Comment on Anybody tried one of these RPi based N64 cart dumpers off Aliexpress?
FlatFootFox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I wasn’t able to find anything definitive online, but its specs and functionality sound pretty close to BennVenn’s Joey N64 cart reader/writer. bennvenn.myshopify.com/…/joeyn64-cart-flasher
ch00f@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s a great link. Also looks like the cheapest option for what I’m trying to do, so I might just buy it from there.
It’s a bummer that the Sanni reader parts are so expensive despite the design being open source.
FlatFootFox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Unfortunately most of the PCB fab companies only print off PCBs in at least batches of 5. I bought enough parts to make two cart readers and split the costs with a friend to help drive the price down into the low hundreds.
I don’t know which number you were looking at when you saw the Sanni was “so expensive”. You can get an assembled Sanni v3 for about $150 online. savethehero.builders If you join their Discord, there’s also folks selling Sanni v5 DIY part kits for $110-130 depending on what add-ons you go for. It’s still a pretty penny, but significantly less than some of the $250 pre-assembled stores online.
ch00f@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s a good deal. I was looking at eBay and Tindie where even kits were $150-$200 if they were in stock at all.