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- Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:04 pm
- Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
- Topic: bitmaster's IDE/G2 interface aka DREAMCAST HARD DRIVE>!!!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 15267
Re: bitmaster's IDE/G2 interface aka DREAMCAST HARD DRIVE>!!!
It is more difficult to develop, but easier to use for the end user. These gadgets could be mass produced, changing the bios is a mess anytime. Someone could easily develop a packaging for a replacement bios chip that simply piggybacks onto the current one. I believe only one leg need be cut from t...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:21 am
- Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
- Topic: bitmaster's IDE/G2 interface aka DREAMCAST HARD DRIVE>!!!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 15267
Re: bitmaster's IDE/G2 interface aka DREAMCAST HARD DRIVE>!!!
The thing that could work without changing the bios, is like the sd adapter for the gamecube, the one that replaces the lens... Creating some sort of pcb which translates sega's SPI to IDE ( for hard drives ) or something like SD's or USB storage media... So the dreamcast would still "think&qu...
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:55 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Forum
- Topic: Do we possibly know members of LulzSec?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1737
Re: Do we possibly know members of LulzSec?
Yeah, that's what I was hinting at when I quoted using "bold" to emphasize specific words. I didn't think I needed to spell it out. And you're welcome Jeeba. Wow, I gave you way too much credit. I thought you were poking fun at the fact that most of the active members here don't really ev...
- Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:08 pm
- Forum: Homebrew Software and Indie Games Discussion
- Topic: Dreamcast Media Center
- Replies: 143
- Views: 75546
Re: Dreamcast Media Center
But, what did you end up deciding about sending multi-channel streams to the SPU? Would it be possible to send 6-ch wave to the SPU, and let the hardware do the mixing? Or is data transfer too slow to send 6-ch wave to the SPU in real-time? Don't know. I have tested 44k/16bit stereo wav and it's fa...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:24 am
- Forum: First Person Shooters Development
- Topic: I herd you liek half life...and Dreamcast:D
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5304
Re: I herd you liek half life...and Dreamcast:D
How many? Enough to be significantly remembered in 5-10 years? Don't get me wrong, I'll always have fond memories of the console, I just think that outside of our relatively small circle, it's more or less forgotten. I used to think like this. In the past 5 or so years though, I've noticed that eve...
Re: Hacked!
What's interesting is that someone in their graphics department found some 15ish year old stock photo for the Sega CDX.
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:15 pm
- Forum: Homebrew Software and Indie Games Discussion
- Topic: Dreamcast Media Center
- Replies: 143
- Views: 75546
Re: Dreamcast Media Center
Hmm - we've pretty thoroughly hijacked this thread. Perhaps one of the mods could split this into its own thread? It's just hard to believe that a 22.5 MHz ARM7DI would get less than 3 MIPS. Just look at the charts... even the early architectures got better MIPS at much lower clock rates. http://en...
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:58 am
- Forum: Homebrew Software and Indie Games Discussion
- Topic: Dreamcast Media Center
- Replies: 143
- Views: 75546
Re: Dreamcast Media Center
That was all conjecture. I rather doubt the AICA keeps the registers in ram - that's just plain silly and was only even suggested because it was the only way the person could think of using ram cycles to slow the ARM. It's more likely like Quzar mentioned - that speed control for the ARM... perhaps...
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:10 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Forum
- Topic: Do we possibly know members of LulzSec?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1737
Re: Do we possibly know members of LulzSec?
So that's where Ian Micheal has been!
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:47 pm
- Forum: Gaming Forum
- Topic: A serious question for our intelligent members.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4814
Re: A serious question for our intelligent members.
Another reason: ponder on how many things would actually need to be modified or added (especially in the case of exclusives) in order to support KB/Mouse in terms of HUD, tutorials, QTEs, etc. Many games have a lot of features tied to the colors or letters on the controllers, and it would be weird/u...
