Anonymous
Feb 25, 2001, 07:44 PM
I live in the UK, and the thing about living in the UK is that local call charges (such as those made to PSO servers) actually cost money, a fact of life which you lucky, lucky Yanks won't ever have to encounter http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/icon_smile.gif
The other thing about living in the UK is that it's impossible to customize the ISP which your Dreamcast dials upon internet connection, at least not by using the UK internet connection disc or any UK online game.
If such a thing were possible, however, it'd be great, because I (any many others) could redirect the DC to the ISP my computer uses. This would be far preferable because that particular ISP is based on a monthly cost-- I pay ?15 a month for unlimited net access, which would be very nice indeed if I could use it in PSO.
However, it's theoretically possible to do just that. You can see the full shebang by reading the messages on this forum:
http://forums.gameplay.com/showthread.php?threadid=223419
By using a boot disc us PAL players can use a US internet disc to readjust our ISP to a more favourable one, ie the one detailed above. Apparently once this is set and ready, PSO then automatically uses the specified ISP to dial into it, resulting in much happiness for all involved, especially me.
But I'm still dubious. Would anyone know exactly how simple it is to readjust the ISP setting? Is it simply a matter of typing it in? Would this plan even work at all?
Replies would be welcome. Thanks.
-Popcorn
The other thing about living in the UK is that it's impossible to customize the ISP which your Dreamcast dials upon internet connection, at least not by using the UK internet connection disc or any UK online game.
If such a thing were possible, however, it'd be great, because I (any many others) could redirect the DC to the ISP my computer uses. This would be far preferable because that particular ISP is based on a monthly cost-- I pay ?15 a month for unlimited net access, which would be very nice indeed if I could use it in PSO.
However, it's theoretically possible to do just that. You can see the full shebang by reading the messages on this forum:
http://forums.gameplay.com/showthread.php?threadid=223419
By using a boot disc us PAL players can use a US internet disc to readjust our ISP to a more favourable one, ie the one detailed above. Apparently once this is set and ready, PSO then automatically uses the specified ISP to dial into it, resulting in much happiness for all involved, especially me.
But I'm still dubious. Would anyone know exactly how simple it is to readjust the ISP setting? Is it simply a matter of typing it in? Would this plan even work at all?
Replies would be welcome. Thanks.
-Popcorn