Which will take longer?
 

this post might repeat a few other questions, but i am just looking for a little clarity from the gurus.

There are two paths to backups
1. download bin/cue files and burn with cdrwin
(need a boot cd for these, right?)
or
download cgi files and burn with disc juggler

2. interface the dreamcast to the computer and use the dreamcast as a GD reader then edit files if necessary and burn.

I only have a 56k modem and downloading 800MB+
will take quite awhile. once i have backed-up using method 2 a couple times will it be easier/faster than downloading?

Thanks for any help

Varies, that's about all I can say at this point. I've heard a lot of things about DC-to-PC ripping, mostly surrounding the speed aspect, it always varies, and each time I hear a testimonial, the results they speak of get more outlandish every time.

The GSCC (Formerly Game Shark Code Creators Club), www.cmgsccc.com I think, swore up and down they get 80mbps transfer, so that is 10 megs per second, so they could rip an entire DC game to their PCs in under 2-3 minutes. I don't know if it's true or not, I really don't care since I have a cable modem and don't have to perform DC-to-PC rips.

The only thing I can suggest is maybe investing in one of those DC-to-PC cards, DCxfer I think is one of them I dunno. One of those cards would certainly speed a transfer up compared to the home-brewed DC-to-PC serial/parallel port cable.

~The Masked M0M0~