Gameboy Printer Emulator GB

Gameboy Printer Emulator
General
Author	Martin Eyre
Type	PC Utilities
Version	1.3
License	Freeware
Last Updated	1998/01/07
Links
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A PC (DOS) tool to download photos from the Game Boy Camera via the parallel port.

User guide

File list:

• readp.exe - The GB Printer emulator EXE.
• pic.pcx - Main Screen.
• GBPIC999.DAT - Default photo.

The software is used to download photos from the Game Boy. It emulates the Game Boy printer. Photos that are downloaded can be saved to disk and are stored in individual data files (GBPIC???.DAT). Upto 40 photos can be stored in an album.

Data from the album can be exported to a number of different formats:

• Bmp - Windows Bitmap (.bmp).
• Pcx - ZSoft PCX Format (.pcx).
• Tile(TE) - Tile Editor format (.gbr).
• Tile(GB) - GB Tile File (.gbt).
• Tile C - C Code (.c) !!! Not fully working.
• Text - Text File (.txt).

An area can be selected for exporting :

• All - All data exported.
• Photo - Photo data only.
• Frame - Frame and photo data.

PRINT

To enable to print the following cable is required :

GB                             PC
--                             --
Pin      DATA IN               Pin 1   (Not used for printing)
Pin      DATA OUT              Pin 4
Pin      CLK                   Pin 5
Pin      GND                   Pin 18

The Print button will send the current picture to the Gameboy printer.

Use the options to set Photo or Frame (All may not work with large photos).

Slider bars allow the following options to be changed :

• S - Data send delay rate (this is trial and error 30 seem to work ok). Set the rate to the top to start with.
• B - Number of line feeds before printing.
• A - Number of line feeds after printing .
• E - Exposure, make print darker or lighter.

Known issues

• Printing only works with small sized photos.
• Speed delay rate - soon to be changed to timer interupt.
• Export to C file not working correctly.
• Max size of photo is around 60k.

Changelog

1.3 1998/09/07

• Added Print button and print options.

1.2 1998/09/01

• Added Export to BMP file.
• Added Export to PCX file.
• Added Export to GBR file.
• Added Export to C file.
• Added Export to tile file.
• Added Export to Text file (Only works straight after download)

1.1 1998/08/25

• Fixed bug where only one line is read in.
• Allowed upto 40 photo in album.
• Blanked picture if not in album.

1.0(Beta) 1998/08/20

• Initial release.

External links

• Autho'r swebsite - http://gbcam.cjb.net/ (archived)