<s>
The	O
DSLink	B-Device
is	O
a	O
1st	O
generation	O
storage	B-Application
device	I-Application
used	O
to	O
run	O
Nintendo	O
DS	B-Application
homebrew	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
similar	O
devices	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
Slot	O
1	O
(	O
the	O
DS	O
card	O
slot	O
)	O
instead	O
of	O
Slot	O
2	O
(	O
as	O
most	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
flash	I-Device
cartridges	I-Device
do	O
)	O
marking	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
to	O
do	O
this	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
other	O
GBA	O
slot	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Rumble	O
Pak	O
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
RAM	O
expansion	O
cart	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransFlash	O
memory	O
is	O
a	O
fairly	O
recent	O
technology	O
and	O
hence	O
will	O
cost	O
more	O
than	O
comparable	O
sized	O
SD	B-Device
memory	I-Device
such	O
as	O
the	O
MicroSD	O
or	O
MiniSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
homebrew	B-Application
developers	O
use	O
a	O
library	O
called	O
FatLib	O
to	O
create	O
Nintendo	O
DS	O
programs	O
that	O
read/write	O
to	O
the	O
FAT	O
file	O
system	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
SD	O
flash	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
this	O
library	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
DSLink	B-Device
and	O
will	O
cause	O
many	O
programs	O
that	O
use	O
it	O
not	O
to	O
function	O
properly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
titles	O
that	O
function	O
incorrectly	O
or	O
not	O
at	O
all	O
with	O
the	O
DSLink	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
Windows-based	O
program	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
'	O
patcher	O
 '	O
,	O
that	O
will	O
patch	O
game	O
images	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
DSLink	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
also	O
generates	O
and	O
copies	O
over	O
support	O
files	O
the	O
DSLink	B-Device
needs	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
menus	O
,	O
saver	O
files	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
also	O
convert	O
saver	O
files	O
from	O
other	O
similar	O
devices	O
and	O
makes	O
them	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
DSLink	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
prolific	O
use	O
of	O
these	O
devices	O
is	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
legitimate	O
owners	O
of	O
software	O
to	O
"	O
multi-boot	O
"	O
to	O
several	O
programs	O
stored	O
on	O
the	O
card	O
at	O
any	O
given	O
time	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
carry	O
easily-lost	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
sized	O
Nintendo	O
DS	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
