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GameBoy Development Kit
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gbdk-lib/examples/cross-platform/gbprinter/Readme.md

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      2 GBPrinter
      3 =========
      4 
      5 Prints the image onto the game boy printer. To connect the game boy printer to the 
      6 Mega Duck or the Sega Game Gear you need to solder the specific link cable adapter.
      7 
      8 ### Sega Game Gear cable pinout:
      9 
     10 ```
     11 DPC0 <--> SOUT
     12 DPC1 <--> SIN
     13 DPC6 <--> CLK
     14 GND  <--> GND
     15 ```
     16 
     17 ### Mega Duck cable pinout:
     18 
     19 The link port on the Mega Duck has the same pin order and signals as the Game Boy,
     20 but a different connector style (bare header).
     21 
     22 Diagram showing the link port <ins>receptacle</ins>*1 pinout when looking at the side of the console:
     23 
     24 ```
     25       Front of console
     26 -----------------------------------
     27                                    |
     28 --------      -----------------    |
     29  volume |    | CLK  SIN  VCC*2 |   |
     30  dial   |    | GND   -   SOUT  |   |
     31 --------      -----------------    |
     32                                    |
     33 -----------------------------------                                   
     34        Back of console
     35 
     36 ```
     37 - 1: View and pinout is of the connector receptacle, *not* of the cable
     38 - 2: For most uses the VCC pin should not be connected

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