Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Ian Thompson Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Q: Action Replay + PC Link Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 21:12:13 +0000 Organization: Mantis Software Lines: 40 Message-ID: <36587E2D.C29FB69@mantis94.freeserve.co.uk> References: <01be1340$db0ab7e0$0a6496c0@thumper> Reply-To: ianthompson@mantis94.freeserve.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-38.calcium.dialup.pol.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) Hi Brian, Try the Blaze Xplorer cart. Info can be found at http://www.x-plorer.co.uk The DOS software from there can download executables and data directly from your normal PC parralel port. No need to buy another card. (and its only 30 quid) Cheers, Ian Brian wrote: > Question: > I am thinking about getting an Action Replay + PC link but have a slight > problem in that I have no ISA card slots free in my PC. I have heard > mention of a link cable for the AR that uses the paralle (printer) port > instead of an ISA card, I'm not worried about not having the PC link > software as I'm hoping to use Linux for development however questions. > 1) Is an 'offical' paralle port <-> AR cable available, if so where from. > 2) If 1, then is there software support for it under Linux (hoping, > fingers crossed) > > I'm willing to have a bash at writing a device driver for either the PC - > Link card or a Paralle port link for linux, but information on either would > be needed (I'd rather not have to though). > > Any feedback greatfully received (unless its a high pitched distorted kind > :-) > > Brian > > P.S. Try to make sense of the above, Guiness is making things blurry.