Re: pet project idea
Well, I don't own a Playstation - or any other video game system. I think they
will soon be replaced by computers. However, since there are already many
people with these game systems and others (N64, for example), it might be
interesting to develop a compiler for them so anyone can write games and stuff
for them. I'm not sure whether these systems can actually have an operating
system - perhaps a ROM with some built-in functions, but I think an operating
system in the usual sense would not be useful for a video game system.
I have no idea how to go about this, though I would be glad to try writing some
code once someone gets more information. I've always wanted to take one of
these things apart, but it seems like a real waste of however much money I'd
have to spend to buy one.
EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU wrote:
> (Been a busy day on the uploads)
>
> This week I am setting up my own website so that I can pursue some of the
> business propositions I get flung my way. Also on this site I want to set
> up an area to promote EU to the rest of all the uninitiated out there. But
> I would most of all like to set up a project area and chat for those of you
> who would like to collaborate on my pet project... which is to use these
> tools that we have in EU to create an environment for a very low-level OS
> for the Playstation due out later this year. I know that this sounds crazy
> to some of you but Sony says it expects to sell about 30 million of these
> superboxes a year. So an operating system on the machine is not a bad
> idea.
>
> I understand that both David Cuny and Pete Eberlain are familiar with
> compilers, especially LCC, which is what we have targeted as our best
> chance to many get EU shoe-horned into that Box-From-Japan. What does it
> take to have this compiler (if it is the best choice to do this with...)
> port to the MIPS IV series of RISC chips, such as the r3000, etc.? I know
> that the compiler is used to do this along with the 8xx86 series from
> Intel, so what more would it take?
>
> The group I work with is very interested in funding a project to do this if
> I can get it off the ground, because they can see this as a 30 million unit
> a year market for applications that do not work well on the PC.
>
> Any takers? This is serious.
>
> Regards from the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia
> Norm
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Jeffrey Fielding
JJProg at cyberbury.net
http://members.tripod.com/~JJProg/
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