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		naraic0o on Dec 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Dreamcast Copy Protection Was Defeated The article claims that the hardware contained no "OS" and that all discs were self-contained full-linked OSes.

tangue on Dec 11, 2018 [–]

There was a rudimentary os when you boot without gd-rom. It allowed you to set settings, manage memory cards etc I suspect it was loaded just in case where there were no os on the gdrom inserted otherwise the system will boot on the gdrom os. Edit : video link https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5L9p_Bq_hFk

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