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Index: htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html | |
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RCS file: /cvsroot/htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html,v | |
retrieving revision 1.30 | |
diff -u -r1.30 faq.html | |
--- htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html 8 Oct 2015 06:53:01 -0000 1.30 | |
+++ htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html 22 Nov 2015 16:40:23 -0000 | |
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ | |
</dt> | |
<dt>2.7. <a href="#endian">Is the Hitachi SuperH SH-4 little or big endian?</a> | |
</dt> | |
-<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-buy">Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a> | |
+<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-obtain">Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a> | |
</dt> | |
<dt>2.9. <a href="#attach-hdd">Can I attach a hard drive to the Dreamcast itself?</a> | |
</dt> | |
@@ -176,13 +176,9 @@ | |
<dt>3. <a href="#bootable-cd">Bootable CDs</a> | |
</dt> | |
<dd><dl> | |
-<dt>3.1. <a href="#where-images">Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</a> | |
+<dt>3.1. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a> | |
</dt> | |
-<dt>3.2. <a href="#where-dj">Where can I find DiscJuggler?</a> | |
-</dt> | |
-<dt>3.3. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a> | |
-</dt> | |
-<dt>3.4. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a> | |
+<dt>3.2. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a> | |
</dt> | |
</dl></dd> | |
<dt>4. <a href="#dreamcast-configuration">Dreamcast-Side Configuration</a> | |
@@ -282,7 +278,7 @@ | |
</dt> | |
<dt>2.7. <a href="#endian">Is the Hitachi SuperH SH-4 little or big endian?</a> | |
</dt> | |
-<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-buy">Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a> | |
+<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-obtain">Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a> | |
</dt> | |
<dt>2.9. <a href="#attach-hdd">Can I attach a hard drive to the Dreamcast itself?</a> | |
</dt> | |
@@ -344,15 +340,11 @@ | |
<td align="left" valign="top"></td> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"> | |
<p> | |
- That depends on how urgently you want one. If you're willing to wait, | |
- CSI, the company that manufactures them, is taking pre-orders at <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ncsx.org/2002/ncs082602/ncs0826.htm" target="_top">this site</a>; | |
- if they get 1,000 pre-orders, they'll make another batch and ship them. | |
- At $49 versus the $100+ they can cost elsewhere, it's a great deal; the | |
- only problem is that you will have to wait, and might not get one at all. | |
+ Currently, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ebay.com/" target="_top">eBay</a> is your best bet. | |
+ The Broadband adapter's model number is HIT-0400 and the packaging | |
+ and documenation is HIT-0401. The adapters are not region coded. | |
</p> | |
<p> | |
- For the more impatient, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ebay.com/" target="_top">eBay</a> | |
- is your best bet. | |
You could also investigate the availability of the Dreamcast R7 console | |
which is reported to have come with a Broadband Adapter pre-installed. | |
Broadband Adapters are generally very difficult to find now that Sega | |
@@ -408,22 +400,20 @@ | |
</p></td> | |
</tr> | |
- | |
<tr class="question"> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"> | |
-<a name="serial-buy"></a><a name="serial-buy-q"></a><p><b>2.8.</b></p> | |
+<a name="serial-obtain"></a><a name="serial-obtain-q"></a><p><b>2.8.</b></p> | |
</td> | |
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</p></td> | |
+<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</p></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr class="answer"> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"></td> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"><p> | |
- A listing of possible vendors can be found at the <a class="ulink" href="http://dev.dcemulation.com/started-step2.htm#main" target="_top">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</a> | |
- site. | |
+ Most vendors no longer sell the Dreamcast serial cable but you can create your own using | |
+ <a class="ulink" href="http://mc.pp.se/dc/serifc.html" target="_top"> Marcus Comstedt's tutorial</a>. | |
</p></td> | |
</tr> | |
- | |
<tr class="question"> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"> | |
<a name="attach-hdd"></a><a name="attach-hdd-q"></a><p><b>2.9.</b></p> | |
@@ -433,8 +423,10 @@ | |
<tr class="answer"> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"></td> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"><p> | |
- Yes, check out <a class="ulink" href="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html" target="_top">DC IDE-HD Interface</a> | |
