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aflyingcow
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Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:39 pm
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Just wondering if there are any apps like windows or something for the DC. It would be a cool thing to show off.. like a browser, game loader.. hell why not powerpoint.

I know it would be useless, but just wondering.
 
martianviking
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Mon Dec 08, 2003 8:43 pm
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Well, there's always Linux. I heard that the Dreamcast can actually be a really useful item for hackers who need physical access to the network they want to hack; the security guard won't let them wander around with a computer, but a Dreamcast (with BBA) and a keyboard is fine. Then they just find a quiet corner with an available LAN port, plug in, boot up Linux, and hack away as if they were sitting at a PC on the actual network.

Anyway, if you want to show off your Dreamcast's abilities, try Linux.
 
evilnine
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Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:00 am
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try dcemulation.com and check out the software part of the site
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byunews
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Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:59 am
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Yeah, there's some cool Linux stuff available, which is capable of running the X WIndow System and some basic apps like Doom and XMame. It can also do some shibby networking stuff like telnet and ftp server..
http://www.m17n.org/linux-sh/images/dcss02.png
http://www.m17n.org/linux-sh/images/dcss03.png
http://www.m17n.org/linux-sh/images/lwe05.jpg
(check the site at http://www.m17n.org/linux-sh/dreamcast/distribution)

As well, DCEmulation.com has some MP3/Jpeg/DivX/Mpeg type programs that could be useful.
 
Tao
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Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:03 pm
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Telnet and FTP server? sweet!

I also heard that the DC could play VCDs, is this true?
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DreamcastMagic
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Sun Dec 14, 2003 1:06 pm
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Ya you can, for those who don't know a VCD is a like a pre-dvd thing that was popular in asia. Whats cool is you can download movies with Kazaa or something and change the format to VCD and get a dreamcast vcd player (I think they have them at dcemulation), burn both on one (or more cds they are large) and watch a movie. Done that befor really cool, I say LOR on my Dreamcast and in good resolution too! LOR was 3 cd's just to give you a clue on the size and what not. Im going to put on the net a guide to this soon I think. Plus I can get around the legal part by just telling the to own the dvd first, so im in the clear.
 
martianviking
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Sun Dec 14, 2003 1:12 pm
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You don't have to worry about being "in the clear" as far as VCDs go; they are a perfectly legitimate media. Just because there are lots of pirated movies on VCD doesn't mean that all of them are. There are plenty of legitimate VCDs out there.
 
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