DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

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DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#1 » Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:00 am

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.


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Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#2 » Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:33 am

Nice!

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Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#3 » Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:13 pm

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
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Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#4 » Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:46 pm

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.
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Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#5 » Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:20 pm

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
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Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#6 » Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:39 pm

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!
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Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#7 » Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:42 pm

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.
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Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#8 » Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:18 pm

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.

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Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#9 » Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:51 pm

bump? =)
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Re: DUAL BIOS SEGA DREAMCAST PLUG AND PLAY

Post#10 » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:12 pm

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?
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