Chess game (source code 75% done)

Character Set modifier/swapper program for snapshots

8080 CP/M Operating System. w/H19 Terminal Emulation*

  (This operating system may be old, but there is a TON of software for it.

   The SSC made by NCS could be used as a 512k Byte Solid State Disk Drive.)

   Some of the video memory above 8000h might be 'useable' by not using the

   full 256-character set. If you only needed 128 characters, then 2k could

   be added for a total continuous ram space of 34k (0000-87ff) )

Crc maker/cartridge info program (similiar to Marat's CONV.EXE program)

Data logging over time (temperature,pressure,voltage,rain fall,etc.)

DB meter* (For checking sound levels. Could be combined with Spectrum Analyzer)

Disassembler for GB code, Complete Basic  (80% done)

Disassembler for GB code, Complete Pascal (80% done)

Drawing program in 128x120 format (edit GIF or PCX files)

Email Indicator (Modem on board, calls your internet provider on hourly (?)

  intervals, if phone not in use, and beeps you when email is present.

  Number of beeps indicate how many messages. Distinctive beeps indicate

  who has written you email.)

Email Indicator w/ Pageing Ability (Same as above, but will also dial your

  beeper number and let you know when you have email.)

Email, Portable (Modem on a cartridge to allow checking your email anywhere.

  Use Lynx to web browse, if so inclined.)

Email & News Reader*, Offline (Your Gameboy calls and checks for email

  & news right before you go to work. It stores all email & news into

  eeprom. You grab your GameBoy, unplug the phone line, and go to work.

  On the way in the subway you read email & news or at lunch you read

  them for entertainment.)

  You might even reply to email or news using GameBoy. Many email responses

  are common so may be that you can select responses from a list rather than

  typing every letter of a replay (see list below). When you get to work or

  get home, connect the GameBoy to the phone line to 'upload' your replys

  to email or news.)

Eprom emulator, 128k byte (need to upgrade 32k version)

Eprom emulator made very simple using EEPROMS

Find onboard GB rom (There is one in there somewhere. Bank switch it in?)

Function Generator (Generate an EXACT frequency sine,sawtooth, or square wave)

GBDebug (finish the assembler/disassembler section)

Grocery List (Like a notepad program, but common food items on a fast to

 operate menu for easily adding them to a list.)

Hangman Game for GB

Info on GB machine language command clock cycles.

Infrared Remote (Universal Remote, VCR+ support (have C code to partially

  implement this), (Locate it by clapping hands or by blowing a dog

  whistle that is tied to a closet door to keep from losing THIS.))

I.S.P. Programmer (In circuit Programmer for pals & FPGA that allow on the

  fly mods. I know this can be done with xilinx 3010/3090 parts. Why not

  change a schematic on the screen and the changes are INSTANLTY incorporated

  into the ISP part of choice.)

Keyboard to the GB, Connect an IBM-PC (For the basic interpreter or whatever)

Sega IR7000 Communicator Keyboard (I just bought one of these new for US$20.

  If you type a line of text into this thing, it will spit out the whole

  sentence via infrared red if you hit the EXE key. It can send/receive

  infrared messages as well to a similiar unit. I am currently diss-

  assembling the ROM to maybe reprogram this thing to spit out each key

  stroke AS it is pressed. An infrared transmit/receive LED on the GB

  can complete this project.

   I am also considering the IR7000 for all uses on this page that DON'T

  require extra hardware (cartridge/rom only).)

Link to IBM-PC, Hardware (for software upload/download)

LAN BERT Tester* (Too much thinking required here?)

LAN, Mini (4 GB's connected with extended length link cables for a email LAN?)

Light Meter* (For photographers for checking light levels.)

Midi Music (Download midi standard data to the GameBoy. See the notes as

  as bars on a scale and here a multichord playback of the midi music.

  (BTW, I have a REALLY NEAT multi-chord routine for ANY microproc w/ D/A.)

  store songs and have a menu to select between different formats. Sounds

  don't have to be simple, the chord routine I just mentioned plays wave

  table samples if desired.)

Movies on GB (ability to download and play MPEG or Quicktime movies?)

Oscilloscope, Storage

Reverse engineer GameGenie (for eductional purposes only :-)

Reverse engineer hidden (?) GB machine language commands

Reverse engineer Super GameBoy (to understand new extensions in GB cartridges)

Reverse engineer Super Smart Card (to improve programming software for it)

Reverse engineer title scroll on power-on (I can change this but it locks up)

Rocketry On-Board Computer, High Powered Model (the weight here is trivial...)

RS-232 Capture & Monitor (Monitor duplex data on an RS-232 line)

Schematic Editor (This may not be too practical, but it is just a thought :-)

Spectrum Analyzer, Inexpensive (?)

Spelling Checker for GameBoy

Writing program (Notepad program for making notes on the go)

Writing program with keypad tracing (see explaination below)



keypad tracing -



  I came up with the inspiration one night that a person might could

  spell letters using the 4 cursor keys on the GameBoy. Visualize

  holding the GameBoy but not looking at it. Now Trace the letters

  you wish to enter on top of the cursor keys. In the process your

  sure to mash several buttons while trying to trace just one letter.

  I envisioned the following table as what the GB might 'see' if you

  were to attempt to trace letters:

  (Lines that include commas are alternative methods for the same letter)



b=bottom key, l=left key, r=right key, t=top key

(bl)=bottom & left key, (br)=bottom & right key

(tl)=top & left key, (tr)=top & right key



A - ltr,tltr,tltrlr

B - trlrb

C - tlb

D - trb,trbtb

E - tlbrl,tlrb

F - tlrl,tllr

G - tlbrl,lrtlbr

H - lrlr,llrr

I - tb

J - tbl,rbl

K - tb(tr)(br)

L - tb(br),lb

M - l(tl)(tr)r

N - l(tl)(br)r

O - tlbr,trbl

P - tbtr,tbtrl

Q - tlbr(br),trbl(br)

R - ltr(br),ltrl(br)

S - tlrb

T - ttb,tblr

U - lbr

V - (tl)b(tr)

W - l(bl)(br)r

X - (tl)(br)(tr)(bl)

Y - (tl)b(tr),(tl)(tr)b

Z - t(tr)(bl),(tl)(tr)(bl)(br)



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