Turning the SEGA Dreamcast into a Linux firewall/router

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http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2269911435.html

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by Christian Berger (Jun. 9, 2003)

Introduction

This highly detailed 101-page how-to article provides the necessary 
background and procedures to turn a SEGA Dreamcast gaming console into 
a Linux-based software router with firewalling and virtual private 
networking capabilities. The article explains how to create the 
necessary toolchain for compiling both programs and the Linux kernel, 
and shows how, starting from scratch, you can build a Linux operating 
system that runs entirely in memory.

Why bother?

Today, the total costs of ownership (TCO) of a personal computer are 
so low, that you might wonder: "Why bother to build a software router 
based on a gaming console?"

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