How rare is a DC?

Cronic the hedcold · Post by **Cronic the hedcold** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:54 am

I never owned one, and since I'm portalizing stuff, how rare is a DC?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:11 am

A bit more common then a gamecube when you go to 2nd hand stores.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:52 am

i dont think you wanna try a DC to portabalise first dont they take like 5 different voltages

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:43 am

don't discourage someone from making a DCp, encourage them. cronic the hedcold, you should portablize one. i seriously doubt they take 5 different voltages. even if they do take several, it wouldn't be too hard to wire some voltage regulators

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:41 pm

required voltage 3.3, 5, 12

hmmm that actually is only slightly different from an N64 go for it

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:00 pm

that would be pretty easy to wire

. i don't know how picky it is about voltage, but here's a diagram for it:

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:32 pm

i wonder why there is so few DCPs then

Post by **Gamelver** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:53 pm

you could also use a GC dc-dc converter (there's one in every GC!!!)....it outputs 12v, 5v, 3.4v, and 1.9v

....(and yes, it works...I've tried it and I believe dkap01 used one on his DCp)

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:55 pm

that diagram is so simple

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:00 pm

*o* wrote:that diagram is so simple

that reminds me i forgot to add a power switch

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:44 pm

i will build a DCP

eventually after my NES and only if i feel like it

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:11 pm

As I see it and dkap01 would probibly agree, the hardest part is the connection between the mobo and the GD-rom. Its like 15 leads and their rather close together. If you can get a small solder tip, a steady hand you can do it, I'm not going to do that immediatly... still need to finish a project first.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:13 pm

wats a GD-rom

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:18 pm

dreamcast CD rom. i forgot what it stands for

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:19 pm

ok i got it now