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+# V810 Standalone GDB Server
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+This is a GDB/LLDB-compatible remote serial protocol server wrapping the [shrooms-vb](https://git.virtual-boy.com/PVB/pvbemu) emulation core. You can use it with [a v810-compatible version of lldb](https://github.com/SupernaviX/v810-llvm/releases) to debug your Virtual Boy games in your favorite IDE.
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+This program has no input or output, so it's more of a POC than a usable tool. Future plans are to add the server to a full emulator.