Re: Cleanup broken links on Dreamcast FAQ page

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I love seeing this old list come active every few years. For the record, I
think I last touched this FAQ in 2004, so barring folks having worked on it
in the interim, I'm not surprised to see broken links and outdated material.

I'd say it's worth preserving the port if for no other reason than the fact
that it's an exotic way to play Tetris, and the world needs more of that if
the young are going to learn how computers work. I still have my
Dreamcast...and this thread is making me want to plug it into my Meraki
switches to see if they recognize the OS, either on a base system boot of
the game console or with NetBSD going (and to submit patches internally if
they don't, since I work for Cisco these days - a journey that started with
me working on this port back in the day to keep sharp). It's also making me
think about how I want to eventually teach my daughter (who is, as of
today, a way off from that, since she's 15 days old) how to do stuff like
this, and it would be cool if a project that daddy contributed to when he
was in his 20s was still alive even when she was in her pre-teens.

Can't say that I have a lot of time or energy right this moment, but I'll
be watching and pitching in where I can.

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Travis Paul <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Is anybody using NetBSD on Dreamcast for something interesting?, Is it
>>> worthit to give it a try?.
>>>
>>
>> I used to run it just for fun because I wanted to learn more about
>> booting a diskless client. If you have never done that, the dreamcast
>> isn't a bad place to start. I don't know about making the boot CD
>> these days, that was the biggest "problem" I came across back then.
>>
>
> The dc-tools package in pkgsrc provides dc-burn-netbsd, which works
> great.
>
> It would be worthwhile for a few people to run newer versions just to
>> see if it boots. If not, the breakage info could be useful here and
>> elsewhere.
>>
>
> current doesn't seem to build successfully very often for me, but 7
> has built and booted every time I've tried it in the past year. I can
> even play tetris :)
>
> xinit almost works, it starts up, I can see the classic grey
> background and the "X" mouse cursor and wiggle the mouse for a
> second until it locks up and the GD-ROM starts seeking like crazy,
> endlessly.
>
> I recently got a Broadband adapter which I hope will help me to get
> X working as I suspect I may need to swap over NFS.
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>I love seeing this old list come active every fe=
w years. For the record, I think I last touched this FAQ in 2004, so barrin=
g folks having worked on it in the interim, I&#39;m not surprised to see br=
oken links and outdated material.<br><br></div>I&#39;d say it&#39;s worth p=
reserving the port if for no other reason than the fact that it&#39;s an ex=
otic way to play Tetris, and the world needs more of that if the young are =
going to learn how computers work. I still have my Dreamcast...and this thr=
ead is making me want to plug it into my Meraki switches to see if they rec=
ognize the OS, either on a base system boot of the game console or with Net=
BSD going (and to submit patches internally if they don&#39;t, since I work=
 for Cisco these days - a journey that started with me working on this port=
 back in the day to keep sharp). It&#39;s also making me think about how I =
want to eventually teach my daughter (who is, as of today, a way off from t=
hat, since she&#39;s 15 days old) how to do stuff like this, and it would b=
e cool if a project that daddy contributed to when he was in his 20s was st=
ill alive even when she was in her pre-teens. <br><br></div>Can&#39;t say t=
hat I have a lot of time or energy right this moment, but I&#39;ll be watch=
ing and pitching in where I can.<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Travis Paul <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">Tr@vis=
paul.me</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=
=3D""><br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">volkovdabl=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Is anybody using NetBSD on Dreamcast for something interesting?, Is it<br>
worthit to give it a try?.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I used to run it just for fun because I wanted to learn more about<br>
booting a diskless client. If you have never done that, the dreamcast<br>
isn&#39;t a bad place to start. I don&#39;t know about making the boot CD<b=
r>
these days, that was the biggest &quot;problem&quot; I came across back the=
n.<br>
</blockquote>
<br></span>
The dc-tools package in pkgsrc provides dc-burn-netbsd, which works<br>
great.<span class=3D""><br>
<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
It would be worthwhile for a few people to run newer versions just to<br>
see if it boots. If not, the breakage info could be useful here and<br>
elsewhere.<br>
</blockquote>
<br></span>
current doesn&#39;t seem to build successfully very often for me, but 7<br>
has built and booted every time I&#39;ve tried it in the past year. I can<b=
r>
even play tetris :)<br>
<br>
xinit almost works, it starts up, I can see the classic grey<br>
background and the &quot;X&quot; mouse cursor and wiggle the mouse for a<br=
>
second until it locks up and the GD-ROM starts seeking like crazy,<br>
endlessly.<br>
<br>
I recently got a Broadband adapter which I hope will help me to get<br>
X working as I suspect I may need to swap over NFS.<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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