Linux for Gamecube
- Thread starter gurgi
- Start date
Isn't that whole "lack of a hard drive" thing going to limit the usefulness of that project? 
Not that it isn't just neat by nature or anything...
Not that it isn't just neat by nature or anything...Well, they say this:
And while the last point has to do with your comment, the first two (along with anyone who would want to use it for personal and random uses, as modders do with Xboxen and can be done with the PS2 Linux kit) are rather why I mentioned what I did.
This is cool. With Gamecube's L2 and extremely low-latency main RAM, I guess it could deliver pretty good integer performance (unlike PS2 *ahem*). Also, if they use A-RAM as a buffer/RAM-drive, then the ethernet link needn't be as painful as it might have been otherwise. Too bad GC ethernet is just 10mbps AFAIK. Doesn't matter much when gaming, but when transferring binaries and such it will definitely feel a tad sluggish...
Oh really? Cool. I read on the net it was just 10mbps, which felt kinda weird since I would think it would be difficult to find ethernet chips that slow these days, but who knows, maybe it's some custom jobbie in there since it'a hardly a PCI slot that module plugs into...
Is it full duplex too? I got the ethernet module myself for my GC, but no router yet to plug it into.
Is it full duplex too? I got the ethernet module myself for my GC, but no router yet to plug it into.
Guden Oden said:
According to the status of the router it is 100 full for that connection
Oh btw cthellis I agree it's a bit weird without the storage - but hey nevermind eh? Just make sure you don't turn it off and have to use the *tricks* again... after there ain't gonna be an actual linu disc for it
Guden do you have double dash? If so fancy warppipe sometime?
Hey wait, we're discounting MEMORY CARDS!jimbob0i0 said:
cthellis42 said:Hey wait, we're discounting MEMORY CARDS!jimbob0i0 said:
LOL indeed.... and there is a development effort going on to read/write memory cards over the ethernet connection..... could be onto a winner here
Let's patent *altering of remote storage medium over link layer connection method* and then pull a SCO and own all network transports and get licencing from everyone on a network!
Whatever happened to teh CD card memory adaptor anyway? That was shown at the original showings of teh consol when it was still called Dolphin... that'd have enough space...
Biggest problem with anything like "Linux on a CD" is, how do you get Linux onto a GOD?
I doubt very much that a GC reads 8cm CDR/DVDR discs...
I doubt very much that a GC reads 8cm CDR/DVDR discs...
jimbob0i0 said:Guden Oden said:
According to the status of the router it is 100 full for that connection
Phantasy Star Online sets the BBA (Broadband Adapter) to 10mbit, but at boot up of the cube itself, it initialises to 100mbit. Unfortunately, the EXI bus the BBA is connected to only supports up to 27mbit.
It's not a showstopper, but it certainly limits the functionality or appeal to the tech crowd who'd want to put it to their own purposes. That there is no burning of Nintendo's ROM format takes it down yet another notch.ChryZ said:
maven said:
Interesting! Thanks for the info... Guess that's where the 10Mbit figure comes from then, PSO. Btw, are there any other online-capable games for GC out yet?
27 is a pretty odd figure, one might wonder why they picked 27... Any other specs on that EXI bus, btw?
Gotta work on closing off them quote tags properly.
Hey, I did... I have no idea what happened there. It definitely did not look like that when I hit the submit button.
Ok, now you can choose to disbelieve me of course, but that's the way it is anyway.
Ok, now you can choose to disbelieve me of course, but that's the way it is anyway.
jimbob0i0 said:Guden Oden said:
According to the status of the router it is 100 full for that connection
Oh btw cthellis I agree it's a bit weird without the storage - but hey nevermind eh? Just make sure you don't turn it off and have to use the *tricks* again... after there ain't gonna be an actual linu disc for it
Guden do you have double dash? If so fancy warppipe sometime?
I have double dash and warppipe, and I'm up for at least one game. It got a bit old for me though, right now I'm hooked on kirby air ride warppipe.(since you can find hundreds of people for mario kart, but barely anyone for kirby, so I'm not worn out on it yet)
