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is it possible to network my sega dreamcast with my computer

by doaf518 Apr 14, 2007 6:42AM PDT

i want to be able to go online with my sega dreamcast in order to surf the web and update my games. but i use verizion fios as my ISP (internet service provider) and the sega dreamcast only has a normal phone jack not an ethernet jack. so if theres a way of doing it that im no aware of. in order to access the internet with my sega dreamcast
and avy one out there knows of i'd be very thankfull.

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by jackson dougless Apr 14, 2007 7:04AM PDT

The Dreamcast is probably one of the single most hacked consoles ever made. It may even beat out the original Xbox, which people have done all manner of things to. There should be some sort of adapter or method for installing an ethernet controller onto the console, though you may have to resort to places like ebay to find the part.

Beyond that, I wouldn't go getting my hopes up too much. You can run Linux and NetBSD on the Dreamcast, if you get a keyboard for it, but I don't really think there are any native web browsers for it. You'd probably be looking at text mode only browsers, simply due to the limited hardware resources of the console.

I'd use Google to find some Dreamcast fan sites. You're likely to find far more comprehensive info than the bits and pieces I can dredge up from memory.

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