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Cleanup broken links on Dreamcast FAQ page



The state of the Dreamcast's FAQ page is very depressing. Nearly every
external link is broken. I have attached an inline patch below that
updates the FAQ page.

Whenever I came across a link that was dead, and that link contained
useful information, I replaced it with a link to the Internet Archive's
Wayback machine.

I also removed a few sections that had completely dead links with
no hopes of ever being revived, especially if better information or
links were elsewhere in the document. (Disc juggler?)

Feedback and suggestions for how I can improve patches to htdocs are
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Travis Paul

PR: http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=50461
Also available: https://gist.github.com/TravisPaul/d403b8a1ba9d40327634


Index: htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -u -r1.30 faq.html
--- htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html	8 Oct 2015 06:53:01 -0000	1.30
+++ htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.html	22 Nov 2015 16:40:23 -0000
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 </dt>
<dt>2.7. <a href="#endian">Is the Hitachi SuperH SH-4 little or big endian?</a>
 </dt>
-<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-buy">Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a> +<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-obtain">Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a>
 </dt>
<dt>2.9. <a href="#attach-hdd">Can I attach a hard drive to the Dreamcast itself?</a>
 </dt>
@@ -176,13 +176,9 @@
 <dt>3.  <a href="#bootable-cd">Bootable CDs</a>
 </dt>
 <dd><dl>
-<dt>3.1. <a href="#where-images">Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</a> +<dt>3.1. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a>
 </dt>
-<dt>3.2. <a href="#where-dj">Where can I find DiscJuggler?</a>
-</dt>
-<dt>3.3. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a>
-</dt>
-<dt>3.4. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a> +<dt>3.2. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a>
 </dt>
 </dl></dd>
<dt>4. <a href="#dreamcast-configuration">Dreamcast-Side Configuration</a>
@@ -282,7 +278,7 @@
 </dt>
<dt>2.7. <a href="#endian">Is the Hitachi SuperH SH-4 little or big endian?</a>
 </dt>
-<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-buy">Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a> +<dt>2.8. <a href="#serial-obtain">Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</a>
 </dt>
<dt>2.9. <a href="#attach-hdd">Can I attach a hard drive to the Dreamcast itself?</a>
 </dt>
@@ -344,15 +340,11 @@
 <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
 <td align="left" valign="top">
 <p>
-  That depends on how urgently you want one. If you're willing to wait,
- CSI, the company that manufactures them, is taking pre-orders at <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ncsx.org/2002/ncs082602/ncs0826.htm"; target="_top">this site</a>;
-  if they get 1,000 pre-orders, they'll make another batch and ship them.
-  At $49 versus the $100+ they can cost elsewhere, it's a great deal; the
-  only problem is that you will have to wait, and might not get one at all.
+ Currently, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ebay.com/"; target="_top">eBay</a> is your best bet.
+  The Broadband adapter's model number is HIT-0400 and the packaging
+  and documenation is HIT-0401. The adapters are not region coded.
   </p>
 <p>
- For the more impatient, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ebay.com/"; target="_top">eBay</a>
-  is your best bet.
   You could also investigate the availability of the Dreamcast R7 console
   which is reported to have come with a Broadband Adapter pre-installed.
   Broadband Adapters are generally very difficult to find now that Sega
@@ -408,22 +400,20 @@
   </p></td>
 </tr>

-
   <tr class="question">
 <td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="serial-buy"></a><a name="serial-buy-q"></a><p><b>2.8.</b></p>
+<a name="serial-obtain"></a><a name="serial-obtain-q"></a><p><b>2.8.</b></p>
 </td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</p></td> +<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</p></td>
 </tr>
   <tr class="answer">
 <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
 <td align="left" valign="top"><p>
- A listing of possible vendors can be found at the <a class="ulink" href="http://dev.dcemulation.com/started-step2.htm#main"; target="_top">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</a>
-  site.
+ Most vendors no longer sell the Dreamcast serial cable but you can create your own using + <a class="ulink" href="http://mc.pp.se/dc/serifc.html"; target="_top"> Marcus Comstedt's tutorial</a>.
   </p></td>
 </tr>

