http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/ Engadget Comments for SNES USB cartridge adapter should set eBay aflame http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
They always uberfail.]]>Jun 21st 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/what the f are you talking about. first of all, i said it was a nice idea. thats called a compliment. second, I was addressing the confusion that the software he referred to was running on the PC. I was trying to explain that the software he refers to is the code running on the atmel microcontroller. thats why this is an elegant solution, there is no software needed on the PC to dump roms. you moron.]]>Jun 21st 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
The only thing I would say is that mass storage devices are block devices, not file devices and thus the atmel code never sees "readfile()", it sees "get block N". He surely made his image so that the cartridge rom starts at block X and runs to block X+N-1 so he can just figure out which bytes in the cartridge the host wants by subtracting X from N and then multiplying by 512 (block size).]]>Jun 21st 2009 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
Nevertheless, there is always a possibility that in the other end of one messy entanglement of cables lies, in fact, a regular flash drive with a ROM dump on it.]]>Jun 22nd 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/I know next to nothing about electronics and I really want to learn!
can anyone please recommend a book or guide I could read? :)]]>Jun 21st 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/]]>Jun 21st 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.electronicarts.com]]>Jun 21st 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
http://makezine.com/]]>Jun 21st 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
You've all been most helpful! :)]]>Jun 21st 2009 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/i'd like it for the original nes too, with maybe a usb nes controller! not sure of the legalities, but this guy can sell these things easy!]]>Jun 21st 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
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http://hackaday.com/2009/06/19/usb-reader-for-snes-game-carts/

Build your own, it's easy.]]>Jun 21st 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
@ monkfishbandana I find the fact that news and blog sites DON'T get their own material very disturbing.

It's an alarming trend among the corporate news media to use someone else's feed and not do the investigative journalism themselves.

The pitiful coverage of 9/11 was a perfect example. Not only were news companies using each other's video feeds but the bad information was spread among them all like a disease as well. For an example, look online to find how many live recordings were made where there were eyewitness reports of people hearing explosions within the buildings and then see how much of that showed up in the final story and final news coverage.]]>Jun 22nd 2009 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
This isn't the same thing. In emergencies, news companies rush to get the story out. If the first news station on the scene grabs footage that doesn't show the whole story, or the information they give isn't complete, they and the other news stations will still run it in a bid to keep up appearances that they can give the news as it happens. In this respect, I completely agree with you that the way this is handled is wrong.

However, Engadget is a blog. A technology blog. I don't see the invention of this SNES USB bridge as an emergency, and like I said before, not everyone reads both sites. You've said that you do, but I hate RSS feeds, and although I only check Hack-a-Day maybe once a week, I check Engadget several times a day. I don't read Wired, I very rarely visit Ars Technica, I rarely visit New Scientist, I don't read Gizmodo and I don't roam around for other technology websites. Engadget provides me with interesting stories from these websites that I wouldn't ordinarily see, and I'm sure this applies to a major percentage of their readers.]]>Jun 22nd 2009 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/I have the console and can't find some games to buy :(]]>Jun 21st 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
I am glad to see USB ones out in the public eye now.]]>Jun 21st 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=34
Just upply a CF Card and NES Roms, and your old NES can be up and running with every game out there... And no need to remove the cart ever again!

There are many various devices available for the SNES as well...
http://www.tototek.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_8

Enjoy!]]>Jun 21st 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
FIX THE $&#^%$#* COMMENT SYSTEM ALREADY!!!!!]]>Jun 21st 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/
They are probably expensive because there is not a huge market for them.]]>Jun 21st 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/snes-usb-cartridge-adapter-should-set-ebay-aflame/Jun 21st 2009 3:40PM