Unfortunately, I didn't have as much time this weekend as I'd hoped, but I did get the wire soldered to my usb.
I have a couple of questions I hope someone can answer:
1) I followed the wiki guide on how to backup the Flashback system (all partitions). However, I don't see an explanation on how to use the
RK Rom Dumper and Flasher to flash the backed up partitions back to the Flashback. The guide just says to do it if you mess up your system, but doesn't say "how". I haven't borked it up, but I'd like to know how in case I do.
2) While I do want to experiment with the generations dash, for the time being, I'm mostly interested in replacing the emulator for better compatibility with some games and perhaps better emulation. I've read throughout the thread that Picodrive is good for this, but can I just replace the emulator without installing another dash etc.?
3) If you backup a Flashback version that uses the obb file, AND you backup a newer one that does not, can you flash the firmware/partitions from the newer one to the obb one?... Other than the "user" partition, everything else appears to be the same type/size.
4) Slightly off-topic, but I'd REALLY like to know the answer to this. I've read in various places that the Atari Flashback HDs are running the same Android setup, (but the obb version). However, I bought both the Activision Edition and the Gold HD models and neither have a usb port. There are 5 holes that look like something could be soldered to, but I don't know what they're for or the pinout. Does anyone have knowledge on this? Does anyone know how people have been accessing their Atari Flashback HDs like these Genesis/Mega Drive ones?