Misc

2001-01-03 - !! VIRUS ALERT !! - Posted by: CyBuilder

DO NOT DOWNLOAD GAMES, APPLICATIONS, OR BOOT LOGOS FROM SOMEONE YOU DO NOT TRUST! THEY COULD BE INFECTED WITH VIRUSES THAT ERASE ALL OF THE FILES ON YOUR CYBIKO! No viruses have YET been reported but experiments have shown they are easy to produce.

Please note that this is the official web site for Tetris, Pacman, Asteroids, Flash Card Quiz, BootViewer, CyUCon, and Snake for Cybiko. The latest versions are always available here, first, and only those obtained from this server are guaranteed to be virus free.

2001-01-09 - .app File Format - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Info on this file format by Pazera.

2001-01-09 - .fnt File Format - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Info on this file format by Pazera.

2001-01-09 - .mus File Format - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Info on this file format by Pazera.

2001-01-18 - 1Meg Expansion Card Schematic - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Here's the wiring diagram for the 1Meg expansion card.

2000-12-25 - Boot Logo Tutorial - Posted by: CyBuilder

Information on replacing the Cybiko boot logo with another photo or with an auto-starting game itself. Here is the original boot logo if you want to reinstall it later.

2001-01-22 - Cybiko Bytecode Opcodes - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Here are many of the hex values for the Cybiko bytecode instructions.

2001-01-22 - Cybiko Chip Specs - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Here are links to the various chips used in the Cybiko: H8S Processor (Jap Site), (Eng Site), RF2915 RF Transceiver, Frequency Synthesizer, AT90S2313 Coprocessor, 4MBit Flash, and Hitachi HD66421 display controller. The display controller is mounted on the LCD flex cable. DO NOT MESS WITH THIS CABLE. It is extremely fragile and breaks very easily.

2001-01-20 - Cybiko Memory Map - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Here's the basic Cybiko internal Memory Map.

2001-01-23 - Cybiko Model Differences - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

There are subtle differences between the two current cybiko models that are explained here.

2000-11-26 - Cybiko Specs - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

This lists what comes with the Cybiko along with its hardware specifications.

2001-01-24 - Do NOT take your Cybiko apart & play with the LCD ! - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

This describes one hazard that's involved with taking apart your cybiko.

2000-12-26 - Expansion Pinouts - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Here's labels for most of the pins on the cybiko cart connector pinout.

2001-01-05 - Fonts File Format - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Technical info on the raw data in font files.

2005-03-03 - Links to Cybiko Extreme Schematics (DONT CLICK) - Posted by: frank

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Link to PDFs of schematics of Cybiko Extreme.

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2005-02-08 - Links to Cybiko Extreme Schematics (DONT CLICK) - Posted by: frank

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Link to PDFs of schematics of Cybiko Extreme.

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2000-11-03 - Official Cybiko FAQS/Troubleshooting - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Answers to general Cybiko questions.

2000-11-27 - SDK Beginners Guide - Posted by: CyBuilder

Here's a tutorial for installing & testing the Cybiko SDK that is geared towards beginning programmers.

2000-11-25 - SDK Bugs - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

A list of known SDK problems that developers have found.

2000-12-25 - SDK Console Commands - Posted by: CyBuilder

Here are some commands that are used to control the cybiko from the SDK Console. These should ONLY be used by experts since you can damage your cybiko by using some of them.

2001-01-01 - SDK Console Problems - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

These are solutions for those that can't get the SDK Console to send a file to their Cybiko. (i.e. When you select Send File, nothing happens.)

2000-12-19 - SDK Functions Reference - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Alcor has extracted the cybiko SDK API information and turned it into HTML. This is more all-inclusive than the delivered help file. He wants to know what you think (cybiko@alcorgrp.com).

2001-01-02 - Transfer Protocol - Posted by: Jeff Frohwein

Here's technical info on how files are transferred to and from the Cybiko. The raw data was gathered by using ComLite32 for Win9X which is free. ComLite allows you to view data going in & out of any windows serial port.