interesting stuff there mike!
just a few questions if I may,
this set up is made so the TL haves a NBM with a USB port for communication? how does this works on the FL cause I assume the DB on the TL has the BIOS socket and the communications hardware on it, but if the FL is a direct replacement how you get the hardware going for the communications port?
assuming it has a NeoBiosMasta that will make swapping a BIOS chip easy for when a UB is ready right? how is the PC2NEO going to work on this one cause I assume it is by the mentioned USB port right? it haves its own interface for windows or will just be CP based? (or to Raz: are you taking this setup in consideration with the UB?)
do you have any pictures of the hardware to be installed? what about installing? how noob friendly is it?
>>this set up is made so the TL haves a NBM with a USB port for communication?
yes
>> how does this works on the FL cause I assume the DB on the TL has the BIOS socket and the communications hardware on it
I don't have a FL but Neoturfmasta has been testing this. As you've mentioned, with a socketed bios no NBM is needed. All units require the USB hardware as the communication is PC->PC2NEO->NEO . There's a USB connection to the PC2NEO and then a joystick connection is made from PC2NEO to the NEO.
>>assuming it has a NeoBiosMasta that will make swapping a BIOS chip easy for when a UB is ready right?
Yes, this is correct. It will just be a matter of swapping eproms. The UB should have all the same PC2NEO functionality built in as well.
>>it haves its own interface for windows or will just be CP based?
There is a windows and command line client. In fact I have OSX and Linux binaries as well for the command line tools but those are just ports of the same PC command line client.
>>do you have any pictures of the hardware to be installed? what about installing? how noob friendly is it?
I don't have any close up pictures of my setup but its a bit different then what is shipping as mine uses a ZIF socket attached to a ribbon cable to make development easier. The last page of the NBM pdf explains what's involved in installing in an NGCD:
http://neogeofanclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/install.pdf
Thanks,
Mike