Haven't been here in a minute, but with the release of this gorgeous handheld I just couldn't resist. I would like to start exploring the possibility of hacking this device. It has only been a day & there is already some good information out there by some like-minded folks as well as some decent quality pics of the board.
Point your browser here:
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?236481-Neo-Geo-X-Gold-System-details-and-price-announced!/page87
What has me excited is in the second picture there: solder pads for RX & TX, or serial access. This is how the first dump of the dingoo a320 boot loader was achieved.
The very next post mentions this:
when I plug the NGX in to my windows 7 laptop, while powered off, it comes up as a removable disk. Total capacity is .99GB (or 1 gig). and 156MB is in use.
Inside is one file, "sys_update_file". I opened it in word expecting the usual gibberish but my notepad stopped responding.
And finally:
this may be of use to someone who is more familiar with Linux. If you hold the start button while plugging the handheld into a pc it comes up as a JZ4770 USB Boot Device.
So, as yet another user mentioned, if the usbtools are available for that CPU it's pretty much a sure thing that we'll be able to get something up and running.
I've very much fallen for this machine, for me it has the perfect combo of features, looks & potential & I'm really excited to see what we can make of it. I'll post more info after I receive my unit & fool around with it a bit in linux