Hardware: Gaming Console

[Cliff Radtke]

A short while ago, I read about a "GB32", which is a very exciting gaming
console which competes with the GameBoy. The Game Boy is something like
14MHz (some RISC-type CPU), the GB32 is something like a 150MHz ARM. It has
a bunch of ports on it, as well as a high resolution LCD. The hardware is
"open", and it's supposed to be cheap (supposedly it's sold 150,000 in Korea
so far, just wait until it hits the US...)
It's fast enough to emulate all other handheld consoles to date, and has a
USB port (keyboard, mouse?), as well as a port for as large of an SMC you
can buy. So I don't think there would be TOO much of a problem getting a
linux distro on it... it's all very exciting. However, I've never
cross-compiled (I intend to learn, though), so I'm just guessing it's
do-able. You guys tell me =)
I think it might also attract many people to zynot. Think of the
possibilities! They might even market the thing with a Zynot sticker on it
=)

http://www.gbax.com/gp32review.html


--Daijoubu

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[Stroller]

Post by Cliff Radtke
A short while ago, I read about a "GB32", which is a very exciting gaming
console which competes with the GameBoy. The Game Boy is something like
14MHz (some RISC-type CPU), the GB32 is something like a 150MHz ARM. It has
a bunch of ports on it, as well as a high resolution LCD.

Wow! What a cute little bit of kit! My first PC was a Cyrix x86 P-150 - it's
typical to think that I paid hundreds for that, and that a similar level of
technology is now available in such a small form-factor for £100.

Post by Cliff Radtke
It's fast enough to emulate all other handheld consoles to date, and has a
USB port (keyboard, mouse?), as well as a port for as large of an SMC you
can buy. So I don't think there would be TOO much of a problem getting a
linux distro on it... it's all very exciting.

It seems there may be attempts afoot to get Linux on one:
http://www.devrs.com/gp32/software.php#comp
http://www.xs4all.nl/~abvuijk/http://darkfader.net/gp32/

Post by Cliff Radtke
However, I've never
cross-compiled (I intend to learn, though), so I'm just guessing it's
do-able. You guys tell me =)

Certainly *sounds* interesting. I wonder how it boots, tho'..?

Stroller.