New Peripherials for the Dreamcast will enpower it for sure.
But just think......If a third party company has made Treamcast(which sell very good) everything is possible!!!!
So why not!!!?
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New Peripherials for the Dreamcast will enpower it for sure.
But just think......If a third party company has made Treamcast(which sell very good) everything is possible!!!!
So why not!!!?
I know the dreamcast can go up to 1,5625 Mbps (see my dcxfer card :-) but you must have maching bitrates, the dreamcast can't do 900 kbps like the xport, the higher common rate beetween the two should be 300kbps.
Dreamcast XPort Ethernet Inteface
(Potential New Peripheral)
Plugs into Dreamcast's Serial IO Port
300 kbps bitrate
Costs ~$65 in parts to build
Cheaper than BBA
Faster than the DC dialup modem
Requires new software to operate (incompatible with existing titles)
Worthwhile Project ? Let's hear people's comments.
so did anyone actually go thru with this? cause i wouldlove to do mine but i am far dumber then you guys will ever be, i tried reading all this and i was lost but i had a grin knowing....someone had tried...
or thought about trying...let me know whats up guys :P
I don't know of anyone doing it. Nevertheless, it remains possible.
Genius engineers do contribute to these forums, and their past projects did result in marketable products (for example, the USB-serial coders cable.)
Homebrew peripherals are cool, and perhaps marketable, but the most important test is profitability.
I am optimistic that chip prices will fall in the next 12 months.
Lower chip prices may allow new storage/connectivity peripheral development for the Dreamcast.
you know what we could do, hold a sega enginerr hostage, and make him design a new DC with a HDD, Ethernet, USB, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, Coffee Maker, Clock/Radio, DVD drive, Credit card scanner, 4 diffrent types of screw drivers, knives, a leather bore, all on a seasame seed bun
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I'd go for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by FrierTuck
Has anyone considered the IDE Bus used for the GD-ROM?
I don't know if it's possible to easily connect and use two devices on the same bus with a dreamcast (without much modification)...but it's an IDE bus...seems more logical to me to use that for adding a hard drive.
I havn't a clue though if the DC BIOS would support this or if it even matters about the BIOS.
I don't thing it's an ide interface, sorry, would've been too easy.
Yeah, you could well be right. My only basis on it being an IDE Bus is the fact that I saw a schematic with that written on.
I'm sure I did.
Either that or i'm loosing it =\