Moband Adapter (Dreamcast Modem To Broadband Replacement)

If you put like on Kickstarter, maybe more people support it and see many people online(my think).

 

Put me down for the count! Crowdfunding does look to be an easy way to get funded and there are certainly people around who could use one of these!

 

Is the schematic available for the P8X32A Quickstart board you used Dreamcast? I finally found my parallax qs board so i was hoping i could replicate this. Or if there is public documentation for the G1 bus and its inner workings i think i can manage. Thanks ^^

 

Count me in. I could use about 4 or 5 of these!

 

Well if it's a simple "plug and play" replacement I'd be interested.

 

I would love one of these...

 

Has anyone reached out to assist the developer of this?

No updates? I hope this doesnt die. This has so much potential for dc online community.

 

Any updates?
its kind of sad not seeing any official updates or real activity in this thread

 

I agree. I am sure his is busy with real life stuff, but many of us are very eager to hear something. I mean it has been over a year already lol, we are all being very patient. If we weren't patient we would flood the thread bumping it every week lol.

 

If this project was canned, i'd imagine the developer would let all of us know. I'm sure the reason for lack of updates is either its near completion and has alot of bug hunting to be done, he's figuring out options for manufacturing, or he's that busy irl. I'd be content with any of those

 

anyone consider cramming a Raspberry pi into the dreamcast? could that work?

 

I've tried using a Raspberry Pi as a DUN without much luck. I've got a Raspberry Pi B+ and this USB Modem www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BU8O9Y but was unable to get anything working, if someone has a good guide or ideas on how to make it work I'd be happy to test anything.

 

I can't remember which U.S. model needs a line voltage, but the only way I could get my PAL modem to work was to build a line voltage inducer with 18v input (wired two 9v batteries in serial). Using a resistor between 380R and 450R should be safe (I used 330 but that leaves the power output a little high).

FWIW I'm working on some software for a Pi <> DC server. I'll make a post when I'm done

 

What i found... seems you have a limited choice on USB Fax modems

 

^ Someone should verify if that's plug and play ^

 

So, I've written a script here: https://github.com/kazade/dreampi

When it starts, it begins listening for the number dialled by the Dreamcast, then when dialling stops it automatically answers and hands over to ppp.

It's still WIP! I'm now going to watch for ppp disconnect and then restart listening. Also I intend to play a dial tone down the line so that Toy Racer works.

Once I have the whole thing running on boot and auto restarting on disconnect I'll make a Pi SD card image.

If you want to test, set up a raspberry Pi with a USB modem and a line voltage inducer. Make sure pppd is configured as per a Linux DC server. Check out the script and over SSH run:

sudo ./dreampi.py --no-daemon

Then just connect on the DC.

 

I would love to see (and get) a well finished online adapter for the Dreamcast. I think the KickStarter can help to test the public interest, and help to raise the funds to build such device in large scale, with a nice internal construction and a nice shell.

Can you give some status of the project and the pretentions for the finished product? For example, it will have both Ethernet/LAN port and USB connection port, and it will be able work with both BBA and Dia-Up connections (selection via switch) to let the Dreamcast know which one will use?

 

Sounds like I need to build a Line Voltage Inducer, I had done the research and according to the Internet I shouldn't need one, but we could never get it to work. I thought I had the schematics for the one they were recommending but I can't seem to find them, do you have a link for the circuit? (and a BOM?) sounds like a fun project to do at our next Hackerspace meeting.

Have you thought about setting up a Docker Container that has PPPD and all that fun stuff setup? I am a Linux noob (I work almost exclusively with Windows) but I've found that Docker seems to be a very nice sandboxer that is easy for Linux noobs like me to spin up and down.

 

Probably easier just to buy a raspberry Pi once I upload an sdcard image. That way you can just shove it behind your DC and forget about it. When I do that I'll post instructions for making the SD card from windows.

 

that would be awesome... i like that other guys build... but he requires a button... anyway we could set it to auto...