A new idea for dev hardware hunters. The Junkyard, Seriously, Read ahead and se what a few dollars got me. Earlier today I went to a semi-local Surplus Dealer/Junkyard Apex Electronics (Website: http://www.apexelectronic.com/ ) for some computer parts. I found two Items of value.
1: Wide-Boy 64
This is a Gameboy Color Version but I am still having a lot of trouble identifying which one as there seems to be several of them. I don't have a Nintendo 64 so I can't test it yet, Is there anything I consider before I go across town to buy one to test this thing, and any guides on how to identify these things? The Labels are sun damaged but are present, complete, and readable Cartridge only
2: NPDP-GCT-0300 Hard Drive Cartridge for the Nintendo Gamecube (Dolphin) Development Kit
This one again untested. (Hey, many of us don't have hundreds of dollars to spent on Dev kit components on ebay!!) Has several company labels from a Major Company (Please don't ask which company, I don't want anyone to be fired in the event that there is a beta or anything like that on that.) I also found a Gameboy Advance Wireless Adapter that has labels from that same company, suggesting the possibility that there may be more of this stuff that I missed. The Labels are clean, present, complete, and readable, Cartridge only
Any way to test/read it other than to buy a dev kit (complete or otherwise)
If anyone wants to go there and search I found these out in the yard near the computer related circuit boards, and the people there are quite helpful in pointing people in the right direction. If you find anything tell us about it. Both of these put together plus several computer parts cost me $8.25 so if these don't work I don't lose much. (And to think I went there for a lousy SCSI terminator! *Laughs Hysterically*)