Subject: Re: Linux on PS1, how'd they do that?!?!
To: Rob Healey <rhealey@norstar.com>
From: Drew P. Vogel <dvogel@intercarve.net>
List: current-users
Date: 06/03/2001 11:20:48
Uhm. Go read the Unofficial PSX Developer's Guide.
--Drew Vogel
On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Rob Healey wrote:
>
> There's been recent hay made on an alpha Linux distribution,
> www.runix.ru, for the Playstation ONE?!?!
>
> Anyone know what chip the PS1 uses? I didn't think it would have
> the MMU, let alone the memory and I/O capability, to run anything
> *ix in nature. Is there a secret full function serial port on the
> PS1 like the Dreamcast has to uses as a console and/or I/O port?
>
> Thoughts? Comments? Brick bats?
>
> -Rob
>