Adding to the list of
questionably-
useful ways to use your
Nintendo gear, German hacker Dankredues posted up a little app that lets you use the DS screen as a mouse. While it's no
MIDI keyboard or
homebrew tilt sensor, the app seems like it could make an interesting and cheap tablet for you to knock out that Princess Peach fanime you keep talking about. Wacom's not going to be losing sleep over this anytime soon though -- right now the software is available only in German, requires you to hardcode your IP address into the source before compiling, and opens two ports on your machine: one each for X and Y coordinates. Ouch. Give the dude some credit, though, he's only 14. True fanboys can prove their mettle by nabbing the software at the Read link.
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DS News]
posted Apr 27th 2007 12:10AM
There's another homebrew app that takes it one step further... Basically a VNC for the dns that no only allows you to control the mouse on your pc, but actually see the windows on your DS (although, the last time I used it which was over 6 months ago, they didn't have the zoom features working quite right so everything was way to small).
German h4xX0r skills ftw ^^
I really would like using my DS as a cheap wacom alternative although the screen is pretty small.
dumb.
Huh? You can get a Wacom 4x5 USB tablet for $80 at Amazon.
Anyone want to translate some instructions on how I can get started with this? :)
What about http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/06/pointyremote-like-vnc-for-your-ds/ ?
That seems a little more useful. I could be wrong, though, seeing as I've never used either.
14? What the... This dude's gonna be hacking the FBI in a few years time, you watch. =P
Aww, such a 11ttl3 l33t h4Xr