Looking for a USB Gecko Hi guys long time no see! Sorry I haven't been active for a while. I've been too busy with Xbox 360, PC coding, and that all important job of earning money and forgot all about my Wii and the awesome guys here. Now that introductions are over, here is my main reason for posting. I've finally worked my way to understanding and coding C++ and a little bit of Lua and would like to try my hand at developing a simple "Hello World" app for myself on the Wii before I try to work on bigger projects. However, that means that unfortunately I need the fabled USB Gecko which I can't find on the usual suspects (won't go into details for the rules sake). So basically what I'm trying to say is does anyone have a USB Gecko for sale? I'm located in the US if that helps and would not prefer the USB Gecko SE, but if that's what's available, I'll take that.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72705#msg-72705Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:25:38 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72794#msg-72794 Re: Looking for a USB Geckohttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72794#msg-72794
As for NEEK, it's main purpose is using the SD card or a USB device as the Wii's "NAND" (it stands for "NAND and ES Emulation Kit"), but it does also have features involving debug logging to the SD card/USB device. The obvious downside of this is that it means you run something, debug output gets logged to SD card, you turn off the Wii, put the SD card into your computer, read the log etc. rather than getting live output. (For live output, I believe you require a USB gecko).

Seeing as this is the case, you can just manually log stuff to the SD card in your program.

BTW, NEEK isn't really supported here, as it can be used for warez. Given the subject of your question, I think it's OK, but just for future reference.]]> SifJar OfftopicTue, 02 Apr 2013 13:36:55 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72788#msg-72788 Re: Looking for a USB Geckohttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72788#msg-72788
Also I remember reading on WiiBrew that you could build you're own USB Gecko. How hard would that be and would it be easier than trying to find a Gecko for sale?]]> technoman OfftopicMon, 01 Apr 2013 23:26:43 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72712#msg-72712 Re: Looking for a USB Geckohttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72712#msg-72712 SifJar OfftopicThu, 21 Mar 2013 17:18:54 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72711#msg-72711 Re: Looking for a USB Geckohttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72711#msg-72711
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Not quite as convenient as a USB Gecko, perhaps, but you should be able to debug a lot of errors with a combination of those if you can't get your hands on a USB Gecko (they do seem rather elusive these days).

EDIT: Certainly for your early, simpler projects you should be absolutely fine without a USB gecko

I'm not really so worried about convenience with the USB Gecko more than I would like to get one before they just become legends of yesteryear in forums and stuff. That way when I get around to some of the more complicated stuff, I have it available rather than having to track through the usual dead links looking for one. If I have to resort to not using a Gecko for later projects, is there some type of software that I can use with a Bootmii dump to recreate a Wii that I can use as a development sandbox on a PC?]]> technoman OfftopicThu, 21 Mar 2013 15:14:02 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72706#msg-72706 Re: Looking for a USB Geckohttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72706#msg-72706
EDIT: Certainly for your early, simpler projects you should be absolutely fine without a USB gecko]]> SifJar OfftopicTue, 19 Mar 2013 20:24:31 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72705#msg-72705 Looking for a USB Geckohttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,72705,72705#msg-72705
Now that introductions are over, here is my main reason for posting. I've finally worked my way to understanding and coding C++ and a little bit of Lua and would like to try my hand at developing a simple "Hello World" app for myself on the Wii before I try to work on bigger projects. However, that means that unfortunately I need the fabled USB Gecko which I can't find on the usual suspects (won't go into details for the rules sake). So basically what I'm trying to say is does anyone have a USB Gecko for sale? I'm located in the US if that helps and would not prefer the USB Gecko SE, but if that's what's available, I'll take that.]]> technoman OfftopicTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:40:14 +0100