Upgrading the Memory on a DreamCast?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday January 8, 2002 @02:07AM from the reviving-old-hardware dept.

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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Re:imho just get a cheap pc by Howie · 2002-01-08 08:58 · Score: 2, Interesting

a BBA is going to set you back 150-200,

actually, in the last few days, Dan Potter (developer of KOS) has figured out enough of the HIT-300 Ethernet Adaptor (different incompatible Sega ethernet - don't know why) to get dc-load running on it. Presumably that means that either of NetBSD or Linux will have that same support soon, if they don't already.

A HIT-300 is nearer $100 to buy, and seem a bit more available from people like LikSang.

[bleh - a month after I paid my $150 for a BBA :) ]

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