-
   <tr class="question">
 <td align="left" valign="top">
 <a name="attach-hdd"></a><a name="attach-hdd-q"></a><p><b>2.9.</b></p>
@@ -433,8 +423,10 @@
   <tr class="answer">
 <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
 <td align="left" valign="top"><p>
- Yes, check out <a class="ulink" href="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html"; target="_top">DC IDE-HD Interface</a> - and <a class="ulink" href="http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html"; target="_top">DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</a> + Yes, check out <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060823132222/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html"; target="_top">
+  DC IDE-HD Interface</a>
+ and <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070426084452/http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html"; target="_top">
+  DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</a>
pages. Note that this requires soldering and other such things that could <span class="bold"><strong>completely fry</strong></span> your Dreamcast, so proceed
   with caution.
@@ -443,50 +435,14 @@
<tr class="qandadiv"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><h3 class="title">
 <a name="bootable-cd"></a>3. Bootable CDs</h3></td></tr>
 <tr class="toc"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><dl>
-<dt>3.1. <a href="#where-images">Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</a> +<dt>3.1. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a>
 </dt>
-<dt>3.2. <a href="#where-dj">Where can I find DiscJuggler?</a>
-</dt>
-<dt>3.3. <a href="#how-bootable-image">That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</a>
-</dt>
-<dt>3.4. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a> +<dt>3.2. <a href="#quit-burning">What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</a>
 </dt>
 </dl></td></tr>
   <tr class="question">
 <td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="where-images"></a><a name="where-images-q"></a><p><b>3.1.</b></p>
-</td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</p></td>
-</tr>
-  <tr class="answer">
-<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>
-  For a read-only filesystem, use this (very old) DiscJuggler
- <a class="ulink" href="http://www.kirknet.net"; target="_top">image</a>. For a read/write - filesystem, use Josh Tolbert's <a class="ulink" href="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz"; target="_top">kernel</a> - (<a class="ulink" href="http://www.schnarff.com/netbsd/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz"; target="_top">mirror</a>).
-  This will involve netbooting your system, and will give you a read/write
-  filesystem.
-  </p></td>
-</tr>
-
-  <tr class="question">
-<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="where-dj"></a><a name="where-dj-q"></a><p><b>3.2.</b></p>
-</td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I find DiscJuggler?</p></td>
-</tr>
-  <tr class="answer">
-<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
-<td align="left" valign="top"><p>
-  DiscJuggler is freely available (albeit in a crippled form, but still
- functional enough to burn the aforementioned images) from <a class="ulink" href="http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php"; target="_top">http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php</a>.
-  </p></td>
-</tr>
-
-  <tr class="question">
-<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="how-bootable-image"></a><a name="how-bootable-image-q"></a><p><b>3.3.</b></p> +<a name="how-bootable-image"></a><a name="how-bootable-image-q"></a><p><b>3.1.</b></p>
 </td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</p></td>
 </tr>
@@ -499,7 +455,7 @@

   <tr class="question">
 <td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="quit-burning"></a><a name="quit-burning-q"></a><p><b>3.4.</b></p>
+<a name="quit-burning"></a><a name="quit-burning-q"></a><p><b>3.2.</b></p>
 </td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</p></td>
 </tr>
@@ -507,8 +463,8 @@
 <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
 <td align="left" valign="top">
 <p>
-
- You'll want to follow the setup at <a class="ulink" href="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"; target="_top">Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>. + You'll want to follow the setup at <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"; target="_top">
+  Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>.
   </p>
 <p>
You can also try <a href="http://man.NetBSD.org/7.0/usr/share/man/html4//kloader.html";>kloader(4)</a>, which is in-kernel bootloader enabled
@@ -568,10 +524,7 @@
   <tr class="answer">
 <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
 <td align="left" valign="top"><p>
-
- Try <a class="ulink" href="http://newbrowser.sega.com/"; target="_top">http://newbrowser.sega.com/</a>.
-  The chances of coercing this system into delivering anywhere outside the
-  USA appear slim.
+ Currently, <a class="ulink" href="http://www.ebay.com/"; target="_top">eBay</a> is your best bet.
   </p></td>
 </tr>
<tr class="qandadiv"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><h3 class="title">
@@ -729,7 +682,8 @@
   that allows the transport of files through the Dreamcast console's
   Broadband Adapter, which will then be executed by the console. It can
be found at <a class="ulink" href="http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html"; target="_top">http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html</a>. - Instructions on getting it to run can be found at <a class="ulink" href="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"; target="_top">Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>. + Instructions on getting it to run can be found at <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html"; target="_top">
+  Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</a>.
   </p></td>
 </tr>

