FreeBSD on the GameCube? :)

[Stijn Hoop]

On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 06:49:37PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 06:24:42PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 08:17:35AM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 12:30:18AM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> > > > Lou Katz <lou at metron.com> writes:
> > > > > But they do make 3" DVD blanks.
> > > > 
> > > > GameCube!
> > > 
> > > Not until you hack the cube's "DVD" drive firmware to accept normal DVD
> > > discs... Either that, or obtain a burner that can burn the totally
> > > nonstandard and possibly encrypted GCN format :(
> > 
> > I haven't really looked that hard, but I believe the disk spins the
> > "wrong" way too.
> 
> Darren Pilgrim pointed out that this isn't true; popping the top on mine
> confirms that.

Indeed. Various threads at the Dextrose forums (http://www.dextrose.com/)
confirm those findings.

But what a coincidence, it's finally getting easy to get code on the cube:

http://uk.codejunkies.com/shop/product.asp?l=1&r=1&c=GB&cr=GBP&cs=%A3&ProdID=297

Does FreeBSD run on the PowerPC 750 yet? :) :)

--Stijn

-- 
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		-- 'Alkaiser' in a post on Slashdot on game originality
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