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Developer DocumentationSubmit documentNetBSD Quick-Setup Guide Info: A Quick-Setup guide for NetBSD/dreamcast making it 'easy to use for "non-developers"' and provides precompiled packages for both the dreamcast NetBSD kernel/world. This is slightly old, since the downloads have not yet been updated to match the latest source release, but they will be updated accordingly soon. Quick NetBSD/Dreamcast How-To Broadband adaptor Updated: 07-Oct-2002 (thanks to Matthieu Legris) Info: A collection of pdfs for the dreamcast broadband adaptor RTL8139 chip. This includes a programming guide, datasheet, and comparison pdf. These are not relevant to the dreamcast lan adaptor, which is completely different chip! RTL81xx.zip Modem By: Connexant/Rockwell Updated: 07-Oct-2002 (added newer PDF thanks to Matthieu Legris) Info: This is a Connexant/Rockwell pdf relevant for the Dreamcast modem. For anyone who wants to have a hack-about, modem registers 0x00-0x1f are mapped to 0xA0600004 and following on the dreamcast, with 0xA0600000 being a general modem id / enable h/w register. The modem is designed to have programs run on its dsp, but can also seemingly be merely controlled via direct register writes. Hopefully a homebrew driver can be written for the modem both for developmental purposes (connecting it to direct to pc) and for other (online) projects. RP56LD_RP336LD_DesignersGuide.zip Preliminary pdf (old) Maple Bus patent information By: Kabushiki Kaisha Enterprises (JP) Updated: 02-Sep-2002 Info: A complete reference to the dreamcast peripheral system, called the maple bus. This provides full hardware and software details for the method used to create a 'plug-and-play' controller setup within the console. It also explains how such peripherals as the light gun and the microphone are designed and work through the hardware itself. Local document (html - no figures) PDF (compiled by Mathieu Legris) - this includes all diagrams/figures. Dreamcast JAP Browsers translation page By: Various contributors to the Dreamcast Browsers Group, compiled by CyRUS Added: 05-Apr-2002 Local document Making Games For The Dreamcast Using Standard GNU Tools By: Kevin Fowlks Added: 28-Aug-2001 Info: A getting started guide for developing using freely available tools and libraries on the Dreamcast. A bit outdated (using libdream instead of KOS, for example), but probably still worth a read. Offsite Link Hitachi SH7750 Hardware Manual By: Hitachi, Ltd. Added: 18-Apr-2001 Format: PDF Size: 4.6mb Info: Very useful and interesting for those who want to know about the SH4 processor in the dreamcast Download Local Copy: sh7750h.pdf Getting Started With DC Development using Win32 By: Jules Last Update: 08-Mar-2001 Added: 17-Jan-2001 Released: 12-Jan-2001 Info: The newbie's "getting started" guide for those that need to get the gcc cross-compiler working under Win32 in a Cygwin environment. Offsite Link Building a Win32 hosted sh4-crosscompiler using GCC By: Hitmen Added: 17-Jan-2001 Released: 04-Sep-2000 Info: The original instructions for getting gcc running as a cross-compiler under Win32 in a Cygwin environment. Use this if you have an idea of what you're doing. Use Jules' Newbie Guide if you don't. Offsite Link Building a DC-PC Serial Cable (using a NGPC-DC cable) By: Infinity_Yak Added: 17-Jan-2001 Info: Instructions for building a DC-PC serial cable starting with a NGPC-DC cable. This is basically Marcus' Serial Cable Instructions except that it discusses swapping the pins (2&3 and 7&8) so that a null-modem adapter is not necessary. Basically, if you can get a NGPC-DC cable to start with, these are the instructions to follow. Offsite Link Building a DC-PC Serial Cable (using SVideo or VGA/RGB/SCART cables) By: DCGrendel Added: 17-Jan-2001 Info: If you can't find the NGPC-DC cable, but have two DC SVideo cables or one VGA/RGB/SCART cable, you can use DCGrendel's instructions. [Link no longer valid.] Boob! - How to alter a DC to read CD-RWs Format: html Info: Most (but not all) DCs can be hardware modified to read CDRW discs. Local Link Boob! - Hexing the Utopia Boot Disc (take two) By: dopefish Added: 25-Jul-2000 Released: 24-Jul-2000 Format: html Info: Early analysis of the Utopia Boot Disc continued. Local Link DC GFX/Video Register By: bITmASTER Added: 20-Jul-2000 Released: 28-Dec-1999 Format: PDF Size: 11k Download Local Copy: dcgfx.pdf Dreamcast Memory Map Added: 20-Jul-2000 Format: Text Size: 385bytes Info: Simple memory layout of the DC Local Link Optimizing Dreamcast Microsoft Direct3D Performance (under WinCE for Dreamcast) By: Sebastian Wloch of Kalisto Entertainment (the developers, not the pirates) Added: 20-Jul-2000 Released: Mar-1999 Format: html Local Link Hitachi SH7750 Programming Manual By: Hitachi, Ltd. Added: 20-Jul-2000 Release: 04-Mar-1999 Format: PDF Size: 1.7mb Info: This is the best document ever... read it or at least parts of it Download Local Copy: h14tp003d2.pdf IP.BIN header information Added: 20-Jul-2000 Format: Text Size: 4k Info: Very useful and interesting - my DCINFO tools is essentially a direct doc->program conversion Local Link Additional Data by AltRN8 Dreamcast Portal Techniques By: Jayeson Lee-Sterre Added: 20-Jul-2000 Released: 18-Mar-1999 Format: PDF Size: 411k Info: - Download Local Copy: portal.pdf Accessing PowerVR 2DC Features Under WinCE By: Jason Powell Added: 20-Jul-2000 Releaed: 18-Mar-1999 Format: PDF Size: 151k Download Local Copy: powervr2dc_features_wince.pdf Boob! - The Quest for a Bootable CD-ROM By: dopefish Added: 21-Jul-2000 Released: 21-Jul-2000 Load Update: 24-Jul-2000 Format: html Local Link |