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Making Dreamcast Serial Port Connector

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I'm trying to find out how to make a connector for the Dreamcast Serial port.

Does anyone know how too do this?

Thank you.
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guide coming soon on http://www.dc-swat.ru
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On one of my modded systems I strait up replaced the port with the plug from a vmu, only need 10 lines, vmu plug has 14. Looks awesome, hacked SD card reader inside a vmu plunged in the back of he system = awesome.
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My adapters :D
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Guide (sorry, only in russian)

http://www.dc-swat.ru/forum/thread-1539 ... l#pid19238
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Thank you!
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Another way to build external SD card reader using as serial port connector AGP slot from PC motherboard.

http://www.dc-swat.ru/forum/thread-72-p ... l#pid19516
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Nice, finally found decent schematics for the DC to PC cable on this Russian site. All the other ones I found didn't mention what the connections were on the Dreamcast serial port's side. Which made those schematics quite useless...

Still, those schematics are made with a MAX3222CPN chip, and not with a MAX3232CPE as in the original cables. Anybody know where I can find the schematics with the MAX3232CPE chip?...
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Schematic...courtesy of our friends at DC-SWAT.ru).
USB to Serial
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Re: Making Dreamcast Serial Port Connector

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someone used a hdmi to make on too i think
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