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sega broadband adaptor ebay
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:55 pm
by segasaturndude
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??
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dreamcast-BBA-Broad ... 4cf2dee96c
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:30 pm
by Warp2063
It's another name that people use for it. It's the right item, either way.
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:38 pm
by JerryTerrifying
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."
from Wikipedia.
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:14 pm
by Macabre
Aw, that was mine
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)
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:24 pm
by segasaturndude
im assuming your the buyer? if so the guy you bought it from his name on the dreamcast-talk.com forums is macabre
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:11 pm
by Macabre
No that's me, I'm macabre
Re: sega broadband adaptor ebay
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:25 pm
by ellanceo
Found one here for ~$150:
http://www.estarland.com/product29025.html
Still trying to decide if it's really worth it or not
Re: sega broadband adaptor ebay
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:00 am
by Warp2063
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
Re: sega broadband adaptor ebay
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:54 am
by Xranger60
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.
Re: sega broadband adaptor ebay
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:02 am
by xDerekRx
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.
Re: sega broadband adaptor ebay
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:28 pm
by Xranger60
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.