Is this a NOAC? (just making sure)

Post by **marshallh** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:36 pm

That is a NOAC. The glop-top you photographed is actually the ROM chip (apparently cheaper than using a plastic eeprom). It probably has a pinout similar to a industry-standard 44-pin flash ROM. If you had a logic analyzer you could compare the signals against that of a conventional rom chip. You aren't going to be able to wire a cartridge slot to it.

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:23 pm

Dern it!

Is there even a extremly remote chance i could wire a cart slot to this thing?

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:54 pm

I think he would be able to. That's the same thing Ben did with the Exodus, isn't it? He removed the rom chip and soldered the cart slot to it's contacts.

Klefmung · Post by **Klefmung** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:26 pm

what I did on the radica, was instead of removing it (and risking trace rippage), I just cut the mounted chip that had the glop top on it so it was completely disfunctional, then wired stuff to the contacts.

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:08 pm

You wouldn't even have to cut all the traces (in theory) but just the ce or chip enable line.

kylechu · Post by **kylechu** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:57 pm

nightwheel wrote:I just emailed Dream Gear about this thing. Maybe I'll get some answers. Here is a copy of the email:

Subject: Dream Gear GameStation Hardwear question

Message:
Does your Gamestation plug n play have a NES-on-a-Chip (NOAC)? If so, can you give me a diagram of all of the motherboard's pinouts please? Including how to wire a NES 72 pin cartridge connector to it?
(couldn't be anymore blunt about it could I)

They'll be like "All games were programmed specifically for the Gamestation Plug n play. Incedentally for an unrelated problem. If you tell nintendo about this, you'll wake up very confused on an uncharted island. Thank you for buying our crap, er... quality product"