Dreamcast Power Consumption

[dc_dude]

My name is dc_dude, and I have been working on a project for some time now, a project to realize the dream that every SEGA Dreamcast lover has. I am building a portable Dreamcast.

Unfortunately, I have run into a few kinks in the road as I progress further - The blasted power board is soooooooooo confusing! If anyone has any info about this monster of a dilemma, please e-mail me at dchw_dude@yahoo.com. Or ,if you really feel that you can help, join the pDC DEV group on Yahoo! groups, under the Dreamcast Category. Thank you for your time.

dc_dude

 

[Taelon]

I'm wondering why you're doing this since there's already the Treamcast. But you might wanna join up on http://dcforums.net - it's a Dreamcast forum and a great resource for all things DC, including devving on it. (Devving? Methinks I just created a new word )

 

[Alexvrb]

Originally posted by Taelon@Mar 5, 2004 @ 11:31 PM

I'm wondering why you're doing this since there's already the Treamcast.

Treamcast is illegal, but anyway he probably wants to do it just because he can. Anyway, last I checked there was someone working on doing exactly this on the dcemulation forums. You might want to check the hardware section there, I haven't looked in on that project in some time.

 

[Taelon]

And why would another portable Dreamcast not be illegal when the Treamcast is?

 

[racketboy]

Well if he doesn't sell them it should be ok.

He should be free to modify his own machine.

 

[ExCyber]

Treamcast is illegal

AFAIK, Treamcast is illegal in Sega's opinion. At least, I never heard of a legal ruling on the matter.

 

[Pyrite]

Yeah isn´t the Treamcast just a modded DC in the end? They should be able to sell modded consoles, but I also think the Treamcast is really on the edge of whats legal and not... Its just a new case with crappy third party pads.

 

[dc_dude]

The reason I am doing this is because I want to . . . and I woukld like to be able to play it in the park, and elsewhere, like camping. I still have NO CLUE on the power board, but my hacked version of KATANA-2 ,the semi-modified GD-ROM unit, and the hacked- up controller work . . . That lousy power board has to shrink, or go completely.

By the way, If you were wondering, I am dc_dude at the boob! forums. I also think that the Treamcast is not worth all the hype around it, and they are WAY too expensive to get into the states.

 

[dc_dude]

But, does ANYONE have any info on the DC power board?

 

[mal]

It doesn't look like it.

 

[Protosstic]

The Treamcast

 

[mal]

You read the thread right?

Originally posted by dc_dude@Mar 17, 2004 @ 01:42 PM

I also think that the Treamcast is not worth all the hype around it, and they are WAY too expensive to get into the states.