Dreamcast online thread

SMS, Genesis, 32X, Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast
User avatar
Anthony817
128-bit
Posts: 516
Joined: Fri May 07, 2010 2:25 am
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Contact:

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by Anthony817 »

Yeah but I don't have a phone line in the bedroom and we only got DSL.
Image
User avatar
noiseredux
Next-Gen
Posts: 38148
Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:09 pm
Contact:

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by noiseredux »

Anthony817 wrote:Yeah but I don't have a phone line in the bedroom and we only got DSL.
oh oh oh. Yeah. Eventually I'll get a model A modem and try to figure out that PC-DC method. But it really does look involved.
Image
User avatar
Anthony817
128-bit
Posts: 516
Joined: Fri May 07, 2010 2:25 am
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Contact:

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by Anthony817 »

I have looked into doing it on 3 occasions, and each method was different. I just looked at that googleplex of text and said I will be forever alone on my Dreamcast haha. :lol:

I am a pretty big multiplayer gamer, love the competitive nature of it. I got my 360 and Battlefield 3 to keep me busy for a long time. When I get into a MP game, I play it for years and years.
Image
User avatar
noiseredux
Next-Gen
Posts: 38148
Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:09 pm
Contact:

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by noiseredux »

actually, does anyone know how to confirm which modem model (A or B) you have? I am thinking mine is B, but I'm not quite positive.
Image
User avatar
Anthony817
128-bit
Posts: 516
Joined: Fri May 07, 2010 2:25 am
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Contact:

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by Anthony817 »

Take your modem off and look at the caution sticker. On the bottom right of it, it will have some numbers.

Mine says 670-14140B.
Image
User avatar
noiseredux
Next-Gen
Posts: 38148
Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:09 pm
Contact:

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by noiseredux »

Anthony817 wrote:Take your modem off and look at the caution sticker. On the bottom right of it, it will have some numbers.

Mine says 670-14140B.
hey guess what? I have model A afterall! Looks like I can try to investigate the PC-DC method!
Image
User avatar
Anthony817
128-bit
Posts: 516
Joined: Fri May 07, 2010 2:25 am
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Contact:

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by Anthony817 »

Nice! Let me know how you get along man. It is pretty encouraging to see somebody else get it working.
Image
User avatar
Nintendork666
Next-Gen
Posts: 1523
Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:52 am
Location: Michigan, USA

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by Nintendork666 »

Hey noise, I have a model A too.

Lemme know if you get things figured out, or send me some links or something.

Thanks guy. :)
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X // MSI GAMING X TRIO GeForce RTX 3090 Image
User avatar
noiseredux
Next-Gen
Posts: 38148
Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:09 pm
Contact:

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by noiseredux »

Nintendork666 wrote:Hey noise, I have a model A too.

Lemme know if you get things figured out, or send me some links or something.

Thanks guy. :)
yup yup. There's a couple of tutorials out there, but one of them i found looks fairly straight-forward. I'm gonna give it a go sometime in the next week when I find some time.
Image
lisalover1
Next-Gen
Posts: 4960
Joined: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:50 am
Location: Redmond, WA
Contact:

Re: Free dial-up ISP's for Dreamcast?

Post by lisalover1 »

noiseredux wrote:
Nintendork666 wrote:Hey noise, I have a model A too.

Lemme know if you get things figured out, or send me some links or something.

Thanks guy. :)
yup yup. There's a couple of tutorials out there, but one of them i found looks fairly straight-forward. I'm gonna give it a go sometime in the next week when I find some time.
Browsing the web on a Dreamcast is a lot of fun, in a "because I can" mentality. Sure, most websites don't work very well with it anymore, but there's nothing like visiting an old site on the DC browser. It's like looking into a digital time capsule. :)
Image
~My name's Vicky, by the way!~ ^_^
Post Reply