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are sega broadband adaptors suppose to have the LAN logo on them? i dont believe they are suppose to but this guy on ebay is selling on and it says broadband adator for the listing but when a picture of the item is shown it says lan on it, but then on one side it says hit-0400 which should mean its a broadband adaptor and not a lan adaptor. should i buy it??

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It's another name that people use for it. It's the right item, either way.
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Yes it should say LAN. And that's also the model you want.

"HIT-0400: "Broadband Adapter", the more common model, this used a Realtek 8139 chip and supported 10 and 100 Mbit speeds.
HIT-0300: "LAN Adapter", this version used a Fujitsu MB86967 chip and supported only 10 Mbit speed. This adapter is not compatible with any Dreamcast games and worked only with the included Japanese browser disk."
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Aw, that was mine :lol: Shame it went for so low, hopefully the guy joins the online community i pointed out to him.

Oddly enough Sega even gave the paperwork that came with the unit a HK code (0401 iirc)
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im assuming your the buyer? if so the guy you bought it from his name on the dreamcast-talk.com forums is macabre
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No that's me, I'm macabre :)
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Found one here for ~$150: http://www.estarland.com/product29025.html

Still trying to decide if it's really worth it or not :?
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It's only really worth it if you:
-rip your own games
-play lots of the online games that support it
-use the web browser extensively
-develop code for the Dreamcast
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Warp2063 wrote:It's only really worth it if you:
-rip your own games
-play lots of the online games that support it
-use the web browser extensively
-develop code for the Dreamcast
I wonder how many people still do. Getting more obscure, I wonder if there are any brave souls left traversing the internet on their NetLink.
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I still think about buying one every now and then just to try. I know there are people that still play Quake on weekends. Although since they ported Quake Arena to Xbox Live im not sure how many still do.
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I used to play Q3A on the Dreamcast through dial-up, even though at the time I had cable broadband access at my house. There was just a sheer coolness factor to playing Q3A on a Dreamcast that I couldn't get over. If Broadband Adapters weren't so damn expensive, I'd buy one just to try it.
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