Here are a few ideas I believe are worthy and doable.

1) Network sniffer/analyzer.
2) Multi-system emulator.
	SVGAlib emulators could easily be ported, once we have a simple
	framebuffer device.
3) Low-profile text-only network terminal.
	Play MUDs from your couch!
4) SOHO gateway/firewall.
5) Network log server

--Drew Vogel

On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, SirEJ wrote:

>I just gotta throw this question out, just for kicks and giggles... but I
>haven't been watching this list for awhile now. I left Sega last April and
>returned last August, and only for a month now did my email get restored.
>But my question is this:
>
>What is the ultimate purpose for the Dreamcast NetBSD project? Is there an
>actual functional purpose to it, or is this just a hobby?
>
>Don't get me wrong, I enjoy reading this, and would eventually like to see
>it in action. But is there really any purpose to it? I'm sure it won't
>really replace my BSD box at home :)
>
>Eric Nelson
>eric.nelson@sega.com
>
>
>SirEJ
>Leader, UN Council
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jack Twilley <jmt@twilley.org>
>To: Christopher John Thomas <christopher.thomas@rogers.com>
>Cc: <port-dreamcast@netbsd.org>
>Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 7:18 PM
>Subject: Re: Working Dreamcast images.
>
>
>> If someone were to create functional images for the Dreamcast, I
>> expect the proper place for them would be at the canonical site:
>>
>> http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/dreamcast/
>>
>> That's what the NetBSD project is partially for, right?
>>
>> If that's true, then the hosting question is solved.
>>
>> There's still the problem that the folks who have created working
>> images might not have either the privileges or the bandwidth to easily
>> get them to that site, but I suspect that could be worked out pretty
>> well.
>>
>> In fact, it'd be easier for those who have put together a working
>> snapshot to document their practice, complete with example command
>> lines as appropriate.  That'd be easy enough to mail to the list,
>> where folks with more bandwidth than experience could generate working
>> images and get them to the site.
>>
>> Has anyone who has created a working snapshot documented the process
>> and posted it recently?
>>
>> Jack.
>> --
>> Jack Twilley
>> jmt at twilley dot org
>> http colon slash slash www dot twilley dot org slash tilde jmt slash
>>
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