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Dreamcast Broadband Adapters

Posted by michael on from the lpb dept.

JayBonci writes "Dust off the old Dreamcast. If you're one of the many like myself who still enjoy their Dreamcast or are aspiring DC hackers, then you may want to pay attention to a quiet announcement by CSI, the Japanese manufacturer of the Dreamcast Broadband Adapter (flaky, but understandable translation provided by the fish). If you have no idea what the BBA is, the official page here. If CSI gets 1000 pre-orders for the unit, they will be willing to make another production run. Keep in mind that these units are very useful for the Dreamcast Linux efforts and NetBSD/Dreamcast, and that Japanese units work on US systems."

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  1. Re:Slowly into that good night by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're so clever! You took the original post and switched a few words... You're my hero, because you're so smart.

    Really. I love you!

  2. Re:Slowly into that good night by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's hard to believe that the Betamax, with its better sound and picture quality, ever lost out to the VHS.

    I guess if you've got the resources of JVC, you can pretty much screw anyone you like.

    I remember reading that one of the big underground factors was the porn industry - they decided they'd sell VHS movies and not Betamax.

    So if you've got the resources of the porn industry, you can pretty much screw anyone you like.

  3. Re:DC, an ideal solution for the UK by perlyking · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps it would have been prudent to say "we arent taxed that much more". I believe we are actually better off than other European countries though a comparison would depend on wages as well.

    The company producing this has missed out on one thing, they should secretly make these and sell them at inflated prices on eBay!

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  4. Re:Slowly into that good night by huntz0r · · Score: 2, Funny

    I remember reading that one of the big underground factors was the porn industry - they decided they'd sell VHS movies and not Betamax.
    So if you've got the resources of the porn industry, you can pretty much screw anyone you like.

    Well... that's kinda what the porn industry is about, no? ;)

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