I give...

[somepunk]

I'll drop 100 or more for a DC link cable, or if anyone has a tutorial for making one (I know theres a way, but I lost the email...) that'd work too

[RVR - 42]

Dude...a DC Link Cable? Really...I ordered one...like over the summer from this site. Let's see if I can find it.

Seems they are sold out. Sorry dude. =/ I got it from coinopexpress.com, btw.

[somepunk]

yea, I was there back in the day when we first talked about em on the forum. I checked that page and emailed them and they were sold out... I'm fed up! I've been trying to get these mock cabinets going for awhile and all I need is this damn cable lol.

[Quad]

Marcus Comstedt Dreamcast PC-Serial Adapter Guide is still the best guide to building a dev cable from scratch. Since you're just connecting two Dreamcasts together, you don't need to worry about voltage conversion. So, you can skip the entire MAX3222 business all together and solder to a DB9 or DB25. Then, walk to any Radio Shack and purchase a null modem connector and use that to tie your two cables together.

The connector on the Dreamcast is a Japanese ISDN plug. Sorry, but it's been so long that I've lost the part # on Black Box.

Long and short story, the DC serial is normal serial except CMOS voltage rather than TTL. Additionally, Virtual-On uses an odd (very fast) baud rate so make sure the cables are short (under a foot for each side).

[MentholMoose]

Excellent! Thanks for the info.

[Fredo]

In France I could buy this DragonCast link cable which is not as expensive:

http://www.2xmoinscher.com/JEUX/detail.asp?id=15086

Any comments about this non-official cable ?

[MentholMoose]

In France I could buy this DragonCast link cable which is not as expensive:

http://www.2xmoinscher.com/JEUX/detail.asp?id=15086

Any comments about this non-official cable ?

I think it's fine.

[NGEFreek]

That dragoncast cable looks fine to me.

I have an official DC link cable somewhere, should you need one down the line and I end up finding it before you make your own.

[somepunk]

Ah! There you are, Scott! Lol that was the guide you gave me before in the emails, I was hoping I'd be able to relocate it. I'll look into the dragoncast as well. Thanks everyone.

[somepunk]

Thanks a lot everyone, I actually got lucky yesterday and scored a new one on ebay, railed me for 50, but it's all good

[MentholMoose]

Thanks a lot everyone, I actually got lucky yesterday and scored a new one on ebay, railed me for 50, but it's all good

That's not too bad. I bought a Sega brand link cable in Japan 9 years ago and it was ¥3,000.

[Knoxximus]

I'm just gonna get a CAT-5 cable for $15.

Granted, I have to buy another XBOX 360 Arcade for $200, another copy of VOOT for $15, and 2 20+" LCD monitors for $240, but in the end, I have the definitive version of VOOT ver. 5.66 in a head-to-head config for MUCH less than a actual cab WITH higher fidelity!

[MentholMoose]

I'm just gonna get a CAT-5 cable for $15.

Granted, I have to buy another XBOX 360 Arcade for $200, another copy of VOOT for $15, and 2 20+" LCD monitors for $240, but in the end, I have the definitive version of VOOT ver. 5.66 in a head-to-head config for MUCH less than a actual cab WITH higher fidelity!

In case you haven't heard, Walmart will have a Xbox 360 deal on Saturday... $200 for Xbox 360 arcade and it includes a $100 gift card.
http://kotaku.com/5396769/walmart-confi ... uts-coming

[Knoxximus]

Oh yeah, I'm all over that one, Menthol...I just don't want to get trampled to death by all of the obese early Christmas shoppers.

I miss youse guise, but nursing school is no joke!

Any word on when the Hori controller is shipping?

[MentholMoose]

Oh yeah, I'm all over that one, Menthol...I just don't want to get trampled to death by all of the obese early Christmas shoppers.

Sadly that's a legitimate concern.

Any word on when the Hori controller is shipping?

I haven't heard a specific date, just "November".

[wraith88]

Any word on when the Hori controller is shipping?

According to this blogger, Hori should be shipping out the twin sticks late Novermber with an expected arrival date of Nov. 29. So I'm guessing expect them early December from the importers.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2009/1 ... icks_date/


I probably won't be able to do anything when I receive my set as my console currently shares the same problem as this one:



RROD = Tangram killer

[NGEFreek]

Aaaaand just HOW can I get a faceplate like that?

[Knoxximus]

Aaaaand just HOW can I get a faceplate like that?

THIS. DO WANT!

[wraith88]

stumbled across that faceplate on this blog
maybe if you ask them real nice in Japanese, they can point you in the right direction




I looked into the whole custom faceplate thing from do-it-yourself to comissioning an artist to custom hand-paint one for you...never realized how big the faceplate/case modding scene was for the xbox 360

As for the Dragoncast link cable, can't complain about the one I got, although I've read others report that the build quality isn't the greatest.

[neoKEN]

Aaaaand just HOW can I get a faceplate like that?

THIS. DO WANT!

ME TOO!!