Nice job!

Latest parts just came in. I’ll be building tonight and through the weekend to try to get everyone their cables.

I am out of town Monday and Tuesday so some may slip into the next week but I’ll do my best to not let that happen.

Contacts are USB pins. You have to design around a specific part number because the back ends are not all the exact same size or length depending on the housing. I chose one that pulls apart easily enough so they could be salvaged for making the link cables. Takes 2 USB connectors to make a single link cable end.

MineStorm wrote:
Sorry, I meant the contacts inside the connector.

Completely custom. Modeled the connector from scratch based on the port on the bottom of the VB and from pictures of the VUE-004 cable online.

Then 3D printed in different materials and iterated on design until it worked the way I wanted it.

MineStorm wrote:
I’m very interested to know what you used for the connectors.

Salvaged or custom made ?

I doubt you’d ever see homebrew physical carts at $30. That’s close to the material cost.

akumie wrote:
I would not mind paying up to $30 for homebrew games on cartridge but I am never going to pay the insane ebay prices https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=virtual+boy&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xvirtual+boy+homebrew.TRS0&_nkw=virtual+boy+homebrew&_sacat=0

I just reviewed TicTacToe source last night and it has some basic examples. It looks fairly simple.

I’m planning on compiling all the info into one location that I need to develop another cable. Maybe this could all get transferred to the link cable wiki.

thunderstruck wrote:
Hey everyone,

I received my Link Cable yesterday and will most likely put some code together on the weekend. Would someone be willing to publish some code snippets so that I (and others) have an easier start?

I know there are some examples buried in the forum and demos but I thought I might as well ask. Maybe even Mr. Anon is willing to share his code.

I paid $750 for one before. Most of us have seen the eBay prices.

MasterOfPuppets wrote:
Okay, I guess a better way to have phrased my original question would have been “is someone still planning on making a USB cable?”.

I may be interested in this. Anyone have more detail on the linkport inner workings and what it can do beyond what the wiki mentions? Can I completely control the VB through this port? What’s the command structure?

Very nice!

Those connectors are about a third of the price of the custom ones I’m building but they’re not keyed correctly.

Wyndcrosser wrote:
So, looking at the cable build from here, I’d suggest we look into using these to build the ends.

https://shop.hdretrovision.com/collections/accessories/products/nintendo-multiout-a-v-connector-3-pack

FYI

If I’ve sent you an email about your cable being ready and you haven’t replied by tomorrow, I’m going to move down the list to the next person.

[mellott124]

It’s official now. First link cable being shipped out. The black heat shrink on one end marks Player 1 as defined by Hyper Fighting. Took longer than I expected but hopefully I get faster at building them.

Hyper Fighting just starts working after you select VERSUS on both Virtual Boys, as I mentioned. TicTacToe and 3D BattleSnake seem to want player 2 to start things off. When I try to use Player 1 to initiate, things lock up. I could be wrong on the boot up assumption but letting Player 2 kick it off always works.

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e5frog wrote:
Instead of this guessing competition for monetary impaired people, wouldn’t it be better to say something like “$35 and tip is allowed”.

I see this pattern emerging:

$25.10 – nope
$25.20 – nope
$25.30 …
…

etc

I’m experimenting. I’ll see how it goes and if it becomes a pain, I’ll just set a price.

It’s going to be small batches while there is interest. I’m guessing no more than 50 or 100 will ever be made. That’s my guess at the moment. Remember these are hand made.

For pricing, material is about $25 per cable and about 30 min to build a single cable. So, like I said previously, I’ll let people offer their own price. It needs to be above $25 and I reserve the right to not sell you one if the price is too low. Really the idea is to get these to people who have always needed or wanted one. Any extra monies usually go back into other projects I have going.

I’ll be contacting the first few developers and buyers on the list this weekend.

Got the new parts and they look really good. The orientation change really made the print nice. I’ll be building with these parts.

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Seam wrote:
Is there a video of this english patched version anywhere? I couldn’t find one on youtube.

If I get a chance this weekend I’ll try to record some and post it.

retronintendonerd wrote:

mellott124 wrote:

The first batch is about 10 or 12 cables. Those are all gone but there will be more once those ship. All the parts are on their way and should be here probably this weekend.

I’m planning on making 25 cables at the moment. All parts except the actual connector have been ordered for the 25 (meaning cabling and pins). I have connector parts currently coming for 12 complete cables. I’ve had some printed FDM using Onyx and some printed SLS using a PA12 material. I’m testing different print methods and materials and so don’t want to order too many to begin with. Additional ones are coming in ABS but I’m guessing the quality will be too low. If the ABS versions are acceptable then I may have more initially.

Have you decided how much you’re gonna be selling these for?

Yes. I’m going to do a bit of an experiment with this first batch. I’ll let everyone know what the build cost is and then they can offer their own price through PM. It obviously has to be above what it costs to make. People will need to cover their own shipping as well.

Wyndcrosser wrote:
Is there open slots for the cable? I guess I missed this and im interested.

The first batch is about 10 or 12 cables. Those are all gone but there will be more once those ship. All the parts are on their way and should be here probably this weekend.

I’m planning on making 25 cables at the moment. All parts except the actual connector have been ordered for the 25 (meaning cabling and pins). I have connector parts currently coming for 12 complete cables. I’ve had some printed FDM using Onyx and some printed SLS using a PA12 material. I’m testing different print methods and materials and so don’t want to order too many to begin with. Additional ones are coming in ABS but I’m guessing the quality will be too low. If the ABS versions are acceptable then I may have more initially.

e5frog wrote:
Nice, did they print at better quality or did they polish it?

Same print settings. Different orientation. No polishing.

New parts on the way with improved surface finish.

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