Upgrading the Memory on a DreamCast?

dknight asks: "Ok, a friend of mine recently has his computer die on him. Rather than go out and buy a computer, we thought we'd try converting his DreamCast to fit the bill. We've got the keyboard and mouse, and now have Linux running on it successfully(we're working on getting the network adapter). The problem we're running into, however, is that it's REALLY painfully slow. I'm figuring this is due to the meager 16 Megs of RAM it comes with. My question is: Is it possible to upgrade the RAM on a DreamCast? Has anyone else attempted this feat?" I highly doubt this is possible, but if this can be done, this might breathe new life into those unused DC consoles that are lying around.

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A couple of helpful sites

[zoward]

I've done some light hacking on the Dreamcast, and have my Linux box mountable as an NFS volume over a coder's cable (helps when programming for the DC :-)). I've been looking over material on the web for DC hacking for a few months, and I have yet to see anyone actually upgrading the memory of a DC. But why let that stop you?

The two sites I've found helpful for DC hardware info:

1. DCEmulation.com is a general-purpose DIY Dreamcast site. There's a variety of info available here.

2. Dreamcast Programming - Marcus Comstedt's excellent hardware reference for the DC.

If you get anywhere with this, please post your results to DCEmulation.com. I'd love to hear about it.

For anyone else interested in running in booting Linux on their DC, the DC Linux site is here.

Windows users will find a a "burn it and run it" Disk Juggler version of Dreamcast Linux here.