I have recently aquired a cracked, region unlocked Sega Saturn. I'm wondering if it is worth buying Netlink considering that I live in Australia and will probably find myself to be the only one in the country interested interested in using one.
I have a critical question regarding the usage of the Netlink, CAN I use a phonecard to access cheaper call rates (international) or will the Sega Saturn only allow the input of a regular phone number?
Phone cards would make it very affordable to play Yanks, Poms and Canucks and it probably wouldn't be worth it to pay out the 80 bucks it'll cost for a netlink, mouse and keyboard if I can't call people cheaply in other countries.
Any Aussie Netlinkers?
No, I don't think it will work. If you have to wait for any kind of prompt or anything before dialing the number of the person you want to play, then the Saturn will just try to connect with whatever number you called for the phone card. If, however, there are no prompts and you can simply enter a long string of numbers... It might work.
I have my Saturns, I have some of my games, I have a RasPi. Gotta put all this stuff together!
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Well, even if a waiting time is required, it should work.
I remember something like putting a "," or a "." between the numbers to make the dialer wait some seconds?
I mean, almost all "dial up things" do that. The netlink should do it too.
I remember something like putting a "," or a "." between the numbers to make the dialer wait some seconds?
I mean, almost all "dial up things" do that. The netlink should do it too.
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Hmm... Worth a shot, if the NetLink lets you type anything other than numbers in that field. I'll give it a shot after work.Rogue wrote:Well, even if a waiting time is required, it should work.
I remember something like putting a "," or a "." between the numbers to make the dialer wait some seconds?
I mean, almost all "dial up things" do that. The netlink should do it too.
I have my Saturns, I have some of my games, I have a RasPi. Gotta put all this stuff together!
Nope, only lets you type numbers and hyphens, and the hyphens don't affect how long it takes to dial. If you were allowed to write your own init string, you could add other punctuation, but the NetLink program doesn't allow it.Warp2063 wrote:Hmm... Worth a shot, if the NetLink lets you type anything other than numbers in that field. I'll give it a shot after work.Rogue wrote:Well, even if a waiting time is required, it should work.
I remember something like putting a "," or a "." between the numbers to make the dialer wait some seconds?
I mean, almost all "dial up things" do that. The netlink should do it too.
I have my Saturns, I have some of my games, I have a RasPi. Gotta put all this stuff together!