Post AyK0bgzg7qaToDgNH6 by aparrish@friend.camp
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 (DIR) Post #AyK0bchS5fdCUX7lJI by aparrish@friend.camp
       2025-09-17T20:41:04Z
       
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       this is my prototype for a game boy on a bus backplane, inspired (obviously) by the rc2014 and https://smallcomputercentral.com/ (among others). the backplane connectors break out every pin of the Game Boy SoC (the DMG CPU, to be specific), so you can pop in/remove cards that interface with any gb peripherals, or plug into the address/data buses directly. in the 2nd photo i'm using a pico 2 to convert the game boy's video out to ascii (to send over serial for debugging purposes)
       
 (DIR) Post #AyK0bgzg7qaToDgNH6 by aparrish@friend.camp
       2025-09-17T20:46:25Z
       
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       I was also inspired by game boy dev boards like iceboy's https://iceboy.a-singer.de/ and gekkio's https://github.com/Gekkio/gb-hardware but i'm excited by the extensibility that you get with a backplane (e.g., put as many devices on the bus as you want!). the setup will hopefully make a bunch of my rp2xxx-based mod ideas easier to prototype, but i also think this could be a good setup for music performance or livecoding. i maaaayyy also try to port cp/m or fuzix or something