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- Would you pay $50 USD + $8 (US) shipping for this adapter?
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Commentary: The serial connector is the main bottleneck on lowering the price.
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- What is your favorite USB connector:
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- USB Type-B (full-size)
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- USB Mini-B
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- USB Micro-B
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- USB Type-C
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Commentary: I think USB Mini-B has a good balance between connector strength
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and size. USB Type-C might be more popular though.
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- Would you pay $10 for a high-quality plastic case for this serial adapter?
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Commentary: I think the exposed PCB has a nice aesthetic. I am also concerned
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about the clearance between the Dreamcast serial port and the Dreamcast AV
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port. It is deliberate that this serial adapter PCB is nearly as narrow as
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possible.
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- The maximum configurable Dreamcast SCIF speed is 1.5Mbit/s. However, it may be
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possible to achieve faster speeds by overclocking the SCIF via the SCIF
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external clock input. If a 1.5Mbit/s adapter is priced at $50 USD, would you
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pay $100 for an adapter with that can transmit and receive at an overclocked
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2.0Mbit/s?
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Commentary: I think this is a funny idea, but I doubt people want to pay for
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it. It is almost certainly a better idea to make a G2 bus (modem connector)
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peripheral for this instead.
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- Do you think there should be a similarly-priced serial adapter product for
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Sega Saturn?
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Commentary: Sega Saturn is slightly more interesting because there are three
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completely separate serial interfaces on the same connector. This is a perfect
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use-case for the FT4232H quad-channel UART chip.
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