- and <a class="ulink" href="http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html" target="_top">DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</a> | |
+ Yes, check out <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060823132222/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html" target="_top"> | |
+ DC IDE-HD Interface</a> | |
+ and <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070426084452/http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html" target="_top"> | |
+ DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</a> | |
pages. Note that this requires soldering and other such things that could | |
<span class="bold"><strong>completely fry</strong></span> your Dreamcast, so proceed | |
with caution. | |
@@ -443,50 +435,14 @@ | |
<tr class="qandadiv"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><h3 class="title"> | |
<a name="bootable-cd"></a>3. Bootable CDs</h3></td></tr> | |
<tr class="toc"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><dl> | |
-<dt>3.1. <a href="#where-images">Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</a> | |
+<dt>3.1. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a> | |
</dt> | |
-<dt>3.2. <a href="#where-dj">Where can I find DiscJuggler?</a> | |
-</dt> | |
-<dt>3.3. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a> | |
-</dt> | |
-<dt>3.4. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a> | |
+<dt>3.2. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a> | |
</dt> | |
</dl></td></tr> | |
<tr class="question"> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"> | |
-<a name="where-images"></a><a name="where-images-q"></a><p><b>3.1.</b></p> | |
-</td> | |
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</p></td> | |
-</tr> | |
- <tr class="answer"> | |
-<td align="left" valign="top"></td> | |
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p> | |
- For a read-only filesystem, use this (very old) DiscJuggler | |
- <a class="ulink" href="http://www.kirknet.net" target="_top">image</a>. For a read/write | |
- filesystem, use Josh Tolbert's <a class="ulink" href="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz" target="_top">kernel</a> | |
- (<a class="ulink" href="http://www.schnarff.com/netbsd/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz" target="_top">mirror</a>). | |
- This will involve netbooting your system, and will give you a read/write | |
- filesystem. | |
- </p></td> | |
-</tr> | |
- | |
- <tr class="question"> | |
-<td align="left" valign="top"> | |
-<a name="where-dj"></a><a name="where-dj-q"></a><p><b>3.2.</b></p> | |
-</td> | |
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I find DiscJuggler?</p></td> | |
-</tr> | |
- <tr class="answer"> | |
-<td align="left" valign="top"></td> | |
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p> | |
- DiscJuggler is freely available (albeit in a crippled form, but still | |
- functional enough to burn the aforementioned images) from <a class="ulink" href="http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php" target="_top">http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php</a>. | |
- </p></td> | |
-</tr> | |
- | |
- <tr class="question"> | |
-<td align="left" valign="top"> | |
-<a name="how-bootable-image"></a><a name="how-bootable-image-q"></a><p><b>3.3.</b></p> | |
+<a name="how-bootable-image"></a><a name="how-bootable-image-q"></a><p><b>3.1.</b></p> | |
</td> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</p></td> | |
</tr> | |
@@ -499,7 +455,7 @@ | |
<tr class="question"> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"> | |
-<a name="quit-burning"></a><a name="quit-burning-q"></a><p><b>3.4.</b></p> | |
+<a name="quit-burning"></a><a name="quit-burning-q"></a><p><b>3.2.</b></p> | |
</td> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</p></td> | |
</tr> | |
@@ -507,8 +463,8 @@ | |
<td align="left" valign="top"></td> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"> | |
<p> | |
- | |
- You'll want to follow the setup at <a class="ulink" href="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html" target="_top">Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>. | |
+ You'll want to follow the setup at <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html" target="_top"> | |
+ Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>. | |
</p> | |
<p> | |
You can also try <a href="http://man.NetBSD.org/7.0/usr/share/man/html4//kloader.html">kloader(4)</a>, which is in-kernel bootloader enabled | |
@@ -568,10 +524,7 @@ | |
<tr class="answer"> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"></td> | |
<td align="left" valign="top"><p> | |
- | |
- Try <a class="ulink" href="http://newbrowser.sega.com/" target="_top">http://newbrowser.sega.com/</a>. | |
- The chances of coercing this system into delivering anywhere outside the | |
- USA appear slim. | |
