Part of the problem with windows is that many of the users, particularly the typical consumer-types, are too lazy to download the patch, are unaware of the danger, or just plain haven't heard of the security holes, so they never patch. A possible solution? The infamous EverQuest (otherwise known as EverCrack) forces users to, on connection, scan for new patch files, and *requires* them to patch before play. Perhaps if Microsoft implemented something like this, it would at least solve the problem of known security holes in home users.
Of course, that only solves the known and patched ones, if you want to get all the unknown ones you need a miracle;)
Just so no one reads the above post and gets all excited about being able to play Zelda on their newly-cheapened DC, the emulator is a fake, and IMHO a very well-thought out hoax. DCEmulation.com has the full story. Sorry to burst everyone's bubble.
On the other hand, DreamSNES has been around for a while (no work lately though), which (duh) plays your SNES roms. Up to about 90% speed as of now... *sigh* and i wanted to be able to play Chrono Trigger on my DC;)
Why does it matter if Sega in particular releases dev tools or hardware specs? Virtually all of the specs are known, it's not as if they are a secret. As for open source, can anyone say "gcc"? That's right, a little quick cross-compilation and you have yourself a DC game. DCEmulation.com and Marcus' DC Dev have loads of information on the subject. Cryptic Allusion is the home of KallistiOS, one of (IMHO) the best DC development libs in existance. If you have a jonesin' to make yourself some games on DC, head over to these sites and you should be all set!
Uhhh, yeah and C/C++ skills would be a plus, heh.
Now just sit back and pray that your DC can boot your game there;)
Zophar.net, a (the) big site in the emulation community, had a spot of trouble with their cookies... to quote the webmaster: "I believe most of the problems have been fixed. For the nerds, I set the cookie time to expire on "999999999" and we've passed that. Obviously, ZD relies on cookies:)"
Oh yeah, and TastyWheat, CHILL. If you don't like the ratings system then don't post. Of course, here I go earning a "Flame" rating for that;)
First off, the url redirect isn't working too well so go here for a mirror of the download page, which includes the installer and the instructions of how to create a floppy image for *nix.
Having used the OS, I wanted to offer an opinion. The kernel, the author writes in his faq, is "real-time which is mainly monolithic, but some operations are done like in microkernel." For its small size, it is quite impressive to see how elaborate the gui and such are, especially being programmed in assembler. However, the OS itself isn't very powerful per se, and the memory requirement (32mb) is fairly large for such a small OS, which does not allow it to be used as a microkernel OS like mkLinux. Sure it has sound, but for the most part all that it does so far is edit text files, play music, and show pretty lights. Also, the HD interaction is, for now, limited to FAT and FAT32, so don't expect to use it as a Linux/Unix rescue disk.
On the plus side, the gui is impressive, along with the sound capabilities. Plus it's one of the most compact gui-based mini-OSes around, and being programmed in assembler it's fairly fast.
Pretty much I'm just saying that while it's an extremely interesting toy, I don't think it's "the next Linux" or anything close to it.
Even if it is from Finland;)
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The sad thing is, this is probably a 13 year old white kid.
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Part of the problem with windows is that many of the users, particularly the typical consumer-types, are too lazy to download the patch, are unaware of the danger, or just plain haven't heard of the security holes, so they never patch. ;)
A possible solution? The infamous EverQuest (otherwise known as EverCrack) forces users to, on connection, scan for new patch files, and *requires* them to patch before play. Perhaps if Microsoft implemented something like this, it would at least solve the problem of known security holes in home users.
Of course, that only solves the known and patched ones, if you want to get all the unknown ones you need a miracle
Just so no one reads the above post and gets all excited about being able to play Zelda on their newly-cheapened DC, the emulator is a fake, and IMHO a very well-thought out hoax. DCEmulation.com has the full story. Sorry to burst everyone's bubble.
;)
On the other hand, DreamSNES has been around for a while (no work lately though), which (duh) plays your SNES roms. Up to about 90% speed as of now... *sigh* and i wanted to be able to play Chrono Trigger on my DC
Why does it matter if Sega in particular releases dev tools or hardware specs? Virtually all of the specs are known, it's not as if they are a secret. As for open source, can anyone say "gcc"? That's right, a little quick cross-compilation and you have yourself a DC game. DCEmulation.com and Marcus' DC Dev have loads of information on the subject. Cryptic Allusion is the home of KallistiOS, one of (IMHO) the best DC development libs in existance. If you have a jonesin' to make yourself some games on DC, head over to these sites and you should be all set!
;)
Uhhh, yeah and C/C++ skills would be a plus, heh.
Now just sit back and pray that your DC can boot your game there
Hmm, CounterStrike over CPIP...
"Well, today's pigeons are in... oh damn, I'm dead."
Zophar.net, a (the) big site in the emulation community, had a spot of trouble with their cookies... to quote the webmaster: "I believe most of the problems have been fixed. For the nerds, I set the cookie time to expire on "999999999" and we've passed that. Obviously, ZD relies on cookies :)"
;)
Oh yeah, and TastyWheat, CHILL. If you don't like the ratings system then don't post. Of course, here I go earning a "Flame" rating for that
First off, the url redirect isn't working too well so go here for a mirror of the download page, which includes the installer and the instructions of how to create a floppy image for *nix. ;)
Having used the OS, I wanted to offer an opinion. The kernel, the author writes in his faq, is "real-time which is mainly monolithic, but some operations are done like in microkernel." For its small size, it is quite impressive to see how elaborate the gui and such are, especially being programmed in assembler. However, the OS itself isn't very powerful per se, and the memory requirement (32mb) is fairly large for such a small OS, which does not allow it to be used as a microkernel OS like mkLinux. Sure it has sound, but for the most part all that it does so far is edit text files, play music, and show pretty lights. Also, the HD interaction is, for now, limited to FAT and FAT32, so don't expect to use it as a Linux/Unix rescue disk.
On the plus side, the gui is impressive, along with the sound capabilities. Plus it's one of the most compact gui-based mini-OSes around, and being programmed in assembler it's fairly fast.
Pretty much I'm just saying that while it's an extremely interesting toy, I don't think it's "the next Linux" or anything close to it.
Even if it is from Finland