is it still possible to use a sega saturn netlink?

if so, how? thx!

 

If it is a JPN unit, not AFAIK.

If it is a US unit use quicklink to direct dial.

-hl718

 

I'll expand tihs a bit.

The US netlink allowed you to surf the internet on your Saturn as well as play modem play (you dial another person's netlink directly) with certain games.

To surf the internet, all you would need to do is input your Dialup ISP's information and start browsing.

For modem play, you'd need a friend with a Netlink who's willing to play. You dial their number (watch out for long distance fees!) and their netlink picks up...and you play away.

Compatible US games include:

Duke Nukem 3D
Saturn Bomberman
Daytona USA CCE

...and a few others that I'm forgetting.

I believe JP Netlink required some sort of pay by play cards...though somebody can correct me if I'm wrong on that one.

 

Yep, The Japanese modem is pretty crap. There are far more games available such as Bomberman, Virtual On, Virtua Fighter Remix and Tsuk but they all need the pre-paid card plus used the XBAND network (I take it it did anyway) which is no longer in use. So the Japanese modem is pretty much a plastic paper weight.

Yakumo

 

is it possible to use the US modem with JAP games?

PS: i loved the netlik city thing going on

 

I don't believe so.

Though what games were you looking to use? Bomberman and Virtual On are both available in US Netlink versions.

-hl718

 

Did anyone ever find out how to play those netlink games over the internet?
To route the dialing netlink to the PC is easy, the major problem is the the other side. How to make the listening side work over the internet?

 

i was always wanting to ask this,

is it possible to have a LAN between a console sporting an RJ11 dial-up interface and a PC with a modem? I want to put my 64DD's modem to good use

 

Sega Rally...

 

I try not to plug my site at every damn oppertunity but in this case:
http://www.segacollection.com/specials/index.htm

 

I have Victor(?) Modem cart that does not have the card slot and looks just like US modem cart shown here.
not sure whether this version of modem cart was sold commercially though...

 

Browsing with a 28.8Kbps modem with its slow loading times and today heavy sites is almost suicidal...

Although you could get into the internet archive and browse the sites of those days and live the experience of the early internet, time-travel style:lol:

It was pretty cool back in the day:thumbsup:

 

Really? That would be very nice.

 

Sorry for the major bump, but I wanted to clarify - this was never possible on the Netlink hardware. There should have been a "null modem" connection possible, but it just wasn't possible. Perhaps because there was no comand-line level control available in any Netlink modem software. Someone should hack some software!

Also, as far as I can tell, no one has ever devised such a solution after the fact, with the help of a PC. Although I think the performance would take a major hit if that was indeed possible, since the PC would be dealing with analog modem tones. It just wouldn't be worth it. Saturn Netlink performance was dodgy enough.

There was a separate Japanese Saturn VS LAN cable (direct link) that other games supported, such as TecnoSoft's Steeldom and GameArts' Gungriffon 2 (both games also had a bundled package that came with the cable).

 

I noticed this: *Saturn Bomberman -for seganet-

Was there a SegaNet version of Saturn Bomberman in Japan?

 

Yes there was. I own it and so does Segafreak_NL from what I remember. The game isn't playable apart from a small "mini" game. The main game needs you to be connected online however that's no longer possible.

Yakumo

 

It's possible to connect up two modems with a simple circuit to give line current, however the modem must be able to accept AT commands.

This link shows how to connect up two modems together

Then it's just a case of typing ATX0&C0 on both units, then ATD, which will cause the originating modem to connect the other modem should be answering (which is an ATA command).

 

An effective hack would be to wire up some FXS cards on a PC, and install some PBX software like Asterisk to create your own Central Offiice system. Then both Netlinks wil get dial tone when they pick up, and you can have one actually call the other and get all the normal ringing, tones and handshaking.

I've been trying to figure out how to integrate a PBX and a RAS server together in a small space. If you could get that down to a chip and have a proper FXS card active, you could stick it under a Dreamcast and have a nice substitute for a Broadband adapter that wouldn't be incompatible with any of the modem-only software. Unfortunately, I haven't found any PBX software that makes a direct LAN connection like that, which means that you have to have a separate PC for RAS. And that's just way too much work.

 

Not sure wether i should make a new topic but with a dreamcast and online supporting games can you still play them with your buddies that have a DC just by hooking up your Ethernet or w/e to the modem?