+ Currently, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ebay.com/" target="_top">eBay</a> is your best bet. | |
</p></td> | |
</tr> | |
<tr class="qandadiv"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><h3 class="title"> | |
@@ -729,7 +682,8 @@ | |
that allows the transport of files through the Dreamcast console's | |
Broadband Adapter, which will then be executed by the console. It can | |
be found at <a class="ulink" href="http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html" target="_top">http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html</a>. | |
- Instructions on getting it to run can be found at <a class="ulink" href="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html" target="_top">Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>. | |
+ Instructions on getting it to run can be found at <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html" target="_top"> | |
+ Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>. | |
</p></td> | |
</tr> | |
@@ -755,18 +709,14 @@ | |
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.boob.co.uk/" target="_top">Boob! Dreamcast Research</a> | |
</li> | |
<li class="listitem"> | |
- <a class="ulink" href="http://dev.dcemulation.com/" target="_top">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</a> | |
- </li> | |
-<li class="listitem"> | |
- <a class="ulink" href="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html" target="_top">bITmASTER's dCdeV</a> | |
+ <a class="ulink" href="http://dcemu.seanbajuice.com/" target="_top">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</a> | |
</li> | |
<li class="listitem"> | |
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/dreamcast/" target="_top">Josh Tolbert's instructions</a> | |
</li> | |
<li class="listitem"> | |
- | |
- <a class="ulink" href="http://dcbakuplinks.de.vu/" target="_top">DCBakuplinks</a> - | |
- information about Dreamcast hardware, emulators, software and more | |
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070127184026/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html" target="_top"> | |
+ bITmASTER's dCdeV (archive)</a> | |
</li> | |
</ul></div> | |
<p> | |
Index: htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml | |
=================================================================== | |
RCS file: /cvsroot/htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml,v | |
retrieving revision 1.3 | |
diff -u -r1.3 faq.xml | |
--- htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml 18 Sep 2009 00:25:17 -0000 1.3 | |
+++ htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml 22 Nov 2015 16:40:23 -0000 | |
@@ -85,16 +85,11 @@ | |
<question id="where-is-bba-q"><para>Where can I get a Broadband Adapter?</para> | |
</question> | |
<answer><para> | |
- That depends on how urgently you want one. If you're willing to wait, | |
- CSI, the company that manufactures them, is taking pre-orders at <ulink | |
- url="http://www.ncsx.org/2002/ncs082602/ncs0826.htm">this site</ulink>; | |
- if they get 1,000 pre-orders, they'll make another batch and ship them. | |
- At $49 versus the $100+ they can cost elsewhere, it's a great deal; the | |
- only problem is that you will have to wait, and might not get one at all. | |
+ Currently, <ulink url="http://www.ebay.com/">eBay</ulink> is your best bet. | |
+ The Broadband adapter's model number is HIT-0400 and the packaging | |
+ and documenation is HIT-0401. The adapters are not region coded. | |
</para> | |
<para> | |
- For the more impatient, <ulink url="http://www.ebay.com/">eBay</ulink> | |
- is your best bet. | |
You could also investigate the availability of the Dreamcast R7 console | |
which is reported to have come with a Broadband Adapter pre-installed. | |
Broadband Adapters are generally very difficult to find now that Sega | |
@@ -138,27 +133,24 @@ | |
</answer> | |
</qandaentry> | |
-<qandaentry id="serial-buy"> | |
-<!-- XXX this entry needs to be updated --> | |
- <question id="serial-buy-q"><para>Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</para> | |
+<qandaentry id="serial-obtain"> | |
+ <question id="serial-obtain-q"><para>Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</para> | |
</question> | |
<answer><para> | |
- A listing of possible vendors can be found at the <ulink | |
- url="http://dev.dcemulation.com/started-step2.htm#main">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</ulink> | |
- site. | |
+ Most vendors no longer sell the Dreamcast serial cable but you can create your own using | |
+ <ulink url="http://mc.pp.se/dc/serifc.html"> Marcus Comstedt's tutorial</ulink>. | |
</para> | |
</answer> | |
</qandaentry> | |
<qandaentry id="attach-hdd"> | |
-<!-- XXX dead links --> | |
<question id="attach-hdd-q"><para>Can I attach a hard drive to the Dreamcast itself?</para> | |
</question> | |
<answer><para> | |
- Yes, check out <ulink | |
-url="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html">DC IDE-HD Interface</ulink> | |
- and <ulink | |
