snega2usb is a hardware project that allows reading of SNES and Genesis carts directly to a computer via USB. Essentially, it allows an emulator to read/write from/to the cart as a means of playing the cart as if it was a ROM of the game. It’s an interesting project, and certainly provides a look at the legality of space-shifting digital medium and all that lovely legal business.
I thought this was pretty sweet either way. If I could find my Genesis carts and didn’t have a working SNES, I’d be on top of this in a snap. Hope the designer can actually get the project through and make it to production, as it would be great to see something like this out there for people who have a cart collection but a non-working console.
Information can be found at: http://www.snega2usb.com/wordpress/