Dreamcast prototype zip drive!

Norbi · September 13th, 2007

Years after it have died (fanboys, not the face!) it still keeps surprising me. Just follow the links to see apparently the only zip drive out there for the dreamcast. only one as they say it was a pre-production prototype which was cancelled when sega decided to back out.

eBay auction reveals prototype Dreamcast Zip Drive - Engadget

Sega Dreamcast Zip Drive extension box rare - (eBay item 250163670619 end time Sep-19-07 21:32:17 PDT)

**Prafull** · September 14th, 2007

Nice joke... 10,000$... [

] ROFL

Cid Highwind · September 14th, 2007

They almost make it sound as if they've discovered something new, while it never was a secret such an item existed. Still the first time I see it go on sale though.

**hushypushy** · September 15th, 2007

Pfff screw that, I'd rather have the N64 DD

Samor · September 15th, 2007

amazing, and reminds of me of the famicom disk system for some reason

...however, the shortlived zipdrive (I had one for PC) was outdated as soon as the CD-R became common. At the time that the DC was hot, it was already an outdated technology.

OT: hushy, that's the most normal avatar you've ever had yet.

**MiretanK** · September 15th, 2007

I found it amazing too. Too bad there's only that one, right? Homebrew would rock on that.

**hushypushy** · September 15th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samor

...however, the shortlived zipdrive (I had one for PC) was outdated as soon as the CD-R became common. At the time that the DC was hot, it was already an outdated technology.

OT: hushy, that's the most normal avatar you've ever had yet.

Yes, the Zip Drive is a piece of crap. I had a PARALLEL PORT one because the USB one was more expensive. When transferring files, CPU usage shot to 100% and you couldn't do anything else, it pretty much locked up the computer completely. And the transfer speed was soooooo slowww.......

And thanks about the avatar...I just wish it was a bit better copy. If I had a scanner I'd just scan the CD booklet...

**refraction** · September 15th, 2007

hushy: hows this one http://www.satio.co.kr/homepi/j_pop100/img/album99.jpg

(sorry for offtopic)

**hushypushy** · September 16th, 2007

It's too grainy and the color balance sucks...the actual cover is sharp and nice, and the background is bright white. Maybe if I found a high-res scan of the cover I could do a crop, hmm...

ready2rumbelX · September 16th, 2007

Hmm, 10,000 dollars? That's a bit excessive....smells a bit of a rip-off.

P.S: Cid, sorry about the bleemcast disc....

r2rX

Samor · September 22nd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by hushypushy

Yes, the Zip Drive is a piece of crap. I had a PARALLEL PORT one because the USB one was more expensive. When transferring files, CPU usage shot to 100% and you couldn't do anything else, it pretty much locked up the computer completely. And the transfer speed was soooooo slowww.......

I had a parellel port one (when USB wasn't common yet); blue one - slow indeed.
Liked it back then though (~1998), my favourite Roms on one zipdisk

Borisz · September 23rd, 2007

Did emulators even exist in 1998.

Samor · September 23rd, 2007

oh yes...for example: mame, fmsx, vgb, ines, zsnes, kgen, magic engine, sardu's inappropriately named emulators

many sites carried roms and no one cared, rather, they downloaded them

September 13th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
Norbi KO'ed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: TBA Posts: 934	Dreamcast prototype zip drive! Years after it have died (fanboys, not the face!) it still keeps surprising me. Just follow the links to see apparently the only zip drive out there for the dreamcast. only one as they say it was a pre-production prototype which was cancelled when sega decided to back out. eBay auction reveals prototype Dreamcast Zip Drive - Engadget Sega Dreamcast Zip Drive extension box rare - (eBay item 250163670619 end time Sep-19-07 21:32:17 PDT)

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Prafull Administrator, PCSX2 tester Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: India Posts: 683	Nice joke... 10,000$... [] ROFL __________________ E6750, Abit ip35E, XFX 8600GT 256 MB DDR3, Transcend 2GB DDR2 800 RAM

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Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,697	They almost make it sound as if they've discovered something new, while it never was a secret such an item existed. Still the first time I see it go on sale though. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66GHz GPU: ATi HD4870 / 512MB / Core: 775 / Mem: 1025 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 320GB Western Digital 16MB Caviar SE PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

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Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 5,355	amazing, and reminds of me of the famicom disk system for some reason ...however, the shortlived zipdrive (I had one for PC) was outdated as soon as the CD-R became common. At the time that the DC was hot, it was already an outdated technology. OT: hushy, that's the most normal avatar you've ever had yet. __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: samor YouTube Channel (updated 28-9-2008)

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	It's too grainy and the color balance sucks...the actual cover is sharp and nice, and the background is bright white. Maybe if I found a high-res scan of the cover I could do a crop, hmm... __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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ready2rumbelX InnarX Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Borderline InSAnE Posts: 2,684	Hmm, 10,000 dollars? That's a bit excessive....smells a bit of a rip-off. P.S: Cid, sorry about the bleemcast disc.... r2rX __________________ ready2rumbelX -Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (@3200Mhz) -Gigabyte 965P-S3 motherboard -2x2GB G.Skill PC-6400 (DDR2 800Mhz) RAM (4-4-4-12) -Seagate 320GB (IDE) and Western Digital 500GB (SATA II) H.D -Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR 5 (850/4600) -Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (x64) -Realtek HD w/ Creative PC Works 5.1 -2 x L.G DVD/CD-RW Combo - GSA-H62N

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Borisz Vanned Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: dot hu Posts: 1,220	Did emulators even exist in 1998.

September 23rd, 2007	#13 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 5,355	oh yes...for example: mame, fmsx, vgb, ines, zsnes, kgen, magic engine, sardu's inappropriately named emulators many sites carried roms and no one cared, rather, they downloaded them __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: samor YouTube Channel (updated 28-9-2008)

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