thinking about making a portable

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:18 pm

REALLY!?!!? thats so good!! i wish i lived in america

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:40 pm

Just be aware that you will need to do a lot of work on the Gd-rom. The guy that made the first (name escapes me) says on his site that its like 50 pins.

Otherwise good luck.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:44 pm

50 wires aint so bad, it might take a little time but it isn't any worse than soldering 1 wire 50 times

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:50 pm

it least it aint 72 wires

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:57 pm

daguuy wrote:50 wires aint so bad, it might take a little time but it isn't any worse than soldering 1 wire 50 times

Look here, I'd love to see if a novice with the soldering iron can do that. I've gotten farly good, but I wont go near something like that any time soon.

Post by **Gamelver** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:02 pm

yeah, soldering the gd-rom controller board is WAY different than an cart slot....if I were to build a DCp, I would definitely just have it plug in there rather than rewiring it....

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:05 pm

Soldering that is like... finding a needle in a haystack that is on a wagon going 50 mph (or 75 Kph for all yeese canadians eh) while crows live and crap in it, and kids throw needles at the stack. It's possible, BUT IMPOSSIBLE.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:07 pm

you don't really need to do it, do you? it just depends on how the DC is gonna be arranged in the case

Post by **Gamelver** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:07 pm

yeah, dkap01 had needed his DCp to be thinner, so he had to rewire it...

Motoman · Post by **Motoman** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:12 pm

Hmm. So all you need are different voltages? If its that sinple i would imagine there would be tons of people making DCp's. Oh wait... there must be a catch

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:16 pm

not really, they're just a little "challenging." i know some people who are making them but just havn't finished them yet

cyanidetaco · Post by **cyanidetaco** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:36 pm

Getting my Dreamcast wasn't a problem. I traded my friend a Zippo lighter I found for a Dreamcast, two controllers, 3 memory cards, and 5 games

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:38 pm

but really, its hard

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:45 pm

not if you know what you're doing and if you don't relocate the CD-rom thing. BTW, never discourage someone from portablizing something

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:24 pm

daguuy wrote:
warbaby wrote:so that hardest part of a DCp is the power? nothin sum DC-DC adapters cant fix.
acording to gamelver, power shouldn't be to hard
Gamelver wrote: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)

Which pins do what? I have a spare and want to use it.