Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 07:06:53PM -0600, nick thompson wrote:
>
>> I am wondering how much it would cost to get all of the appropriate
>> equipment to run dreamcast linux. There was an ide adapter that was
>> homemade if I recall correctly from years back?? Anyway, any pointers or
>> especially information from anyone actually running it at the moment
>> would be wonderful.
>>
>>
> The more compelling question would be, why bother? That little RAM and a
> direct-mapped cache was painful all of these years ago too, and things
> haven't gotten any smaller over time.
>
> Your best bet would be serial console and fetching a BBA for nfsroot. If
> you really feel like resurrecting the maple code, you can always go that
> route with the pvr2fb console as well.
>
> I wouldn't hold out any hope for the IDE adapter. Everything that even
> got near the expansion port was nothing but a horrid hack (GAPSPCI is a
> brilliant example), and you're not going to magically get any faster I/O
> or intelligent IRQ routing over the port regardless of what's hanging off
> of it.
>
> As others have suggested, the landisk/lantank is a good compromise, and
> there are also various SH7751R-based routers floating around that are
> fairly easily acquirable.
>
>
Paul,
Thank you again for a very insightful, information filled post. I
really do appreciate when you find someone who is willing to help out
with as much info as you have on a list, thanks.
lantank route it is.
ebay first, other if anyone in japan wants to send me one, I will pay
for it and shipping...and... be your best friend.. :) or perhaps I could
pay you a little fee.
Anyway, if anyone is in japan, and wants to be a super nice linux
person, I would love to get one. I will pay all fees. And if there is
anything I can buy here and send you, I of course would do the same,
however I bet you have better stuff there than we do anyway, here in the
states. :)
Nick
"All unix, all the time."
http://npt.ath.cx
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