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No, my CopyNES is in my NES. Installing it means desoldering and removing the 2A03 CPU, replacing this with a socket, then sticking the CopyNES device in that socket, and then the CPU goes into a socket in the CopyNES device. I see, would you then have to use a 60 to 72 pin converter to put Gimmick...

Well, not really, unless you install a CopyNES in a Famicom. Have you installed copyNES on your Famicom? (I saw that you have one on your Gimmick run.) I currently have an AV Famicom, but am not familiar with the similarities and differences between NES, Famicom, and AV Famicom to safely make the i...

tadashibashi wrote: the cartridges also receive data from pins 2-15 (CPU A0-A11) and 32 (M2), and 33 (CPU A12) which the YMZ seems to have no involvement with. Missing M2 is a little weird... the YMZ needs a clock source. What's YMZ294 pin 7 connected to? I see, it might be that I just don't have a...

Well, the YMZ294's inputs are /WR, /CS, A0, Vdd, SO, Gnd, φM, 4/6, /IC, an eight-bit data bus, and /TEST. only SO is an output; everything else is a power supply or logic input. The SS5B has a bunch more pins, but we can ignore all the digital outputs... tie SS PPU A10..A13 and SS PPU /RD high, con...

I would still be really psyched to find out a way to come up with a schematic to connect those pins. It would make the Gimmick purchase worth it to me. Probably just need to buy a 3rd party cartridge slot after getting some help with the wiring schematic.

lidnariq wrote:The sunsoft 5B includes something that is identical to a YMZ284/294. (Rainwarrior has exhaustively tested)

This isn't the fetid pile of incorrectness that is the VRC7 vs the YM2413 as on the HFX4.

I see, I guess it's just a Gimmick to play it back with a real 5b

Is it possible then to do it with something like this? applesource These directions say that this schematic renders the cartridge compatible with the TNS-HFC3. I definitely wouldn't want to tamper with the actual Gimmick cart, maybe I can try my luck at finding a 5B in some cheaper Sunsoft cartridg...

Hotswapping is writing a program that copies itself to RAM and runs from there, running it on my Famicom, yanking out the cartridge (i.e. powerpak), then jamming in Gimmick. The program will still be running (usually) and I can then get it do stuff with Gimmick in place. CopyNES is an NES modificat...

@rainwarrior Thanks for the reply. What is hotswapping and CopyNES? I'm completely inadequate when it comes to hardware or software admittedly I'm just a middleware-using musician so I appreciate all you guys are doing. Edit: My Japanese is very subpar, but I agree that the website and directions se...

I recently got my hands on a Gimmick cartridge in hopes that it would work with my TNS-HFC5 and TNS-HFX4. Unfortunately, all that happens is that when I turn it on, the chip's noise starts playing, crescendoing, regardless of what nsf is playing. During nsf's with actual 5B expansion music nothing c...