@@ -755,18 +709,14 @@
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.boob.co.uk/"; target="_top">Boob! Dreamcast Research</a>
     </li>
 <li class="listitem">
- <a class="ulink" href="http://dev.dcemulation.com/"; target="_top">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</a>
-    </li>
-<li class="listitem">
- <a class="ulink" href="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html"; target="_top">bITmASTER's dCdeV</a> + <a class="ulink" href="http://dcemu.seanbajuice.com/"; target="_top">Dreamcast Emulation Developer</a>
     </li>
 <li class="listitem">
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/dreamcast/"; target="_top">Josh Tolbert's instructions</a>
     </li>
 <li class="listitem">
-
- <a class="ulink" href="http://dcbakuplinks.de.vu/"; target="_top">DCBakuplinks</a> -
-      information about Dreamcast hardware, emulators, software and more
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070127184026/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html"; target="_top">
+      bITmASTER's dCdeV (archive)</a>
     </li>
 </ul></div>
 <p>
Index: htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 faq.xml
--- htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml	18 Sep 2009 00:25:17 -0000	1.3
+++ htdocs/ports/dreamcast/faq.xml	22 Nov 2015 16:40:23 -0000
@@ -85,16 +85,11 @@
<question id="where-is-bba-q"><para>Where can I get a Broadband Adapter?</para>
   </question>
   <answer><para>
-  That depends on how urgently you want one. If you're willing to wait,
-  CSI, the company that manufactures them, is taking pre-orders at <ulink
-  url="http://www.ncsx.org/2002/ncs082602/ncs0826.htm";>this site</ulink>;
-  if they get 1,000 pre-orders, they'll make another batch and ship them.
-  At $49 versus the $100+ they can cost elsewhere, it's a great deal; the
-  only problem is that you will have to wait, and might not get one at all.
+ Currently, <ulink url="http://www.ebay.com/";>eBay</ulink> is your best bet.
+  The Broadband adapter's model number is HIT-0400 and the packaging
+  and documenation is HIT-0401. The adapters are not region coded.
   </para>
   <para>
-  For the more impatient, <ulink url="http://www.ebay.com/";>eBay</ulink>
-  is your best bet.
   You could also investigate the availability of the Dreamcast R7 console
   which is reported to have come with a Broadband Adapter pre-installed.
   Broadband Adapters are generally very difficult to find now that Sega
@@ -138,27 +133,24 @@
   </answer>
 </qandaentry>

-<qandaentry id="serial-buy">
-<!-- XXX this entry needs to be updated -->
- <question id="serial-buy-q"><para>Where can I buy a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</para>
+<qandaentry id="serial-obtain">
+ <question id="serial-obtain-q"><para>Where can I obtain a serial cable for the Dreamcast?</para>
   </question>
   <answer><para>
-  A listing of possible vendors can be found at the <ulink
- url="http://dev.dcemulation.com/started-step2.htm#main";>Dreamcast Emulation Developer</ulink>
-  site.
+ Most vendors no longer sell the Dreamcast serial cable but you can create your own using + <ulink url="http://mc.pp.se/dc/serifc.html";> Marcus Comstedt's tutorial</ulink>.
   </para>
   </answer>
 </qandaentry>

