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Amazing work! I feel compelled to mention that this year there was an excellent release of a DC USB controller adapter with full game compatibility and seamless VMU emulation (automatically creating a VMU file on a USB stick for every game you load on GDEMU). Could be very useful for...

True story! Here are a couple:

I was going through some old boxes and found 2 unused Wiikey Fusions, one still in it's original packaging, and both complete with ribbon cables. I checked up on here and the last one to sell was listed at $200?!? I would totally sell them both if I can get anywhere near that price for each...

Made a simple to-scale model mobo to learn the 3d program I'm using (I'm not used to CAD stuff): More detailed than neccessary for planning out my internals, but it was to learn the program as I mentioned. It's as dimensionally accurate as I could make it measuring with a steel rule. This...

I just looked into that and they're stupidly expensive here (like 25 USD) and just the same as the 4 dollar ones from China on ebay/aliexpress (I don't want to wait for China shipping, which is balls here). I think I have an idea for the layout that can work. I'm gonna get all the parts into 3D...

The range on the analogs is fine. I tried extending the SD card with IDE cable and the GDemu was having none of it. Then I split an FFC lengthways and spent far too long making a 12cm extender from 2 micro SD adapters with my not-very-fine soldering iron: It works fine on a computer, but...

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Today Panchuflenks stopped by my work and picked up a TI regulator he needs to continue with this project! He has also gotten over a filament drought for his 3d printer. Please all bully (or encourage?) him to get back on the portable!

Looks nearly identical to the screen I have for my project. Mine seems to run fine down to around 6v.

The thread I mentioned with pics of a mobo redesign: https://web.archive.org/web/20160707154427/http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/sega-dreamcast-hdmi-adapter-coming-soon.56357/page-8 An open-source GDemu alternative: http://mc.pp.se/dc/gdromemu.html There's a github link on the page. (It...

Basically, but there are also other SD loading projects (one at least which is open source) The other important thing to consider is compatibility. The 'comercial' ODE's are 100%, the other solutions are not. Other factors like disc-swapping and file type support also come into play. There's...

Sweet! A DC portable online with wifi! Good luck!

Yep, see my thread for pictures of it running. There's two other similar SD projects (I know of). There's also the USB GD-ROM. As I said I will make a big table with the pro's and cons of all of them.

It's like the gamecube. There is a UNIX-like OS called Dreamshell (referred to as "DS" from now) which is similar to Swiss on the GC. You can run DS from a burnt CD-R, and use it to run games, homebrew or apps from an SD card or IDE HDD. SD requires a serial port to SD card adapter (you can...

P.S. does anyone actually have a DC that is not revision VA1? I have 3 mobos currently, all US/NTSC, but have also owned a few PAL models in the past and have never actually seen a VA0 or VA2.

Also have to say it's great to hear there's another DC portable in the works @Morgan_The_Adventurer ! We want a thread with pics! (Lets get enough action to warrant a Sega/DC section on BitBuilt!)

About the fan: As far as I can tell all the VA1's (most common board revision) have the three-wire fan which requires a that the mobo recieves a signal or else the whole system cuts out after a few seconds. This I can confirm with my own experience. The original fan is relatively small 30mm...

On a break at work so here's some random stuff off the top of my head which could be useful to people: Power: I can totally confirm 12v is only needed for the disc drive. The console runs perfectly with a GDemu in place of the DD with nothing connected on the 12v rail. I have seen the same...

Cool! Another dreamcast portable!(don't know if you saw but I'm just starting back up with mine also.) If you have any dreamcast specific questions do ask, I've done quite a bit of research. (Eg. If you want to use normal 5k pot analog sticks and triggers with a genuine controller I can explain...

The last archive doesn't have any of the patch hacks, but someone put some up on the reddit group. Thanks anyway for the tip. Anyway: I have the case layout and trigger funcionality sorted. I want to leave all 4 controller ports in, but I'm not sure if they'll fit with the layout so may end up...