I was thinking about the Classic/Gateway dual mode setup they use. Specifically, I was wondering why they haven't just combined the two, allowing both legit and Red carts to be used interchangeably.
I came to the conclusion that maybe they haven't, because they can't. Perhaps the code they use to make the Red cart work in Gateway Mode makes the cartridge slot unusable by legit carts.
Now, we know there are a couple of private CFWs that allow for ROM loading via Red Cart. What we don't know however is if whether this functionality comes at the cost of not being able to use legit carts.
In theory, is Cakes' plugin system such that it could allow for a "use Gateway Red cart" cake that could be enabled/disabled as required?
I'm very close to 8.1 to 9.x but I have not been home all week to test. I'll try to have an answer tomorrow night
Yeah, I know you're working on this, but had no idea how far away you were from completion. It was very much "right at this very minute you can't" response.
The 8.1-9.x situation doesn't affect me personally. But after your impressive old3DS 9.9sys to new3DS 9.5emu solution, I'm keen to learn how you've solved this!
I can't find the firmware.bin for N3DS...
Is the one from reinand 2.1 working?
No, I don't think so. Visit the Custom Formware discussion board on "that ISO site", in the topic for Cakes you'll find a link to an archive that contains everything thing you need to run cakes.