kafka42.bsky.social @kafka42.bsky.social · 29/07/20253/3 Note 2: you need a donor MBC3 chip for this specific open source PCB, so this is probably not how these AliExpress vendors do it. They probably have a basic MCU which simulate this chip or they find a source of cheap MBCx chips. 010 0
kafka42.bsky.social @kafka42.bsky.social · 29/07/20252/3 Note 1: This is just the PCB, you need battery, SRAM, EEPROM and other components. On a reproduction cart, they probably replaced the battery by flash chip. 101 0
kafka42.bsky.social @kafka42.bsky.social · 29/07/20251 /3 Let's take this GameBoy Color MBC3 flash cartridges as example (Pokémon used a MBC3). You can order this PCB on PCBway for $5 + $20 shipping for 5 PCBs: www.pcbway.com/project/shar... If you order 100x, it will cost you $44+$20 shipping, so $0.64/PCB.pcbway.comGame Boy MBC3 Cartridge - Share Project - PCBWayYOU MUST ORDER WITH ENIG FINISH AT 0.8MM THICKNESS!This is my design of a flashable MBC3-based cartridge for the Game Boy. The MBC3 mapper improves a lot over the MBC1, and includes a real-time clock ... 100 0
kafka42.bsky.social @kafka42.bsky.social · 07/06/2025As for the Mint vs Ubuntu, everybody has an opinion about what's the "best" distro. In general through the history of Ubuntu, when Canonical made an unpopular decision, some people that switched to Mint, because it's basically Ubuntu but without this particular decision (e.g. Gnome2 vs Unity). 010 0
kafka42.bsky.social @kafka42.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Snap's backend is not opensource, so it's kind of locked to Canonical's servers. Snaps are usually super slow to boot compared to Flatpak or AppImage. This is less of an issue for programs you open once at boot and keep open. It's really annoying when it's something like the calculator. 110 0
