Re: [linuxdc-dev]dnet client for Dreamcast

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Renegade Muskrat wrote:

> How bad are the cooling problems? If i ever stop procrastinating long
> enough to set it up, i was planning on replacing my web server with a
> Dreamcast. The web server receives very few hits (probably in the range of
> several hundred to a couple thousand per year) so it won't be pushing the
> processor very hard... it'll just need to be on all the time. Will i need
> to modify the Dreamcast somehow? I'd prefer using an unmodified machine but
> i could probably open it and set up a fan to blow across it if i had to.


Once again, it's more a matter of how Sega had to deal with the heat 
from the CPU than of your Dreamcast melting down, I believe.

General rules should apply: don't cover the DC, and provide ample room 
on all sides to let the air flow.

The webserver thing was on my project list at some point, at least for a 
try. From what I can see, the major problem would probably be the life 
expectancy of the CD drive, which is a weak point if you're in my 
situation: no broadband adapter (never hear of it anywhere I asked), 
thus no NFS mounting, therefore all data on CD. So CD running quite a 
lot... :(

/Dantes


>>I remember reading a paper about cooling problems in the Dreamcast, that 
>>may be a killer if you spend the whole [day|week|month|year] running it...
>>
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