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My Collection of Nintendo Dev/Test Equipment Pics Added of Rare SNES Proto Carts & GC Dev Units **Update 07/23/18

Mar 10, 2015 at 2:48:45 PM
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Originally posted by: JaxsBox

Originally posted by: Xerxes

How does the DUCK work? Does it calculate checksums? What info is on that sheet? II seem to see them pictured with that sheet.



The DUCK is a checksum but I'm missing the cart it would be set as the standard to test each game. The sheet is not in English but basically has the sequences you would input to test each function. There is another topic on NA that I made which was done when I first cane across the unit. Cool piece to have in the collection and find myself very lucky. Maybe one day I will own the NES counter part. I'm on my cell or i would link the previous thread on the duck
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I would love to own a CAT too. Do you know anyone who has one? The picture you posted looks like it has two carts for it. It may be possible to reverse engineer what is going on with the CAT and then draw parellels to the DUCK.



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Mar 13, 2015 at 1:53:22 AM
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Originally posted by: Xerxes

Originally posted by: JaxsBox

Originally posted by: Xerxes

How does the DUCK work? Does it calculate checksums? What info is on that sheet? II seem to see them pictured with that sheet.



The DUCK is a checksum but I'm missing the cart it would be set as the standard to test each game. The sheet is not in English but basically has the sequences you would input to test each function. There is another topic on NA that I made which was done when I first cane across the unit. Cool piece to have in the collection and find myself very lucky. Maybe one day I will own the NES counter part. I'm on my cell or i would link the previous thread on the duck
For the people who could not find the other tread:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&thr...

I would love to own a CAT too. Do you know anyone who has one? The picture you posted looks like it has two carts for it. It may be possible to reverse engineer what is going on with the CAT and then draw parellels to the DUCK.

 
 


Don't own a CAT unit just yet. Missed out on the opportunity of buying one from the Netherlands about a year ago. Reverse engineering could be possible but imagine it would be a sizeable project.



 

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Mar 16, 2015 at 2:16:08 AM
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Bump

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Mar 27, 2015 at 2:57:10 PM
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Added more and always looking to add more. If you have something that may catch my interest feel free to contact me.

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Mar 30, 2015 at 10:31:18 PM
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Wow, what a fantastic collection!

I love Nintendo dev stuff and I've seen a lot of it, but I've never seen the TWL capture/debugger or the TWL panda. Simply amazing, thanks for sharing this with us.

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Mar 31, 2015 at 8:24:44 PM
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Originally posted by: Zidapi

Wow, what a fantastic collection!

I love Nintendo dev stuff and I've seen a lot of it, but I've never seen the TWL capture/debugger or the TWL panda. Simply amazing, thanks for sharing this with us.

Appreciate the kind remarks. Do really enjoy collecting dev equipment and sharing my collection with fellow collectors. The TWL capture & debugger were hard to come by and got lucky. Still need to find a Partner capture/debugger (3DS Dev unit)amongst other things wanted. Always adding pieces so make sure to check back from time to time to see for updates.



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May 15, 2015 at 10:22:36 PM
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Updated and added some new pictures of recent purchases.

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May 17, 2015 at 9:13:28 PM
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May 24, 2015 at 6:49:35 PM
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Sep 30, 2015 at 7:12:07 PM
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Added a DMG Wide Boy and DMG ICE units to collection recently.

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Oct 4, 2015 at 9:12:02 PM
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Oct 5, 2015 at 11:04:43 PM
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Bump for the goodies....

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Oct 6, 2015 at 6:59:28 PM
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Bump for the addition of a Partner setup not yet pictured.

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Oct 11, 2015 at 2:14:08 PM
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Oct 13, 2015 at 10:51:39 PM
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bump help me add to the collection. Always looking to buy or take in unwanted dev/proto/test equipment if anyone feels the urge to help me out....Always welcome the idea of donors and will be more then happy to mention and thank them in this topic for their contributions.
Thanks
Jax

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Nov 16, 2015 at 12:34:33 AM
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Added some new pics.

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Nov 16, 2015 at 1:53:00 AM
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How did you get ahold of a Joybus? Do you have the Ultra 64 board and SGI Indy to go with it? Very nice collection btw.


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Nov 17, 2015 at 8:32:07 AM
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Originally posted by: Rocky

How did you get ahold of a Joybus? Do you have the Ultra 64 board and SGI Indy to go with it? Very nice collection btw.
Scored the Joybus adapters, N64 gang writer, and SN system carts from a CL add in California. A buddy of mine sent me the link and I jumped on buying the lot same night it posted. Seller was awesome and surprised me with next day delivery. As for additional N64 dev equipment I do have those items and a few other pieces not yet pictured. Made the mistake of boxing up most my dev collection without picturing it. So as new items come in and old ones are unearthed I do my best to take photos. Would love to have these items on display but being as bulky as some are the only realistic option was boxing them up. Glad you enjoyed viewing my collection and always appreciate the positive feedback from fellow enthusiasts.   

 

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Nov 21, 2015 at 5:01:07 AM
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Originally posted by: JaxsBox
 
Originally posted by: Rocky

How did you get ahold of a Joybus? Do you have the Ultra 64 board and SGI Indy to go with it? Very nice collection btw.
Scored the Joybus adapters, N64 gang writer, and SN system carts from a CL add in California. A buddy of mine sent me the link and I jumped on buying the lot same night it posted. Seller was awesome and surprised me with next day delivery. As for additional N64 dev equipment I do have those items and a few other pieces not yet pictured. Made the mistake of boxing up most my dev collection without picturing it. So as new items come in and old ones are unearthed I do my best to take photos. Would love to have these items on display but being as bulky as some are the only realistic option was boxing them up. Glad you enjoyed viewing my collection and always appreciate the positive feedback from fellow enthusiasts.   

 
Damn man, I hope to be as lucky as you one day with finding N64 dev equipment! Finding all three of those in one lot is crazy.

I've been dabbling with the Partner System 5.0 SDK on a Win98 virtual machine. It's fun reading the documentation and trying to code on such old software!

 

Dec 1, 2015 at 1:39:53 PM
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Added a few new items to the list.

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Dec 2, 2015 at 4:08:50 AM
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Just so awesome. Love your collection. Keep them coming. They are sure an eye candy to look at, as well as each having a significant importance in gaming history!!

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Dec 3, 2015 at 6:29:16 PM
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Originally posted by: Skorp

Just so awesome. Love your collection. Keep them coming. They are sure an eye candy to look at, as well as each having a significant importance in gaming history!!
Glad you enjoyed checking out the collection. Try my best to add things as they come in or when pulled from being stored. To me collecting is more sbout the history and story behind items then the value of the items. Keep checking back for updates and more interesting items yet to come.
 

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Dec 3, 2015 at 6:34:17 PM
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Originally posted by: JaxsBox

  To me collecting is more sbout the history and story behind items then the value of the items.

I couldn't agree with you more big nutz.

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Dec 5, 2015 at 6:38:59 PM
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Added pics of my new Partner-CTR-Debugger!

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Bump!

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