What is this box? (Dreamcast Dev Unit? Pace Proto?)

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for it?

 

Well, that is much better than what I would have suggested, I only have the means for the stupid LAN modem method.

 

It saddens to me to know that interesting things-that-should-not-be-sold/found have probably never made it to Kansas.

 

This could sound stupid.. but, does it play DVD's?

There was going to be a DVD player for the Dreamcast.

 

no it cant

 

Wow. I'm very jealous! Great find, bud! Can't wait to see the video. Have you been able to connect it to the net?

 

Nice find!

 

I like the way that Sega's concept drawings have no resemblance to real life. As if you would see a woman with shorts that go to her arse in one of those places. :110:

 

Is the GD tray on it motorised or is it a push in to release style one?

 

It is a push into release one. Also, I came across a Dreamcast System Disk the other day and booted it up in this. It does not complete the boot cycle like on a commerical DC. It does say the Boot Rom is KABUTO v1.004 which I understand is the original JPN release ROM.

 

The original JPN release board (VA0) has a ROM which only supports Japan regardless of what's written on the flash. When Tec Toy sold Japanese surplus from SEGA they started selling the old Japanese stock first. I happen to own one of these units. The original ROM chip was removed and replaced with a newer JP/US/PAL compatible ROM used on the VA1 boards. They also sold PAL units converted to PAL-M here (Plays NTSC games in 60hz, red swirl on the screen, but has a blue swirl on the controller and CD lid.)

So the different flash configuration could be why your System disc isn't working correctly.

Also another theory would be that kiosk units contain an customized flash rom.

 

Dreamcast System Discs are NOT regionalized.

And Sega did make some of the original JPN hardware in the NTSC U/C config. I've got one.

Only made available to developers, IIRC.

-hl718

 

Dreamcast discs can be region free and still not like the contents of the flash.
A good example is what happens when you try certain games which auto detect the video region on the Katana target box. They simply will not play.

 

Hate to bump this thread from the dead - but I've never heard of this. So it is a special kiosk version of the DC used in short lived internet cafes? Is there a surviving picture of this somewhere? Obviously the ancient link is dead and there seems to be no other info on the net but for references to some long gone ebay auctions.