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misc/50461: Dreamcast FAQ page consists mostly of dead links
>Number: 50461
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: Dreamcast FAQ page consists mostly of dead links
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 22 17:00:00 +0000 2015
>Originator: Travis Paul
>Release:
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Nearly all of the links on the Dreamcast Port's FAQ page are dead. I have attached a patch to update this page.
Whenever I came across a link that was dead, and that link contained
useful information, I replaced it with a link to the Internet Archive's
Wayback machine.
I also removed a few sections that had completely dead links with
no hopes of ever being revived, especially if better information or
links were elsewhere in the document.
Feedback and suggestions for how I can improve patches to htdocs are
greatly appreciated.
>How-To-Repeat:
Visit https://www.netbsd.org/ports/dreamcast/faq.html
>Fix:
Index: htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -u -r1.30 faq.html
--- htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html 8 Oct 2015 06:53:01 -0000 1.30
+++ htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html 22 Nov 2015 16:40:23 -0000
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
</dt>
<dt>2.7. <a href="#endian">Is the Hitachi SuperH SH-4 little or big endian?</a>
</dt>
-<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-buy">Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a>
+<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-obtain">Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a>
</dt>
<dt>2.9. <a href="#attach-hdd">Can I attach a hard drive to the Dreamcast itself?</a>
</dt>
@@ -176,13 +176,9 @@
<dt>3. <a href="#bootable-cd">Bootable CDs</a>
</dt>
<dd><dl>
-<dt>3.1. <a href="#where-images">Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</a>
+<dt>3.1. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a>
</dt>
-<dt>3.2. <a href="#where-dj">Where can I find DiscJuggler?</a>
-</dt>
-<dt>3.3. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a>
-</dt>
-<dt>3.4. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a>
+<dt>3.2. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a>
</dt>
</dl></dd>
<dt>4. <a href="#dreamcast-configuration">Dreamcast-Side Configuration</a>
@@ -282,7 +278,7 @@
</dt>
<dt>2.7. <a href="#endian">Is the Hitachi SuperH SH-4 little or big endian?</a>
</dt>
-<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-buy">Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a>
+<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-obtain">Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a>
</dt>
<dt>2.9. <a href="#attach-hdd">Can I attach a hard drive to the Dreamcast itself?</a>
</dt>
@@ -344,15 +340,11 @@
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p>
- That depends on how urgently you want one. If you're willing to wait,
- CSI, the company that manufactures them, is taking pre-orders at <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ncsx.org/2002/ncs082602/ncs0826.htm"; target="_top">this site</a>;
- if they get 1,000 pre-orders, they'll make another batch and ship them.
- At $49 versus the $100+ they can cost elsewhere, it's a great deal; the
- only problem is that you will have to wait, and might not get one at all.
+ Currently, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ebay.com/"; target="_top">eBay</a> is your best bet.
+ The Broadband adapter's model number is HIT-0400 and the packaging
+ and documenation is HIT-0401. The adapters are not region coded.
</p>
<p>
- For the more impatient, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ebay.com/"; target="_top">eBay</a>
- is your best bet.
You could also investigate the availability of the Dreamcast R7 console
which is reported to have come with a Broadband Adapter pre-installed.
Broadband Adapters are generally very difficult to find now that Sega
@@ -408,22 +400,20 @@
</p></td>
</tr>
-
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="serial-buy"></a><a name="serial-buy-q"></a><p><b>2.8.</b></p>
+<a name="serial-obtain"></a><a name="serial-obtain-q"></a><p><b>2.8.</b></p>
</td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</p></td>
+<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="answer">
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>
- A listing of possible vendors can be found at the <a class="ulink" href="http://dev.dcemulation.com/started-step2.htm#main"; target="_top">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</a>
- site.
+ Most vendors no longer sell the Dreamcast serial cable but you can create your own using
+ <a class="ulink" href="http://mc.pp.se/dc/serifc.html"; target="_top"> Marcus Comstedt's tutorial</a>.
</p></td>
</tr>
-
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
<a name="attach-hdd"></a><a name="attach-hdd-q"></a><p><b>2.9.</b></p>
@@ -433,8 +423,10 @@
<tr class="answer">
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>
- Yes, check out <a class="ulink" href="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html"; target="_top">DC IDE-HD Interface</a>
- and <a class="ulink" href="http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html"; target="_top">DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</a>
+ Yes, check out <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060823132222/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html"; target="_top">
+ DC IDE-HD Interface</a>
+ and <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070426084452/http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html"; target="_top">
+ DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</a>
pages. Note that this requires soldering and other such things that could
<span class="bold"><strong>completely fry</strong></span> your Dreamcast, so proceed
with caution.
