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DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:00 am
by dreamcastfix
So far the way to have a modified BIOS was removing the original BIOS or soldering an EEPROM chip on the original chip, but now with DREAM BIOS REVOLUTION you will not have to solder anything just plug and play on the original chip.


Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:33 am
by The-Amazing-Mr_V
Nice!

Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:13 pm
by TacT
saw this about a year or so ago with that IDE board but was told it was canceled what a shame its pretty cool
I would have bought one if it weren't canceled

Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:46 pm
by TuxTheWise
I'm sorry if it's a dumb question, but what's the purpose of changing the BIOS? Region free is an obvious one, but I just want to see if I'm missing something.

Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:20 pm
by DR TEAMCAST
TuxTheWise wrote:I'm sorry if it's a dumb question, but what's the purpose of changing the BIOS? Region free is an obvious one, but I just want to see if I'm missing something.

stuff like this, he's supposed to eventually release an improved one with more added features. this bios alone imo justifies purchasing something like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV0AlgYbZFk
https://japanese-cake.livejournal.com/10056.html

Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:39 pm
by TuxTheWise
DR TEAMCAST wrote:stuff like this, he's supposed to eventually release an improved one with more added features. this bios alone imo justifies purchasing something like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV0AlgYbZFk
https://japanese-cake.livejournal.com/10056.html


Looks fun!

Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:42 pm
by Anonymouse
TuxTheWise wrote:I'm sorry if it's a dumb question, but what's the purpose of changing the BIOS? Region free is an obvious one, but I just want to see if I'm missing something.


You need to change the bios to boot to DreamShell if you want to do an IDE mod.

Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:18 pm
by VasiliyRS
TacT wrote:saw this about a year or so ago with that IDE board but was told it was canceled what a shame its pretty cool
I would have bought one if it weren't canceled

It seems like it will be available soon. Check video description and it has preorder link https://dreamcastfix.wordpress.com/list-interest/ and video upload date is 21 march 2018 so things look good.

Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:51 pm
by TacT
bump? =)

Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:12 pm
by Anthony817
Not been any news further about it yet. Reservations are still open for people wanting one. I suggest you sign up to let him know how many people want one. I am.

And holy crap @TuxTheWise, man is that a face and name I haven't seen or heard about for years! Nice to see more old faces around here from back in the day. Any more projects you got planned on Dreamcast or you pretty much done after DCRes?