> Is there any description on how he did it? I do have a purely software way
> to boot custom code on my European console right now, so I'm not desperate :)
> But I'm of course very curious and interested.

Apparently a serial cable was built (using the NeoGeo link cable) and the
DC was coaxed into 'CMON' somehow -- CMON is the same firmware monitor
as can be found on most(all?) SH eval boards. I don't know the magic
incantation that was used to accomplish this.

The kernel was downloaded as S-Records using CMON, and executed, at which
point it took over the DC and booted most of the way up.

> C'mon, get one, those things are cheap, and when you get frustrated that
> some part of the kernel doesn't want to work, you can always hit a few
> people in SoulCalibur before going for more code ;-)

Feh. I just got two of 'em at Fry's tonight. They were out of keyboards,
but another store not too far away had 'em. I'll try for the keyboards in
a couple days.

Still don't know where to buy the link cables though.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com