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Date:      Sat, 5 Jun 2004 00:03:50 +0200
From:      Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
To:        Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on the GameCube? :)
Message-ID:  <20040604220350.GG24179@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20040604174937.GS2116@submonkey.net>
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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@metron.com> writes:
> > > > > But they do make 3" DVD blanks.
> > > >=20
> > > > GameCube!
> > >=20
> > > Not until you hack the cube's "DVD" drive firmware to accept normal D=
VD
> > > discs... Either that, or obtain a burner that can burn the totally
> > > nonstandard and possibly encrypted GCN format :(
> >=20
> > I haven't really looked that hard, but I believe the disk spins the
> > "wrong" way too.
>=20
> 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=3D1&r=3D1&c=3DGB&cr=3DGBP&cs=
=3D%A3&ProdID=3D297

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

--Stijn

--=20
The problem is that there are several people in design positions now who
couldn't design the Next Big Thing(TM) unless it involved them taking a
photocopier and someone else's design of The Next Big Thing(TM).
		-- 'Alkaiser' in a post on Slashdot on game originality

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