Dreamcast SD Adaptor Coming Soon - Show Your Interest to Reserve One

[kohan69]

Hey stop dreaming : you won't be able to launch dreamcast games. Only homebrew.

No, a launcher will be made to launch GDrom images from SD..

[moi]

I'd buy it for a dollar!

...or $30 in case it's not somekind of April's Fools joke



And talking about pirated games: I highly doubt that Chui or any other legal coder from the dc scene will implement loading of warez to this thing. And the ppl who originally hacked and brought warez to dc are not interested in dc anymore. So this thing is a perfect addition for the homebrew scene and opens new possibility for coders: like getting rid of slow coder's cable and using sd as additional space for swaping files in their software!

[Mekanaizer]

Nice feat, but no support for SDHC limits users to only 4GB cards.

dreamcast CD-rom read speed is 1800 KB/s afaik...
I'm not sure if loading times will be faster with SD due to just faster response time...

I'm not sure why they chose SD. If you're going to make a controller, might as well make it FAT16/32 through USB 1.1

SDHC cards do work.

[pmt]

I would be all over this.

[ultraprimeomega]

i want one i been having my dc plugged to the tv for too long and not used it, time for some new fun

[TazMan47]

Wow is all I can say! I would be one of the first to order this SD reader for the Dreamcast. Unlike a lot of folks, the Dreamcast is the only game platform I own and the only one I will ever buy. Keep me informed on this great addon for my DC. Thanks!!

[sdreamer]

I pray this would allow me to make backups, if that's the case I would love to be able to buy one of these. That's all I would really want, don't care about launching games from it, I just want to backup my DC library that I cherish so much. It would be totally heartbreaking for me if the time came and my discs no longer loaded, or used Dreamcasts can no longer be found to use. T_T Makes me sad just thinking about it. *prays*

[quzar]

...or $30 in case it's not somekind of April's Fools joke



And talking about pirated games: I highly doubt that Chui or any other legal coder from the dc scene will implement loading of warez to this thing. And the ppl who originally hacked and brought warez to dc are not interested in dc anymore. So this thing is a perfect addition for the homebrew scene and opens new possibility for coders: like getting rid of slow coder's cable and using sd as additional space for swaping files in their software!

It's gonna be 30euro (outside of spain) not 30$. And it's going to be about the same speed as the coder's cable, and from all description slower than the usb coders cable.

[glf999000]

form SD card run GDI ??

[-=FamilyGuy=-]

I pray this would allow me to make backups, if that's the case I would love to be able to buy one of these. That's all I would really want, don't care about launching games from it, I just want to backup my DC library that I cherish so much. It would be totally heartbreaking for me if the time came and my discs no longer loaded, or used Dreamcasts can no longer be found to use. T_T Makes me sad just thinking about it. *prays*

Using the original JJ1ODM app named DCSDRIP1.1 ; you can rip a complete game in 2352 bytes/sector in gdi format and do that in about 32 to 35 minutes. I've amde this cable a while ago and beta tested for JJ1ODM and it really does worth making it yourself (it cost me about 10$ but mine is not nearly as good-looking as the one they sell) or ordering it from these great spanish dudes!

Here's the diagram for those who wanna make it theirselves:
You might need to remove some capacitors from under the DC mobo, but the Spanish guys didn't had problem without removing them (I personnally had to).

I hope I've answered your question.

FamilyGuy