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Sega Drops Dreamcast Price To $50
kerskine writes: "Just read this article on CNET that says Sega has just dropped the price of the Dreamcast console to US$49.95. Given past articles on Slashdot on all sorts of fun Dreamcast projects, now's the chance to get one. Why not get two (in case you break one)?" See also this article on getting Linux to run on Dreamcast, and NetBSD is another option to explore. 8ight points out even more interesting Dreamcast information.
Now I can get a dreamcast for the same price as a 486 xterminal.... nice sega!
or 6 for the price of 1 ps2 or xbox.
....for that price I can buy two. One to use and one to hold up the low end of the couch!
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Fifty dollars is cheaper than my Thanksgiving dinner's going to be. Wonder what the family'd say if they opened the serving tray and saw a Dreamcast?
This guy?
"If he thinks he can hide and run from the United States and our allies, he's sorely mistaken." Bush on bin Laden
And I just paid $59.99 for mine on Sunday!!!!
Pax, Ardax
Identify the windings on the deflection yoke coils and reverse them, left for right, up for down. Small reed relays mounted near the yoke will probably suffice. You may need capacitors across the contacts to absorb the surge from the collapsing field of the coils if you switch them at a time other than at a zero-crossing of the drive signal. Don't know how you'd decide when to automatically switch them, joystick enable voltage maybe?
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It's always interesting see the different reactions to hardware on Slashdot.
Dreamcast: Mostly gushing praise, even though Sega is a huge corporation (and Slashdotters in general seem to be anti-corporate, at least in theory).
Mac: 80% flamingly negative, 20% positive. OS X is changing this somewhat, though it seems most people don't want UNIX being used by people who aren't geeks.
iPod: High praise, though some people hate it because it's from Apple.
iPaq: Generally positive.
PS2: Brings out lots of anti-console rhetoric; negative overall.
Xbox: 60% positive, generally from people who dislike Sony and Nintendo and want a console to be more computer-like. This is even though Microsoft is usually hated otherwise.
Transmeta: 90% negative, though often for no real reason.
Intel: Intel suxors, down with Intel!
AMD: We'll make another exception to the "multi-billion dollar corporations are evil" rule, because we like those inexpensive processors.
Amiga: Misty-eyed nostalgia, including some people who incorrectly think that the Amiga sported the world's first multitasking OS. About 10% of the responders are still fighting the "Amiga is better than ____" battle, like Japanese sailors on small islands in the 1950s who didn't know WWII was over.
Any one else remember those old atari 2600 commercials? when the 2600 was $49.99? It was a rap song and it was like "under 50 bucks - 50 bucks ? - now isn't that nice?"
i miss atari.
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Yeah, because all of the electrons from the beam gun fall down and collect in the bottom of the tube.
that's easy to fix. add an electron drain to the tube. only problem is getting hooked up to the electron sewer which is expensive and time consuming. you are better off not using electron for your display. instead use neutrons brighter color and no draining problems (slight health problems though).
"Of course, not having a hard drive also means limited logging."
> lpt
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Limekiller
Sheesh, after all the work of brainwashing people on buying me Dreamcasts for Christmas, now I need to do it again for something else (since the darn thing won't run Linux).
Ah well...
Petru
Under 50 bucks... 50 bucks? heheh