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[SiZiOUS]

thanks very much... any reason why it cant be said here? like illegal, or against forum rules?

EDIT: i have chankastalpha02a, i forgot i still had it. is it any different from the one you linked? the link didnt work for me by the way.

The version i posted is the last, the 0.25 (the project seems to be dead, nullDC, the sucessor is still in developpement). The link doesn't work ? Ok then I uploaded it here.

For the BIOS, it's because the BIOS is copyrighted by SEGA as DS69 said.

[peens]

what is all the stuff about daemon tools and the virtual drive? thats only to play adreamcast game correct? or do i still need a virtual drive for homebrew and apps?

also is it possible to get the BIOS of my own DC? thanks very much, sorry for the annoying questions

[JKKDARK]

1_ Daemon Tools is a program. It is a virtual drive, where you mount your images (iso's, nrg's, cdi's..).
I don't recommend homebrew on chankast, it doesn't run.

2_ Yes, it is in your Dreamcast. There is not other way.

[SiZiOUS]

I don't recommend homebrew on chankast, it doesn't run.

It can. Not really good because the Chankast Team had developped this application based on commercial games, that why i said you can use Chankast before buying your Coders Cable

what is all the stuff about daemon tools and the virtual drive? thats only to play adreamcast game correct? or do i still need a virtual drive for homebrew and apps?

For homebrews the way to run them is here. ^^

also is it possible to get the BIOS of my own DC? thanks very much, sorry for the annoying questions

Yup, all you need is a Coders Cable. Then use it with DC-TOOL (and DC-LOAD) and enter following commands :

Dump BIOS : dc-tool -d dc_bios.bin -a 0x0 -s 0x200000
Dump Flash : dc-tool -d dc_flash.bin -a 0x300000 -s 0x20000

The size of the dc_bios.bin is exactly 0x200000 bytes long, so 2 097 152 bytes (~2MB), and the dc_flash.bin is exactly 0x20000 bytes, 131 072 bytes (~128KB).

PS : DC-TOOL and DC-LOAD are programs to use with coders cable. DC-TOOL is the PC program and DC-LOAD, the Dreamcast program, you must burn it on a selfboot CD-ROM. Also, I made a GUI for DC-TOOL called DC-TOOL GUI (very original isn't it ? ). You can dump your BIOS/FLASH with the 2.0 version, the 3.0 b1 has this feature removed at this time.

You can find both original commands line programs on the official site.

[I_Highway]

Oh, finally I learned what are DC-TOOL and DC-LOAD!!! Thank you very much, SiZious!

And peens, continue on asking, they are getting more and more easy to understand!

[ßüboni¢ $oñic]

if i may ask this question why was the coder's cable ever made anyway by sega and how can a bba be used to get a game image or w/e? never got it or its point.

[quzar]

if i may ask this question why was the coder's cable ever made anyway by sega and how can a bba be used to get a game image or w/e? never got it or its point.

Sega didn't make the coder's cable. We can't discuss how to rip games.

[peens]

ok so i downloaded some BIOS that i found over the internet, and i have no idea what to do with them. i got the emulator to work though, i posted another thread about how it doesnt run proplerly in the help forum , lol. also does anyone know where i can get a coders cable? i was going to get one from lik-sang.com, but they just recently shut down and i dont know of many other sites.
haha the more questions i ask the more confused i get :S