@@ -443,50 +435,14 @@
<tr class="qandadiv"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><h3 class="title">
<a name="bootable-cd"></a>3. Bootable CDs</h3></td></tr>
<tr class="toc"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><dl>
-<dt>3.1. <a href="#where-images">Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</a>
+<dt>3.1. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a>
</dt>
-<dt>3.2. <a href="#where-dj">Where can I find DiscJuggler?</a>
-</dt>
-<dt>3.3. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a>
-</dt>
-<dt>3.4. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a>
+<dt>3.2. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a>
</dt>
</dl></td></tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="where-images"></a><a name="where-images-q"></a><p><b>3.1.</b></p>
-</td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</p></td>
-</tr>
- <tr class="answer">
-<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>
- For a read-only filesystem, use this (very old) DiscJuggler
- <a class="ulink" href="http://www.kirknet.net"; target="_top">image</a>. For a read/write
- filesystem, use Josh Tolbert's <a class="ulink" href="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz"; target="_top">kernel</a>
- (<a class="ulink" href="http://www.schnarff.com/netbsd/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz"; target="_top">mirror</a>).
- This will involve netbooting your system, and will give you a read/write
- filesystem.
- </p></td>
-</tr>
-
- <tr class="question">
-<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="where-dj"></a><a name="where-dj-q"></a><p><b>3.2.</b></p>
-</td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I find DiscJuggler?</p></td>
-</tr>
- <tr class="answer">
-<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>
- DiscJuggler is freely available (albeit in a crippled form, but still
- functional enough to burn the aforementioned images) from <a class="ulink" href="http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php"; target="_top">http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php</a>.
- </p></td>
-</tr>
-
- <tr class="question">
-<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="how-bootable-image"></a><a name="how-bootable-image-q"></a><p><b>3.3.</b></p>
+<a name="how-bootable-image"></a><a name="how-bootable-image-q"></a><p><b>3.1.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</p></td>
</tr>
@@ -499,7 +455,7 @@
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="quit-burning"></a><a name="quit-burning-q"></a><p><b>3.4.</b></p>
+<a name="quit-burning"></a><a name="quit-burning-q"></a><p><b>3.2.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</p></td>
</tr>
@@ -507,8 +463,8 @@
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p>
-
- You'll want to follow the setup at <a class="ulink" href="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"; target="_top">Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>.
+ You'll want to follow the setup at <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"; target="_top">
+ Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>.
</p>
<p>
You can also try <a href="http://man.NetBSD.org/7.0/usr/share/man/html4//kloader.html";>kloader(4)</a>, which is in-kernel bootloader enabled
@@ -568,10 +524,7 @@
<tr class="answer">
<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>
-
- Try <a class="ulink" href="http://newbrowser.sega.com/"; target="_top">http://newbrowser.sega.com/</a>.
- The chances of coercing this system into delivering anywhere outside the
- USA appear slim.
+ Currently, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ebay.com/"; target="_top">eBay</a> is your best bet.
</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="qandadiv"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><h3 class="title">
@@ -729,7 +682,8 @@
that allows the transport of files through the Dreamcast console's
Broadband Adapter, which will then be executed by the console. It can
be found at <a class="ulink" href="http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html"; target="_top">http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html</a>.
- Instructions on getting it to run can be found at <a class="ulink" href="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"; target="_top">Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>.
+ Instructions on getting it to run can be found at <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"; target="_top">
+ Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>.
</p></td>
</tr>
@@ -755,18 +709,14 @@
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.boob.co.uk/"; target="_top">Boob! Dreamcast Research</a>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <a class="ulink" href="http://dev.dcemulation.com/"; target="_top">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</a>
- </li>
-<li class="listitem">
- <a class="ulink" href="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html"; target="_top">bITmASTER's dCdeV</a>
+ <a class="ulink" href="http://dcemu.seanbajuice.com/"; target="_top">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</a>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/dreamcast/"; target="_top">Josh Tolbert's instructions</a>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
-
- <a class="ulink" href="http://dcbakuplinks.de.vu/"; target="_top">DCBakuplinks</a> -
- information about Dreamcast hardware, emulators, software and more
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070127184026/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html"; target="_top">
+ bITmASTER's dCdeV (archive)</a>
</li>
</ul></div>
<p>
Index: htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 faq.xml
--- htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml 18 Sep 2009 00:25:17 -0000 1.3
+++ htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml 22 Nov 2015 16:40:23 -0000
@@ -85,16 +85,11 @@
<question id="where-is-bba-q"><para>Where can I get a Broadband Adapter?</para>
</question>
<answer><para>
- That depends on how urgently you want one. If you're willing to wait,
- CSI, the company that manufactures them, is taking pre-orders at <ulink
- url="http://www.ncsx.org/2002/ncs082602/ncs0826.htm";>this site</ulink>;
- if they get 1,000 pre-orders, they'll make another batch and ship them.
- At $49 versus the $100+ they can cost elsewhere, it's a great deal; the
- only problem is that you will have to wait, and might not get one at all.
+ Currently, <ulink url="http://www.ebay.com/";>eBay</ulink> is your best bet.