-url="http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html">DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</ulink> | |
+ Yes, check out <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060823132222/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html"> | |
+ DC IDE-HD Interface</ulink> | |
+ and <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20070426084452/http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html"> | |
+ DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</ulink> | |
pages. Note that this requires soldering and other such things that could | |
<emphasis role="bold">completely fry</emphasis> your Dreamcast, so proceed | |
with caution. | |
@@ -171,33 +163,6 @@ | |
<qandadiv id="bootable-cd"> | |
<title>Bootable CDs</title> | |
-<qandaentry id="where-images"> | |
- <question id="where-images-q"><para>Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</para> | |
- </question> | |
- <answer><para> | |
- For a read-only filesystem, use this (very old) DiscJuggler | |
- <ulink url="http://www.kirknet.net">image</ulink>. For a read/write | |
- filesystem, use Josh Tolbert's <ulink | |
-url="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz">kernel</ulink> | |
- (<ulink | |
-url="http://www.schnarff.com/netbsd/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz">mirror</ulink>). | |
- This will involve netbooting your system, and will give you a read/write | |
- filesystem. | |
- </para> | |
- </answer> | |
-</qandaentry> | |
- | |
-<qandaentry id="where-dj"> | |
- <question id="where-dj-q"><para>Where can I find DiscJuggler?</para> | |
- </question> | |
- <answer><para> | |
- DiscJuggler is freely available (albeit in a crippled form, but still | |
- functional enough to burn the aforementioned images) from <ulink | |
-url="http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php">http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php</ulink>. | |
- </para> | |
- </answer> | |
-</qandaentry> | |
- | |
<qandaentry id="how-bootable-image"> | |
<question id="how-bootable-image-q"><para>That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</para> | |
</question> | |
@@ -211,9 +176,8 @@ | |
<question id="quit-burning-q"><para>What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</para> | |
</question> | |
<answer><para> | |
-<!-- XXX dead link --> | |
- You'll want to follow the setup at <ulink | |
-url="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html">Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>. | |
+ You'll want to follow the setup at <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"> | |
+ Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>. | |
</para> | |
<para> | |
You can also try &man.kloader.4;, which is in-kernel bootloader enabled | |
@@ -256,11 +220,7 @@ | |
<question id="where-browser-q"><para>Can I get a GD-ROM of the Dreamcast Browser to set the IP address?</para> | |
</question> | |
<answer><para> | |
-<!-- XXX dead link --> | |
- Try <ulink | |
- url="http://newbrowser.sega.com/">http://newbrowser.sega.com/</ulink>. | |
- The chances of coercing this system into delivering anywhere outside the | |
- USA appear slim. | |
+ Currently, <ulink url="http://www.ebay.com/">eBay</ulink> is your best bet. | |
</para> | |
</answer> | |
</qandaentry> | |
@@ -378,7 +338,8 @@ | |
be found at <ulink | |
url="http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html">http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html</ulink>. | |
Instructions on getting it to run can be found at <ulink | |
- url="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html">Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>. | |
+ url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"> | |
+ Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>. | |
</para> | |
</answer> | |
</qandaentry> | |
@@ -399,18 +360,14 @@ | |
<ulink url="http://www.boob.co.uk/">Boob! Dreamcast Research</ulink> | |
</listitem> | |
<listitem> | |
- <ulink url="http://dev.dcemulation.com/">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</ulink> | |
- </listitem> | |
- <listitem> | |
- <ulink url="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html">bITmASTER's dCdeV</ulink> | |
+ <ulink url="http://dcemu.seanbajuice.com/">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</ulink> | |
</listitem> | |
<listitem> | |
<ulink url="http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/dreamcast/">Josh Tolbert's instructions</ulink> | |
</listitem> | |
<listitem> | |
-<!-- XXX dead link --> | |
- <ulink url="http://dcbakuplinks.de.vu/">DCBakuplinks</ulink> - | |
- information about Dreamcast hardware, emulators, software and more | |
+ <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20070127184026/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html"> | |
+ bITmASTER's dCdeV (archive)</ulink> | |
</listitem> | |
</itemizedlist> |
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