hdd for dreamcast?

[True Crime!]

hi,

i just found some interesting sites. there are tutorials of how to build a hdd or sd connecter

1. hdd connecter:

http://web.archive.org/web/200701010910 ... dc-ide.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

what for cable, processors, resistors, capacitor .... do i need for this mod?

first of all for the hdd.

[tom61]

what for cable, processors, resistors, capacitor .... do i need for this mod?

If you need to ask this, you very likely do not have the skills to complete the HDD mod, as it is very complex and involved. As for the SD mod, it has a part list.

[True Crime!]

can i play homebrews from the hdd? and how does i control the hdd?

[stuntpenguin007]

look at this thread. http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31160" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In the links it shows a completed hdd adapter. You'll notice that its massive and it would be so much easier to burn your homebrew to discs. It looks like he was working on some sort of homebrew launcher but I'm not sure if it was actually released.

I'm glad I didn't even start to try the project because after I gather up all the parts and do all the work I probably would have thought something along the lines of.... "wow with all the money and time put into this I probably could have just bought a spindle of cd-r's that would have taken up half as much space."

[True Crime!]

look at this thread. http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31160" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In the links it shows a completed hdd adapter.

wich link do you mean?

this: http://gamedev.allusion.net/hdwrprj/navi/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

or

this: http://web.archive.org/web/200701271841 ... c-ide.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"wow with all the money and time put into this I probably could have just bought a spindle of cd-r's that would have taken up half as much space."

there are 2 arguments, for this hdd mod:

1. the gd-rom drive will don't be messed up, because of the cd-rs'
2. the gd-rom drive needs much power. i want to portablize my dreamcast, so i would preffer a hdd

[tom61]

can i play homebrews from the hdd? and how does i control the hdd?

You have to start the interface using a burned disc that needs to be left in the drive, negating both of the arguments you give for having one. I actually never found the program/method for loading games from it, I have found only a version of BSD that is capable reading/writing to the drive.

[True Crime!]

I actually never found the program/method for loading games from it, I have found only a version of BSD that is capable reading/writing to the drive.

does someone hve the program or method?