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Dreamcast Modem Is Reverse Engineered

Posted by timothy on from the dialup-fever dept.

00_NOP writes "The hobbyist's favourite console - the Dreamcast - comes with one of those braindead Winmodems that have made it very difficult for those on the active DC development scene to use. But now all that is about to change. Thanks to a find on the internet and some heavy duty hacking - real modem support is almost here. This is fantastic news for the Linux and the NetBSD teams and for *nix advocates everywhere - as immediately millions more people could access these OSes and use them in a meaningful way to get online etc. Don't forget - four million plus of these things were sold in North America alone!"

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FIRST POST!

  2. Goatse.cx Reverse Enginerred by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks to loopback technology

    Invalid form key: WQKv7KEi2Y !

  3. this is good news and a great achievement by Dean+Sas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but, how many people who have a DC now have gone and bought a PS2 or X-Box?

  4. Re:Fanatic Groups by Wiz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    *gasp* You are not saying (like *BSD) that the Amiga is dead are you?!!?

  5. But can you reverse engineer this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SEX FOR FAT PEOPLE

  6. Re:I think this could be good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Amazing! Klerck is actually insightful!
    Next thing you know, RIAA will be giving away free MP3s!

  7. Re:Somewhat Implausable... but I'll go with it... by woogieoogieboogie · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "What is the number one problem for Linux newbies? I believe it is hard drvie partitioning."

    In Mandrake 8.+ it involves nothing more than pushing a button. Kinda easy if you ask me.

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    ... Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed...
  8. Re:Should have put this in the original post... by 00_NOP · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't need the karma. I just realised it would be good to post the link.