About Xd To Smc Adapters And 3.3v 256m Smc

[Protoss]

I know there is an adapter available, and I was just looking @ cards, and they can go upto 512, and their voltage is 3.3v, which is the max amount the GP will handle right? So would it be possible to get a 512 and a to Smc adapter, and have 512 available to your gp32_console Has anyone tried this?

 

[generalnmx]

Storage space through SMC port is limited to 128MB in the BIOS I believe. It would also require application recompliation (or perhaps patching?) even after a BIOS fix.

 

[Protoss]

So it would just need to be patched? If the bios could be patched to utilize 32megs of RAM, patching to read up to 512megs of space wouldn't be too hard would it?

 

[generalnmx]

So it would just need to be patched? If the bios could be patched to utilize 32megs of RAM, patching to read up to 512megs of space wouldn't be too hard would it?

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Spiv's the man to answer that question, really.

 

[Axeman]

I know the adapters have been tried already, and they didn't work.

 

[generalnmx]

OK here's the answer per #gp32dev:

1) There are no SMC specs above 128M. If you were able to get it above 128M, the BIOS and Libs wouldn't understand it. That means rewriting a lot of code. This also means those phantom 3.3v 256M SMC cards won't work either.

2) Furthermore, the way the 3.3v XD-to-SMC adapter maps the storage memory only allows up to 128M. Higher capacity XD cards may work, but only 128M would be recognized.

Moved to F.A.Q. section to let this die.

Edit: If you want higher capacity storage, and know a little bit about Linux, you may be interested in gpLinux's USB support: http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?showtopic=13990

 

[Protoss]

Aight...Dang. I guess I'll just wait for some advances in the external storage department.