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ok thanks,

can all of that be extracted from an existing cartridge? i just need something to make the gameboy boot

thanks again,

basically i am working with a project that requires the gameboy to be in a state just after the point where it has loaded the nintendo logo.

i don't want to run any software and i dont want to use a cartridge if possible, i am trying to get the gameboy past that first security check and then leave it there.

for now i am using a tetris cartridge, once the gameboy has booted i can even take the cartridge out, as i don't need it i just want the system booted.

anyway i am after the minimal hardware and software needed to get that far.

if i must i can just use the tetris cartridge, but really i am trying to compact this project and the cartridge takes up a lot of space when all it does is boot the gameboy.

i know this is a weird question, but its kinda hard to explain without going through the entire project from scratch

but thanks again for your help

ok then, i lied

i am trying to boot the super gameboy chip, as soon as it is booted it will happily start processing the data from the LCD but until the nintendo logo has rolled it wont do anything. But once it has gone PA CHING you can pull out the cart and let it crash or what ever. even if the super gameboy CPU crashes the IDC chip still functions and processes data,

so yea, i just want to be able to get the super gameboy to boot with the very minimum. i am also wondering if the information needed can be taken from a cart that is already in another gameboy, but i assume that not only would that take a lot of wiring, its also probably not possible while the cart is in use.

but yea a small eprom was the kind of thing i was after, i wonder how small you can go with an eprom... physically i mean