Here comes some interesting news for all those who wants to make their own homebrew.

There a prototype board called Magic X which allows you to program your Magic ICE or 3.x mod chip without unsoldering the Scnix MCU.

On this page you'll get all the informations:

http://www.cellularcenter.it/ripmagic/mods/mods.htm
http://www.cellularcenter.it/ripmagic/mods/mods.htm

and the single PDF files here:

Magic 3.x User programmable
http://www.cellularcenter.it/ripmagic/mods/magicx.pdf

Fully programmer for Magic 3.x Chip
http://www.cellularcenter.it/ripmagic/mods/fluffy.pdf

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