[PLUG] PSX

[Richard June]

A Braunsdorf wrote:

> In message <37D6E4E0.CC7C5AA1@imagestream-is.com>, Richard June writes:
> > Has anyone seen anything about Linux running on the Playstation? I heard
> > a rumor that X was running on it.
>
> Geez, why would anyone care?  This is more masturbational than
> running Linux on a Palm.
>
> The PSX hasn't enough memory to do much simultaneously- the flaw
> of most videogame systems made before memory got a lot cheaper-
> though it's got the computrons and graphics hardware to fake this
> if you really cared- and could live with a TV-res display.
>
> Sorry I haven't any solid info, but I'm serious about countering
> your query with another question: why do so many people seem to
> think running Linux on anything with a microprocessor is cool?

For the same reason many guys seem to thing that screwing anything w/ two
legs and a hole is cool.
I dunno, I would agree about the Palm however it does help prove the
portability argument, although it shouldn't be much of  a stretch(theory) the
PSX is MIPS based w/ I believe fairly generic hardware.