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>  But I also seem to
> recall that the BBA works with _any_ Dreamcast, regardless which
> type of software you use (be it a game, NetBSD, or other third
> party software), so your BBA might actually be broken.

Mmmh... that's not what I wanted to hear. Can anybody please confirm this?
My BBA is in as-new conditions, it's difficult to believe it might broke
down during shipment  :-(

> Where did you get your BBA btw?  I still would like to get one of
> those, but I have no idea where they are available...

I got mine on Ebay.com

> bye,
>   Harold

Ciao,
Andrea.