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by sonick
Sat Jun 05, 2004 1:26 pm
Forum: Beats of Rage Development
Topic: XMEN PICs NEW ONE ADDED
Replies: 15
Views: 2411

How do i play the burned demo disc?

The links for the FAQ and readmes at DCHomebrew.org are down
by sonick
Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:41 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: My modded Genesis!
Replies: 12
Views: 695

http://www3.telus.net/sonick/sega/

thats my genesis mod, added an internal speaker into it...

I also have a region swtich too (took forever to find one for the original genesis), i placed it on the top rather than the side though.

That overclocking looks interesting...
by sonick
Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:09 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Light Gun on a 100Hz tv?
Replies: 3
Views: 372

Just out of curiosity:

What kind of TV runs at 100Hz? NTSC TVs run at 60Hz, and PAL's run at 50Hz... ???
by sonick
Sat Aug 09, 2003 9:53 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: problem with using mouse w/ dreamcast
Replies: 10
Views: 421

Ive used an optical mouse iwth it and it worked fine with silent scope and rez...
by sonick
Sat Aug 02, 2003 9:21 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Parrellel port or USB faster for printing...?
Replies: 11
Views: 425

The difference in speed of the ports wont speed up your page-per-minute speed, mind you. it'll make sending the data from your computer to your printer faster, but printing speed is not affected by the speed of the transfer
by sonick
Sun Jul 27, 2003 2:18 am
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: MP3 Player Car Adaptor idea
Replies: 12
Views: 439

Just get a DC-DC converter... You'll find it at most hardware stores (well places like CANADIAN TIRE in canada) or radio shack. The plug goes into the cig lighter, then you have a swtich that swithces between a few voltages (3, 4.5, 6, 9, 12 are the common ones). The other end lets you swap differen...
by sonick
Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:42 am
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Help me with my sound card!!
Replies: 12
Views: 388

Yeah thats prolly why, your speakersa ren't powered, ie. you dont have any power souce going into them from say, an AC Adaptor of sorts? I hae a pair of speakers that are powered, but do not have its own volume control, i gotta use my computer to control it, but since its powered it gives me decent ...
by sonick
Thu Jul 10, 2003 12:12 am
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: VMU as flash memory?
Replies: 10
Views: 688

Why dont you grab like an Xbox memorycard or the PS2 ones, lareger space, and i think they're slightly cheaper than most memory devices out there...
by sonick
Wed Jul 09, 2003 1:19 am
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Non-dreamcast electronics help needed
Replies: 8
Views: 272

This is a DISCMAN, a portable CD player. He;s not connecting it TO the radio, he's using the FM Transmitter to send an FM signal to the radio so it can be played through there. The device is made especially for this purpose, its just that he wants to get a better signal out of it. Herald500's got th...
by sonick
Tue Jul 08, 2003 8:31 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Non-dreamcast electronics help needed
Replies: 8
Views: 272

He wants to play the CD through his car stereo... his car stereo does not have a CD player or a tape deck, only AM/FM radio. This FM Transmitter sends an FM signal from his CD Player to the car radio enabling him to listen to CDs in his car.
by sonick
Tue Jul 08, 2003 7:49 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Non-dreamcast electronics help needed
Replies: 8
Views: 272

Non-dreamcast electronics help needed

Okay, my friend recently bought an FM transmitter for his car so he can listen to his portable CD player (Discman) in his car (he has no tape deck/CD on his car radio). The reception however is less than great. I've tried to look on the net for a better description of the product or maybe even a pic...
by sonick
Thu Jul 03, 2003 12:51 am
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Ram ampliation
Replies: 16
Views: 666

Riiiiiiiiight...
by sonick
Thu Jul 03, 2003 12:50 am
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Help with I@N's Internal VGA Box!!!
Replies: 45
Views: 1807

Uhm, snylor already did it... if you can't read that, then i dont think you should be tryin to make your own VGA box
by sonick
Mon Jun 30, 2003 8:08 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: is 3mm the smallest size of LED available?
Replies: 24
Views: 702

Ive seen those little tiny LEDS that are kinda like tiny capacitors, except they emit light... they're square, and about 1mm squared in size. You find them in electronic equipment (Laptops freque tly use these as status LEDs and such)... SOme hard drives may also have this no their circuit board on ...
by sonick
Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:33 am
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: AAAAHHHH CRAP
Replies: 10
Views: 377

IS it shoritng out on the bottom? at first my LED was shorting out on the metal plate under it... just put some plastic wraapt here, its all good...
by sonick
Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:49 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: SNES VGA Box
Replies: 6
Views: 459

It'd look better if u used a video capture card and used that rather than a line doubler...
by sonick
Sat Jun 21, 2003 10:49 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Playstation cases for sale.
Replies: 9
Views: 438

Teeheehee, i bought a game gear and 3 games at a garage sale for $10 Canadian... Its in my car for passengers who wanna get carsick :D
by sonick
Sat Jun 21, 2003 6:12 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Post your mod pics
Replies: 13
Views: 557

ooooh, thats the first pic of the tray-loading DC i've seen.. COOOL.. can you take some of the innards?
by sonick
Sat Jun 21, 2003 1:08 am
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: Post your mod pics
Replies: 13
Views: 557

How bout a video?
My multi-color LED dreamcast:
http://www3.telus.net/sonick/stuff/led.avi

also:
My internal-speaker genesis and multi-region switch:
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by sonick
Mon Jun 16, 2003 8:43 pm
Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
Topic: New Dreamcast clone with built-in screen!
Replies: 16
Views: 1169

Whats the point of using BBA if the goal is to go portable? Just curious.. anyways, SegaNET for the Dreamcast has been shut down since the beignning of 2003.