Hacking EZ-FLASH WIP report

[EZ-Flash2]

March. 2020

The microsd init error which related with no suffix CGB CPU was fixed. 2 days after we got the console. much longer than I expected.
Rewriting the RTC emulate code to cooperate the Prism's year offset. Thank @DrunkenMonk for the Prism source code.

Both patches will be released with further firmware.

 

[subcon959]

Good work. It's always great to see a product like this get ongoing support and updates.

 

[Nikokaro]

March. 2020

The microsd init error which related with no suffix CGB CPU was fixed. 2 days after we got the console. much longer than I expected.
Rewriting the RTC emulate code to cooperate the Prism's year offset. Thank @DrunkenMonk for the Prism source code.

Both patches will be released with further firmware.

Great news! Is ez-flash jr now compatible with all original gbc models and types?

 

[Nikokaro]

Great news! Is ez-flash jr now compatible with all original gbc models and types?

I' m going to buy an used gbc and i hope it will not be an incompatibile one.

 

[Shadow#1]

I' m going to buy an used gbc and i hope it will not be an incompatibile one.

Look around for a CPU-06 GBC

 

[Nikokaro]

Look around for a CPU-06 GBC

Thanks for your accurate reply, but i' m waiting for an official answer by ezflash team stuff. Or maybe are you one of them?

 

[DrunkenMonk]

Thank the prism team for including the source in their releases!

 

[EZ-Flash2]

Thanks for your accurate reply, but i' m waiting for an official answer by ezflash team stuff. Or maybe are you one of them?

AFAIK, only the no suffix CPU batches are affected. and @Shadow#1 is not the official stuff, but he/she is a nice person.

 

[Shadow#1]

Thanks for your accurate reply, but i' m waiting for an official answer by ezflash team stuff. Or maybe are you one of them?

I recommend CPU-06 GBC if your going to backlit TFT or IPS mod it as it does not exhibit the problems older mobos have

 

[Nikokaro]

I recommend CPU-06 GBC if your going to backlit TFT or IPS mod it as it does not exhibit the problems older mobos have

Thanks again but I will not install a backlit to not change the original playing experience. In the dark I' ll play with a miner/trakking headlight.

 

[Shadow#1]

Thanks again but I will not install a backlit to not change the original playing experience. In the dark I' ll play with a miner/trakking headlight.

But it's so worth it dude

 

[Nikokaro]

But it's so worth it dude

I see. Well done.

 

[Manwichman44]

I'm just glad it's going to get fixed. I'm okay with the debug workaround, but not having to change the clock every time I play will be nice!

 

[Eduba]

@EZ-Flash2 Hi, can you give us a ETA for the release of the fix? sitting here in quarantine and would rly like to play some childhood gems ;-)

edit: GBC no suffix fix...

 

[Shadow#1]

@EZ-Flash2 Hi, can you give us a ETA for the release of the fix? sitting here in quarantine and would rly like to play some childhood gems ;-)

edit: GBC no suffix fix...

Well they want to add more bells and whistles before they release it

 

[EZ-Flash2]

Well they want to add more bells and whistles before they release it

The adaption work for the Prism is hard. and we added a new boost into the future firmware, on the devices beyond GBC(include GBA/SP), the loading time(between press down A button to the nintendo logo show up) will be ? times faster than current firmware.

 

[enarky]

Huh, interesting. Didn't know different GBCs had different bugs. Just wanted to ask what exactly the problem with no suffix GBCs is, but solved that after a bit of googling: https://bennvenn.myshopify.com/pages/gbc-cpu-revisions - BennVenn did an excellent write up on the issue. Posting this in case someone else is curious.

 

[nashismo]

What I really would love to have is Super Gameboy support! I finally have my super gameboy sitting there, with my Super Famicom, and the EZ Flash Junior ready to go!! But Super Gameboy borders do not work yet

Cheers and thanks EZ FLASH team! I will be waiting for as long as it takes

 

[EZ-Flash2]

What I really would love to have is Super Gameboy support! I finally have my super gameboy sitting there, with my Super Famicom, and the EZ Flash Junior ready to go!! But Super Gameboy borders do not work yet

Cheers and thanks EZ FLASH team! I will be waiting for as long as it takes

The priority of this problem is not so high, and we haven't got a set of working SGB yet.

 

[nashismo]

The priority of this problem is not so high, and we haven't got a set of working SGB yet.

This is sad news for me, because it is one of the main reasons why I wanted a Gameboy Flashcart. And I believe many others have bought this Flashcart to use it on the Super Gameboy, because of the unique borders, etc.

Thanks again, and please consider this in the near future friends! Thank you for everything, if I had 1 super gameboy to spare, I would send it to you! But I have only one. If anyone has a super gameboy cart to spare, it would be a nice idea to send one to the EZ Flash team.

Just an idea, thank you again EZ Flash team.