Subject: Re: Updated FAQ -- Suggestions Please
To: M. R. Brown <mrbrown@0xd6.org>
From: None <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 09/27/2002 18:18:31
mrbrown@0xd6.org wrote:
> * Martin aus Mainz <martyausmainz@gmx.de> on Fri, Sep 27, 2002:
> >=20
> > But where can I look, at which time the DC was produced?
> > I got my from ebay and so I don't know, if it was produced before or afte=
> r Sep 2000.
> >=20
> Look on the bottom of the unit.  Within all of that text, you should see a
> string that starts with "MANUFACTURED", followed by the date.
> Also, the cutoff date is October 2000, not September.  Any DC showing a
> date *after* October 2000 won't boot CDRs.
> M. R.
> 

You are unlikely to see this on a European Dreamcast.