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Cleanup broken links on Dreamcast FAQ page
The state of the Dreamcast's FAQ page is very depressing. Nearly every
external link is broken. I have attached an inline patch below that
updates the FAQ 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. (Disc juggler?)
Feedback and suggestions for how I can improve patches to htdocs are
greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Travis Paul
PR: http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=50461
Also available: https://gist.github.com/TravisPaul/d403b8a1ba9d40327634
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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