20100811 CD64 Mods, Part 2

Was hoping to post this earlier, but anyway... I traced the CD64's expansion connector. It's definitely one of the simplest I've ever seen for the number of pins. A diagram is available here but unfortunately many programs can't render SVG flowed text correctly. This version has the text converted to paths, so it will show up properly in most programs, but it's also much larger (1.1MB) and not easy to edit.

20100805 CD64 Mods, Part 1

A while ago I picked up an interesting gadget: a CD64 backup unit for the Nintendo 64. It's exactly what it sounds like: loads ROMs from CDs. It's also supposed to be good for development, but without the adaptor to connect to a PC, it's not really much good for that.

Anyway, it needed some repair, and when I opened it up I was intrigued by an unused expansion connector inside. Apparently they had planned to add an MPEG decoder here for VCD playback. Well obviously I'm going to have to make something cool out of that.