FS: Nintendo 64 IS-Viewer Development cartridge boxed.

This has been sold!

This is a boxed Nintendo 64 IS-Viewer development cartridge. Info I've found online explains what it does:

"A high speed debugging tool which allowed you to send a 96mbit image from a PC in under 6 seconds (2MByte/sec)!"

This is packaged in the original box it was shipped in, which is just a Japanese Nintendo 64 box with IS-VIEWER and it's serial number hand written on the side. These were originally sold with a Nintendo 64 base unit, so they just used the boxes the N64s came in. It only has the base unit and power supply, no controllers (that's where the IS-Viewer cartridge sits).

You get: the IS-Viewer cart, the N-64 base unit with power supply, and the box. I don't have any software for it, but I believe it's programmed using the Intelligent Systems Nintendo 64 DevKit.

$225 (sold)

Pics:



More info can be found here (including pics of the inside of the cart with it's 32MB EDO RAM chip...)
http://shiggsy.gbadev.org/unit.php?unit=40

PM if interested. I can take PayPal from established users. Money Order will be required if you are relatively new to the forum.

Thanks.

 

As far as I can tell, it's just a normal Japanese N64... Here's a couple of pictures of the bottom of it, would I be looking for the word 'debug', or is it the model number that's important?

 

Here's the main board:



It also has a memory expansion cartridge included:

 

Looks like a Partner-N modded version of the N64.. See the blue cable on the right side of the R4300i?.
What the Partner-n requires is to "forward" an interrupt of the R4300i (int 4 If I remember correctly) to the PI (on a Stereo pin, either 48 or 49) to enable breakpoints.
Would you mind posting a picture of the back of the N64 board as well for completeness?

I think it probably has just the same modding.

 

I have a couple of question ;-)
Can we use IS-Viewer to test games on real hardware like a V64jr ?
Does we need a specific scsi pci card to connect the IS-Viewer to a computer ?
Does it work with 512Mbit games like Conkers Bad Fur Day ?
I search a V64jr for a long time so if the IS-Viewer can do the same thing, I will take it

Thank's and sorry for the noob question (I search on the Nintendo section but ???)

 

Heh, when I saw the blue wire, something was telling me someone might ask, so I photographed the back side as well, just in case... ;-)




Anyone actually use one of these before that can answer Badxil's questions? (I never really around to doing anything with it...) What software is required to talk to it?

 

I'm searching right now but ....

 

iirc a Partner N64 looks the same...

 

It has definitely the same or similar mod of the partner-n! Which doesnt surprise me at all.

First question : Of course! It's meant to be used to debug games!
Second question : I am not sure if it takes only a Parallel port cable or needss a special cart - If there is a cable in the package maybe that can answet that question.
Third question : probably not. 512 Mbit carts are rare. But anyway, that should be in the specifications. Does the IS-Viewer come boxed? If so, it should be stated on it how much ram is available. Also, any software with it?

 

Actually, I think it's a SCSI connection, isn't it? (It's that kind of connection at least.) One of the ideas with this was speed- it can transfer a 96MB image in seconds... Can Parallel do that even if it wanted to?

It came in the box pictured at the top, and the box is labelled with the contents (mentioning the IS-Viewer) and a serial number. I'm assuming this is how they were originally boxed, but I'm not 100% sure about that. I figured IS bought N64s, modified them, packed the cartridge in the box where the controller went and shipped them like that.

No cables or software were included. Standard SCSI card and cables should work. According to Intelligent Systems' website:
"We prepared a program download execution debug tool"
I assume this is what they are referring to.

It only has a 32MB EDO RAM SIMM in it, so it can only handle a 256MB game image. However, it's an off-the-shelf SIMM, so it's possible you can upgrade it to a 64MB one to increase the game storage. There's also a tiny bank of DIP switches on the main board of the cartridge... Not sure what these do.

Check out the pictures on Shiggsy's site if you want to see what the board and the memory look like (or I can post my own here if people want). This is the exact same cartridge I'm selling here (I bought the one he has pictured on his site a few years ago).

http://shiggsy.gbadev.org/unit.php?unit=40

(Oh hell, I just realized I never showed a pic of the back side of the cart with the connectors, so here's that and a circuit board pic

 

That's definitely a 50-pin SCSI interface. (SCSI-II) There are two connectors for daisy-chaining additional peripherals.

There is a small white 6/7pin connector on the board, probably JTAG for configuring the FPGA.

The dip switches likely select the FPGA configuration source (boundary scan or on-board flash), and might possibly select memory size (not likely) or enable an on-board active SCSI terminator (more likely).

You are probably right about the box; at this price they were probably made in very small production runs (the back casing itself has been hand-trimmed to accomodate the SCSI ports).

 

Wee! Pr0n!! Thanks!!

 

Well you bought one of the 2 I had. Got them from Japan and found them by accident. Seller had no idea what they were and they were not listed as anything development related. It was a few years ago now but I do seem to remember that both were brand new.

Very nice piece of kit and anyone who buys it will get some awesomely rare hardware

Shiggsy

 

pm sent for this one.

 

Hmmm I'm very tempted... but shipping to Europe is probably quite a bit?

 

I can ship it to Europe for $35, so it would be $260 total. If you are still interested, send me a PM...

 

is this still up for grabs?

 

Yep. I've had some interest, but no one has actually committed to pay for it. Since it's been a few days since I've heard from them, I'll assume they aren't interested...