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Jhabu:
The manual talks "usb port is for debugging only", so in my view it should be possible to run a light Linux from a usb key to see what's happening inside :)
If joypad and usb port are not real usb the differences should be tiny...

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Jhabu on February 03, 2011, 02:01:36 am ---The manual talks "usb port is for debugging only", so in my view it should be possible to run a light Linux from a usb key to see what's happening inside :)
If joypad and usb port are not real usb the differences should be tiny...

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You aren't going to run anything if that "usb key" isn't recognized by the system.  It's a long way from that capability at current.

And if they aren't USB, they could be any 2-wire protocol, including a proprietary one.  If you consider that a "tiny" difference, then I suppose...

Jhabu:
Ok for proprietary 2-wire interface to communicate with the gamepads but what about the side usb port ? How do they debug (it should be suprising if they developed a proprietary system). If they do it should look like something existing. That what I mean in my previous post.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Jhabu on February 03, 2011, 03:33:52 am ---Ok for proprietary 2-wire interface to communicate with the gamepads but what about the side usb port ? How do they debug (it should be suprising if they developed a proprietary system). If they do it should look like something existing. That what I mean in my previous post.

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You still need to know how to "wake it up" and then how to talk to it.  Hopefully, the manufacturer will share details, or even some software.  Without it, it's not going to be easy, and there isn't even anything to reverse engineer in order to see what it expects.  Heck, nobody even knows how to get it to play games of the advertised types from a TF card yet, and without access to the internal memory, they can't even learn from what is on the machine.

micky4fun:
hi all

i have not got access to mine as i am at work , but on dealextreme this is reported by a user

--- Quote ---Came across this tonight - hold down the Select and Start buttons on the controller when turning on and an info screen comes up. Mine has the following details:

Device Model: JZ4755
Device Version: V1.0Build7c1
U Disk Size: 1.770 GB
U Disk Space: 298.944 MB
External Card Size: 0 BYTE
External Card Space: 0 Byte
--- End quote ---

mick

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