I know this is a Dreamcast focused forum, but I think that this may be of interest the people down here because, while it is not for the Dreamcast, this project focus on Sega retrogaming.
So, thats what my repros have become
I was trying to make repros with 3.3V chips safely, while testing things with Flash Memory, for sake of simplicity, I developed a programmer that could write the Flash through the cartridge main connector. Then it hit me that I basically had build a flashcart. In the last few months I have been polishing it, testing it and developing the needed software and now, here it is:
The OpenDrive project:
Flashcart: https://github.com/soniccd123/OpenDrive-Genesis
Programmer: https://github.com/soniccd123/OpenDrive-Programmer
PC Software: https://github.com/soniccd123/OpenDrive-Editor
Firmware: https://github.com/soniccd123/OpenDrive ... r-firmware
For now, only a Sega Genesis cart is available, a SNES one is being developed and will be able to be written with the same programmer using an adapter!
Decided to share it with the world because I think its the right thing, to people modify and learn from it, I know that there are better solutions in the marked, but competing with them is really not the focus. This project objective is to create a open plataform for others to build their projects and, if a DIY entusiast want, to use it to play backups!
Hope this helps someone
Soniccd123.