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Post by cdoty on Apr 6, 2005 23:22:48 GMT -5
I just picked up an original genesis, so that I could use the Power Base Adapter without removing the housing.
But, what is the purpose of the serial style (9 pin) connector on the back?
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Post by Tom Maneiro on Apr 7, 2005 9:43:42 GMT -5
on Japanase Mega Drive units, it allowed to plug a special modem for play games through a network (it was called Meganet, if i'm not wrong)
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Post by GiGaBiTe on Apr 7, 2005 21:26:31 GMT -5
most 1601 Megadrive units has the port. as devster mentioned, its like the controler ports in the front of the genesis. it can be used for the same purpose.
i remember reading something about meganet, and as the article described, it didnt sell very well and eventually bombed out.
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Post by Kaneda on Apr 8, 2005 6:23:28 GMT -5
There is also some games who output data on this port i think a hard debugger connected to it allows to trace error it's not more than a port 3  |
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Post by oompa loompa on Apr 8, 2005 11:14:29 GMT -5
before i use to use it as a ps2 port, since having an interrupt on there was nice =D
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