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Wacky port of BSD to Dreamcast set top box

Posted by Hemos on from the and-they-ported-to-my-pacemaker dept.

roadrash writes "So, if the hardware itself wasn't enough to get your sorry butt down to Toys 'r' Rus so you can get on the Dreamcast waiting list it appears now some guys with way too much time on their hands have ported BSD to the Super Hitachi chip that runs the thing. I wonder if they will bundle some games with that distro. " I have visions of my Dreamcast server farm.

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  1. Some Dreamcast Misconceptions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    1) Dreamcast does not run WinCe as its default operating system. If a developer wishes to use WinCe for a game, it is included on the games GD-ROM. Hence new versions of the "OS" can be shipped without replacing any sort of ROM. When the game disk that uses WinCe is inserted, Dreamcast first loads WinCe then loads the game. Most games so far are written at a much lower level.

    2) Yes I said GD-ROM. Sega uses a propreity optical disk that is formatted to roughly 1GB. It can still read CD's.

    3) The internet option for Dreamcast can use any standard PPP dial-up account. And no you don't get AT&T ISP free, just a free keyboard if you sign up with them.