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Hi i am thinking about buying a Dreamcast considering how cheap they are to use for the internet but i have a few questions:
1) what do you need to get the dreamcast online.
2) can it use broadband ?
3) can you access any website on a dreamcast.
4) how much do you need to pay for the internet ?
think thats it cheers.
1) what do you need to get the dreamcast online.
2) can it use broadband ?
3) can you access any website on a dreamcast.
4) how much do you need to pay for the internet ?
think thats it cheers.
Buck1 wrote:
> the last time i tryed to connect to the internet using my dreamcast it
> wouldnt connect probably becoase its old and the server doesnt make
> any money.
>
> it is extramly slow and no java applets i i think and you cant
> download anything that the dreamcast can use.
>
> if i were you i would stick with your pc as the dreamcast has no
> players, too slow, no broadband
Have you ever heard of the word "fact"? The Dreamkey software has plenty of player plugins. Of course, the Flash 7 plugin won't be on it but Flash 6 should be.
I question how you can say the connection is "slow" when apparently you have no way of getting online in the first place. "server doesn't make any money"????? You use your existing ISP details which, to simplify, allows you to use the same connection as your PC.
*Despair*
> the last time i tryed to connect to the internet using my dreamcast it
> wouldnt connect probably becoase its old and the server doesnt make
> any money.
>
> it is extramly slow and no java applets i i think and you cant
> download anything that the dreamcast can use.
>
> if i were you i would stick with your pc as the dreamcast has no
> players, too slow, no broadband
Have you ever heard of the word "fact"? The Dreamkey software has plenty of player plugins. Of course, the Flash 7 plugin won't be on it but Flash 6 should be.
I question how you can say the connection is "slow" when apparently you have no way of getting online in the first place. "server doesn't make any money"????? You use your existing ISP details which, to simplify, allows you to use the same connection as your PC.
*Despair*
Ok I actually have some facts for you regarding the DC and going online.
The official European modem is indeed 33.6kb, though if you look on Ebay you can get a 56K one (imported from the USA and yes, they do work) for around 5 quid.
There is a broadband adaptor (I got one last week as it happens) and that will set you back around 50 quid as they're very rare. Only around 50,000 were produced. You have to be careful when buying one of these though because after the broadband adaptor sold out, retailers started selling the LAN adaptor (10mb/sec LAN, while the broadband adaptor is 10/100mb/sec broadband/LAN) which of course won't work with broadband. Manufacturers in Japan reckon they'll produce more broadband adaptors if demand gets to more than 1000 units.
Dreamkey 3.0 lets you specify ISP details but again, it's rare. Ebay should have some though, or, as has already been said, there are other software options.
With Dreamkey 3.0, the cost of being online is the same cost as going online with your PC as it uses the same account, assuming you set it up for the same one of course.
Hope this helps?
The official European modem is indeed 33.6kb, though if you look on Ebay you can get a 56K one (imported from the USA and yes, they do work) for around 5 quid.
There is a broadband adaptor (I got one last week as it happens) and that will set you back around 50 quid as they're very rare. Only around 50,000 were produced. You have to be careful when buying one of these though because after the broadband adaptor sold out, retailers started selling the LAN adaptor (10mb/sec LAN, while the broadband adaptor is 10/100mb/sec broadband/LAN) which of course won't work with broadband. Manufacturers in Japan reckon they'll produce more broadband adaptors if demand gets to more than 1000 units.
Dreamkey 3.0 lets you specify ISP details but again, it's rare. Ebay should have some though, or, as has already been said, there are other software options.
With Dreamkey 3.0, the cost of being online is the same cost as going online with your PC as it uses the same account, assuming you set it up for the same one of course.
Hope this helps?
stick with pc as the dc dosent even use a 56k modem its actuall 33.3 - Bah!
and can u even still get on?
and can u even still get on?
P.S You can download the Planetweb browser for nothing, which lets you set up the ISP details and connect.
There are DC broadband adapters, but very hard to find one these days. The only good reason for going online with a DC these days is to download saves onto your memory card.
Buck1 wrote:
> the last time i tryed to connect to the internet using my dreamcast it
> wouldnt connect probably becoase its old and the server doesnt make
> any money.
Um, no.
Normal 56K it takes, you need a Dreamcast internet cd or something.
Should of got one with the console.
> the last time i tryed to connect to the internet using my dreamcast it
> wouldnt connect probably becoase its old and the server doesnt make
> any money.
Um, no.
Normal 56K it takes, you need a Dreamcast internet cd or something.
Should of got one with the console.
Cheers.
the last time i tryed to connect to the internet using my dreamcast it wouldnt connect probably becoase its old and the server doesnt make any money.
it is extramly slow and no java applets i i think and you cant download anything that the dreamcast can use.
if i were you i would stick with your pc as the dreamcast has no players, too slow, no broadband
it is extramly slow and no java applets i i think and you cant download anything that the dreamcast can use.
if i were you i would stick with your pc as the dreamcast has no players, too slow, no broadband
Hi i am thinking about buying a Dreamcast considering how cheap they are to use for the internet but i have a few questions:
1) what do you need to get the dreamcast online.
2) can it use broadband ?
3) can you access any website on a dreamcast.
4) how much do you need to pay for the internet ?
think thats it cheers.
1) what do you need to get the dreamcast online.
2) can it use broadband ?
3) can you access any website on a dreamcast.
4) how much do you need to pay for the internet ?
think thats it cheers.