 <qandaentry id="attach-hdd">
-<!-- XXX dead links -->
<question id="attach-hdd-q"><para>Can I attach a hard drive to the Dreamcast itself?</para>
   </question>
   <answer><para>
-  Yes, check out <ulink
-url="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html";>DC IDE-HD Interface</ulink>
-  and <ulink
-url="http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html";>DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</ulink> + Yes, check out <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060823132222/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html";>
+  DC IDE-HD Interface</ulink>
+ and <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20070426084452/http://hw001.gate01.com/ikehara/dc/index.html";>
+  DREAMCAST DEVELOPMENT</ulink>
pages. Note that this requires soldering and other such things that could <emphasis role="bold">completely fry</emphasis> your Dreamcast, so proceed
   with caution.
@@ -171,33 +163,6 @@
 <qandadiv id="bootable-cd">
 <title>Bootable CDs</title>

-<qandaentry id="where-images">
- <question id="where-images-q"><para>Where can I find a bootable NetBSD/dreamcast CD image?</para>
-  </question>
-  <answer><para>
-  For a read-only filesystem, use this (very old) DiscJuggler
-  <ulink url="http://www.kirknet.net";>image</ulink>. For a read/write
-  filesystem, use Josh Tolbert's <ulink
-url="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz";>kernel</ulink>
-  (<ulink
-url="http://www.schnarff.com/netbsd/dreamcast-kernel.tar.gz";>mirror</ulink>).
-  This will involve netbooting your system, and will give you a read/write
-  filesystem.
-  </para>
-  </answer>
-</qandaentry>
-
-<qandaentry id="where-dj">
-  <question id="where-dj-q"><para>Where can I find DiscJuggler?</para>
-  </question>
-  <answer><para>
-  DiscJuggler is freely available (albeit in a crippled form, but still
-  functional enough to burn the aforementioned images) from <ulink
-url="http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php";>http://www.padus.com/downloads/demo.php</ulink>.
-  </para>
-  </answer>
-</qandaentry>
-
 <qandaentry id="how-bootable-image">
<question id="how-bootable-image-q"><para>That's great...now how do I make the actual CD?</para>
   </question>
@@ -211,9 +176,8 @@
<question id="quit-burning-q"><para>What if I don't want to burn a CD for each new kernel?</para>
   </question>
   <answer><para>
-<!-- XXX dead link -->
-  You'll want to follow the setup at <ulink
-url="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html";>Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>. + You'll want to follow the setup at <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html";>
+  Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>.
   </para>
   <para>
   You can also try &man.kloader.4;, which is in-kernel bootloader enabled
@@ -256,11 +220,7 @@
<question id="where-browser-q"><para>Can I get a GD-ROM of the Dreamcast Browser to set the IP address?</para>
   </question>
   <answer><para>
-<!-- XXX dead link -->
-  Try <ulink
-  url="http://newbrowser.sega.com/";>http://newbrowser.sega.com/</ulink>.
-  The chances of coercing this system into delivering anywhere outside the
-  USA appear slim.
+ Currently, <ulink url="http://www.ebay.com/";>eBay</ulink> is your best bet.
   </para>
   </answer>
 </qandaentry>
@@ -378,7 +338,8 @@
   be found at <ulink

url="http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html";>http://mc.pp.se/dc/ipslave.html</ulink>.
   Instructions on getting it to run can be found at <ulink
- url="http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html";>Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>. + url="https://web.archive.org/web/20060425085828/http://members.wri.com/josht/dreamcast/ipslave.html";>
+  Josh Tolbert's Kernel Autoloader Guide</ulink>.
   </para>
   </answer>
 </qandaentry>
@@ -399,18 +360,14 @@
       <ulink url="http://www.boob.co.uk/";>Boob! Dreamcast Research</ulink>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
- <ulink url="http://dev.dcemulation.com/";>Dreamcast Emulation Developer</ulink>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
- <ulink url="http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html";>bITmASTER's dCdeV</ulink> + <ulink url="http://dcemu.seanbajuice.com/";>Dreamcast Emulation Developer</ulink>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
<ulink url="http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/dreamcast/";>Josh Tolbert's instructions</ulink>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-<!-- XXX dead link -->
-      <ulink url="http://dcbakuplinks.de.vu/";>DCBakuplinks</ulink> -
-      information about Dreamcast hardware, emulators, software and more
+ <ulink url="https://web.archive.org/web/20070127184026/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-index.html";>
+      bITmASTER's dCdeV (archive)</ulink>
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>


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