Cobra 2.1 IPL documentation?
Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 12:46 am
Hi everyone,
I've been lurking this forum for years and have finally come to the point where I think I have a question worth asking.
I would like to run my gamecube that has a viper extreme with cobra 2.1 without a disc drive inserted, no this is not for a handheld, and yes I know that there are production drive emulators that exist. Now, I understand that there is some necessary communication between the disc drive controller and the Gamecube's processor that needs to take place in order for operation to continue smoothly, and I have thoroughly read YAGCD and threads on here about how that communication works with the original GC IPL. My question is, does anyone know the details of this communication as it occurs with cobra 2.1? I am inclined to believe that it would be very similar in terms of the drive commands that are issued but I can't find details anywhere. If necessary, I'm prepared to purchase a logic analyzer (or make one with an FPGA) and find out for myself, but I figured I would ask here first. I will be booting from external hardware using SWISS and would like to simply keep the system happy without the disc drive being present.
Thanks in advance!!
I've been lurking this forum for years and have finally come to the point where I think I have a question worth asking.
I would like to run my gamecube that has a viper extreme with cobra 2.1 without a disc drive inserted, no this is not for a handheld, and yes I know that there are production drive emulators that exist. Now, I understand that there is some necessary communication between the disc drive controller and the Gamecube's processor that needs to take place in order for operation to continue smoothly, and I have thoroughly read YAGCD and threads on here about how that communication works with the original GC IPL. My question is, does anyone know the details of this communication as it occurs with cobra 2.1? I am inclined to believe that it would be very similar in terms of the drive commands that are issued but I can't find details anywhere. If necessary, I'm prepared to purchase a logic analyzer (or make one with an FPGA) and find out for myself, but I figured I would ask here first. I will be booting from external hardware using SWISS and would like to simply keep the system happy without the disc drive being present.
Thanks in advance!!