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:53 pm
- Forum: Gaming Forum
- Topic: Your Most Difficult Moment In Gaming
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3705
Re: Your Most Difficult Moment In Gaming
Yea, I totally don't know. Never took the time to replay it. I guess I've forgotten the specifics enough by now that it would be fun to try...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:49 am
- Forum: /dev/null
- Topic: Has anybody ever smoked weed and killed somebody?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1444
Re: Has anybody ever smoked weed and killed somebody?
This happened right down the street from my house. I remember it well because I knew schoolmates of the victim. It also involves alcohol, and cellphones, so it's a trifecta of bad driving ideas.
http://www.skatelog.com/deaths/helen-witty.htm
http://www.local10.com/news/9444638/detail.html
http://www.skatelog.com/deaths/helen-witty.htm
http://www.local10.com/news/9444638/detail.html
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:29 am
- Forum: Gaming Forum
- Topic: Your Most Difficult Moment In Gaming
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3705
Re: Your Most Difficult Moment In Gaming
ET for the Atari. As a kid I didn't have the instruction booklet, and it seemed like everything I did the FBI would just come after me. Shenmue, the warehouse sneak scene. I actually missed the (in game) winter deadline for completing the first game due to spending a month trying to sneak into the w...
- Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:34 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Forum
- Topic: Dreamcast + HDTV?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1110
Re: Dreamcast + HDTV?
The only difference I've ever heard is the sizes of the capacitors which would change the colors slightly. That and just overall quality of craftsmanship of the box itself. That being said, I like my third party boxes one of which has two mini-jack outputs for audio (which makes using headphones pos...
- Sat May 21, 2011 11:44 pm
- Forum: Hardware Modification and Repair
- Topic: bitmaster's IDE/G2 interface aka DREAMCAST HARD DRIVE>!!!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 15267
Re: bitmaster's IDE/G2 interface aka DREAMCAST HARD DRIVE>!!!
What about putting an sdiso of the OS on a sd card and launching it via Dreamshell? It would be able to boot without the GDR drive and everybody is happy. :grin: With the Dreamshell bios mod, you could have this fully working with no moving parts but the HDD. Anyway, while the SD adapters are no tr...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:41 am
- Forum: Programming Discussion
- Topic: So I've got off the ground.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10352
Re: So I've got off the ground.
This actually could be a problem with GCC....Does newlines get read in as part of a string with std::getline() for fstream or something similar? Because hardcoding the path makes it run fine :o I have to admit I'm a Visual Studio fan.... :( Quite possibly. I know if you're using the C function fget...
- Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:04 pm
- Forum: Programming Discussion
- Topic: So I've got off the ground.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10352
Re: So I've got off the ground.
What it looks like is happening is that png_to_texture is unable to open the file, but there isn't any short-circuiting, so what happens is you end up passing a kos_img_t with garbage in it.
If you could post the relevant section of your code, it might be more apparent what the problem is.
If you could post the relevant section of your code, it might be more apparent what the problem is.
- Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:05 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Forum
- Topic: Book Recommendations
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1983
Re: Book Recommendations
I recommend anything by Twain. I have a set of his complete works and never fail to be interested by them. Heinlein is great if you're into speculative type Sci-Fi. His short stories and novels create a single coherent universe and timeline that is quite fun.
- Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:50 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Forum
- Topic: I bought an iPad 2! What apps do I need?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2347
Re: I bought an iPad 2! What apps do I need?
Why are so many things "stripped-down"? I'm pretty sure I've owned computers that are far weaker than the iPad but ran programs capable of far more. Because these things are being written from scratch (how many different word processing suites are there out there?) and features take time ...
- Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:28 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Forum
- Topic: Jobs
- Replies: 65
- Views: 8062
Re: Jobs
I'm so happy to have a well paying job. Network monitoring, a mix of level 1 and 2 support for a handful of customers, as well as in-house developers. 1800$ every two weeks. Not enough to pay for my degree, but plenty to live on.