Sega worked with Microsoft a bit on the Dreamcast and tried to get Microsoft to offer backwards compatibility for the Dreamcast on the Xbox. It kind of makes you wonder if Microsoft copied Sega’s controller.
Old Sega consoles like that probably need their electrolytic capacitors replaced. I’d say like 80% of non-working Sega consoles I’ve had just needed the caps replaced.
They look similar but a VGA port has 15 pins and a serial port has only 9. Serial ports like this one were really common before USB was used. You would plug peripherals into it kind of the same way you use a USB port. Mice were probably the most common use, but you could plug a lot of different things into them.
Anyone notice the PS1 and Dreamcast are designed similarly in a way? (lemmus.org)
And they're not gonna hold me down no more (lemmy.world)
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How do you repair an old console without modding it?
Which option lads? (lemmy.world)
Milk Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Sega Saturn Model 1 in Shenmue (i.imgur.com)
Pictured above: A Japanese Model 1 Sega Saturn in Ryo’s room in Shenmue on the television, and a black North American Model 1 Sega Saturn I have.