+ The Broadband adapter's model number is HIT-0400 and the packaging
+ and documenation is HIT-0401. The adapters are not region coded.
</para>
<para>
- For the more impatient, <ulink url="http://www.ebay.com/";>eBay</ulink>
- is your best bet.
You could also investigate the availability of the Dreamcast R7 console
which is reported to have come with a Broadband Adapter pre-installed.
Broadband Adapters are generally very difficult to find now that Sega
@@ -138,27 +133,24 @@
</answer>
</qandaentry>
-<qandaentry id="serial-buy">
-<!-- XXX this entry needs to be updated -->
- <question id="serial-buy-q"><para>Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</para>
+<qandaentry id="serial-obtain">
+ <question id="serial-obtain-q"><para>Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</para>
</question>
<answer><para>
- A listing of possible vendors can be found at the <ulink
- url="http://dev.dcemulation.com/started-step2.htm#main";>Dreamcast Emulation Developer</ulink>
- site.
+ Most vendors no longer sell the Dreamcast serial cable but you can create your own using
+ <ulink url="http://mc.pp.se/dc/serifc.html";> Marcus Comstedt's tutorial</ulink>.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="attach-hdd">
-<!-- XXX dead links -->
<question id="attach-hdd-q"><para>Can I attach a hard drive to the Dreamcast itself?</para>
</question>
<answer><para>
- Yes, check out <ulink
-url="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html";>DC IDE-HD Interface</ulink>
- and <ulink
-url="http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html";>DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</ulink>
+ Yes, check out <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060823132222/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html";>
+ DC IDE-HD Interface</ulink>
+ and <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20070426084452/http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html";>
+ DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</ulink>
pages. Note that this requires soldering and other such things that could
<emphasis role="bold">completely fry</emphasis> your Dreamcast, so proceed
with caution.
@@ -171,33 +163,6 @@
<qandadiv id="bootable-cd">
<title>Bootable CDs</title>
-<qandaentry id="where-images">
- <question id="where-images-q"><para>Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</para>
- </question>
- <answer><para>
- For a read-only filesystem, use this (very old) DiscJuggler
- <ulink url="http://www.kirknet.net";>image</ulink>. For a read/write
- filesystem, use Josh Tolbert's <ulink
-url="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz";>kernel</ulink>
- (<ulink
-url="http://www.schnarff.com/netbsd/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz";>mirror</ulink>).
- This will involve netbooting your system, and will give you a read/write
- filesystem.
- </para>
- </answer>
-</qandaentry>
-
-<qandaentry id="where-dj">
- <question id="where-dj-q"><para>Where can I find DiscJuggler?</para>
- </question>
- <answer><para>
- DiscJuggler is freely available (albeit in a crippled form, but still
- functional enough to burn the aforementioned images) from <ulink
-url="http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php";>http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php</ulink>.
- </para>
- </answer>
-</qandaentry>
-
<qandaentry id="how-bootable-image">
<question id="how-bootable-image-q"><para>That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</para>
</question>
@@ -211,9 +176,8 @@
<question id="quit-burning-q"><para>What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</para>
</question>
<answer><para>
-<!-- XXX dead link -->
- You'll want to follow the setup at <ulink
-url="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html";>Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>.
+ You'll want to follow the setup at <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html";>
+ Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
You can also try &man.kloader.4;, which is in-kernel bootloader enabled
@@ -256,11 +220,7 @@
<question id="where-browser-q"><para>Can I get a GD-ROM of the Dreamcast Browser to set the IP address?</para>
</question>
<answer><para>
-<!-- XXX dead link -->
- Try <ulink
- url="http://newbrowser.sega.com/";>http://newbrowser.sega.com/</ulink>.
- The chances of coercing this system into delivering anywhere outside the
- USA appear slim.
+ Currently, <ulink url="http://www.ebay.com/";>eBay</ulink> is your best bet.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -378,7 +338,8 @@
be found at <ulink
url="http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html";>http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html</ulink>.
Instructions on getting it to run can be found at <ulink
- url="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html";>Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>.
+ url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html";>
+ Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -399,18 +360,14 @@
<ulink url="http://www.boob.co.uk/";>Boob! Dreamcast Research</ulink>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <ulink url="http://dev.dcemulation.com/";>Dreamcast Emulation Developer</ulink>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <ulink url="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html";>bITmASTER's dCdeV</ulink>
+ <ulink url="http://dcemu.seanbajuice.com/";>Dreamcast Emulation Developer</ulink>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<ulink url="http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/dreamcast/";>Josh Tolbert's instructions</ulink>
</listitem>
<listitem>
-<!-- XXX dead link -->
- <ulink url="http://dcbakuplinks.de.vu/";>DCBakuplinks</ulink> -
- information about Dreamcast hardware, emulators, software and more
+ <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20070127184026/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html";>
+ bITmASTER's dCdeV (archive)</ulink>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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