Hacking EFA 512 and Mac OSX

[Supah Eirian]

Anyone using a EFA 512 and Mac OSX?

I just ordered one. Have a PC, but would rather use my Mac. Is it true you can just drag and drop ROMS into the cart like an SD card?
Also, I have some ROMS but I don't know if they are good. They came as zip files, and my comp unzipped them. Now they are Folders.... with lotsa stuff in them. Should I look for the file ending in .gba? I have an R4 and I know DS roms end in .nds, but do I want GBA roms ending in .gba?

Just trying to get things together so I can have fun when the EFA comes in the mail.

Any help would be super-dee-duper!!!

 

[foob]

Anyone using a EFA 512 and Mac OSX?

I just ordered one. Have a PC, but would rather use my Mac. Is it true you can just drag and drop ROMS into the cart like an SD card?

review here:
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=22823

According to that, you need to use their (Windows-based) software.
I visited their page for their latest software, and all links not working:
http://www.efa.cc/support.html

Oh well. I'm still waiting on mine, too.

 

[raulpica]

I just ordered one. Have a PC, but would rather use my Mac. Is it true you can just drag and drop ROMS into the cart like an SD card?

No, that's EFA II, EFA needs software. Also, try using Darwine to run it... It should work.

 

[Supah Eirian]

I ordered the EFA Simple 512 Mbit, does that mean I need to use v1.0 of the client and have no RTC?

I couldn't find the EFA II for sale anywhere, I guess I should have looked a little harder. What about the GBA roms, are they zip files or just a file ending in .gba?

I guess I'll just use the PC... is Darwine reliable? I read on the site it wasn't recommended for users, so I'm not sure about running it.

I read somewhere, but now can't find the post, that the EFA wont work with certain chipsets, anyone know which one?

I don't think I'll need the RTC anyway, now I'm just worried about it working on my PC!!!

 

[foob]

I ordered the EFAÂ Simple 512 Mbit, does that mean I need to use v1.0 of the client and have no RTC?Â

Not sure what you mean here. EFA 'simple' is just the regular EFA Linker, right?
It has a RTC.

 

[raulpica]

Now that I see the review, I've seen that it requires custom drivers. So it's not a standard USB driver... I don't think that OSX can use Windows drivers, so it's a no-no. You have to use a standard Windows PC

Or you could use something like Virtual PC to set a virtual Windows XP inside your MacOSX to use the flashing software.

I've not found anything about chipset incompatibilities, so there's no problem with any save type

 

[Supah Eirian]

Thanks,

I ordered it off of Jandaman,

Here's a link to the cart specs...

----------------------> http://www.jandaman.com/games.mvc?p=gbaefa..._code=GBADEVKIT

 

[raulpica]

Thanks,

I ordered it off of Jandaman,

Here's a link to the cart specs...Â

---------------------->Â http://www.jandaman.com/games.mvc?p=gbaefa..._code=GBADEVKITÂ

 

[diglett]

The "Simple" version does not have a RTC. Also, DX has it way cheaper.

 

[raulpica]

The "Simple" version does not have a RTC. Also, DX has it way cheaper.

There's a Simple version? Never heard of it

 

[Supah Eirian]

deal extreme? I'll go there next time I purchase something. In the meantime I got a 4GB microSD card for my R4 to keep me occupied!!!

The simple sounds like a true POS, I'm kinda bummed

I got ripped off!!!

 

[DanTheManMS]

If you're complaining about shipping speed, then DealExtreme would not be for you. They ship for free, but it's uber slow.