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Almost online
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:00 pm
by Nathan Friend
Hi Everyone,
I've posted on online consoles too, but no replies so far
Got a windows 98 PC setup went through all the steps at:
http://dreamcast.onlineconsoles.com/php ... cwin98.php
The DC is not connecting to the PC. I've made a recording of the dial up sound at the PC end, maybe someone more knowledgeable could give me a few pointers as to where I might be going wrong...
http://www.audoc.org/DC/Dreamcast.mp3
If not I might try the Linux guide...
Cheers,
Nathan.
Re: Almost online
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:31 pm
by Impulse
Hi, Nathan
Unfortuneatly I don't have much experience with the PC-DC Setup. I tryed to set it up on a windows XP PC and it didn't work out too well. I'm pretty sure its impossible to get it to work on XP.
Here is guide by Michael K Ter Louw. The guide was hosted at consolevision which is no longer. And the dumb web archive doesnt ectend to the pages on the site that actually include the guide. So here s a link to his old guide:
http://web.archive.org/web/200502070202 ... m/terlouw/
Check out that guide for further info that may help you out connecting. Sorry thats all the advice I can give you for win 98 setup.
Re: Almost online
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:13 pm
by Radkin
The problem is, the DC is looking
for a true tone not just a simulated{recorded tone}.
Usually, getting past the dial-tone is acheived by
first plugging the Dreamcast into the phone wall
plate for a few seconds. Second, unplug it from the
wall, then connect it to the PC modem.
Re: Almost online
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:50 am
by Nathan Friend
OK, I'll try that. I thought PSO could blind dial so didn't need to have a dial tone to connect? It's a bit of a pain as there is no phone socket near my DC setup. Maybe I'll run an extension to test at the weekend.
Thank guys for your help so far.
Re: Almost online
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:22 pm
by Mytho
Are you using an external modem or an internal modem? That could be the cause of the problem. I tried using an internal modem (two actually) and was unable to play a game online.
Re: Almost online
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:30 pm
by Ryochan7
I just found a link to an archive of the old consolevision guide.
http://www.maturion.de/dreamcast/mterlouw/
The link was posted under the following post on the SCHTHACK forums.
http://s7.zetaboards.com/PSO_SERVER_HOM ... 8&t=266878
My PC-DC server uses Ubuntu Linux for the operating system. I tried to get a PC-DC server working under Windows XP but I couldn't get it working.
Re: Almost online
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:22 am
by Impulse
Thanks for posting the link ryochan7.
I tried to get it to work using xp and I had no luck too. I don't think anyone has gotten it to work with xp yet. But, Mytho may have using an external 56k modem. Not sure of his OS.
Re: Almost online
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:01 am
by Mytho
Impulse wrote:Not sure of his OS.
Windows 98 SE. Never tried it with XP.
Re: Almost online
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:10 pm
by Radkin
It should always be external...
Re: Almost online
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:19 pm
by Hobofreak
So Nathan Friend have you gotten online yet?