Comments on: GameCube Linux

By: commodore junkie

commodore junkie — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:01:37 +0000

TRY THIS: Create a port of old linux(if any of you know this was originally GEOS from berkley softworks), which is partially running on a C=64 with the 6510 processor, vicII video, and 64k memory, LOL

By: Gilbert J. Garcia

Gilbert J. Garcia — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 01:03:34 +0000

oh i realise now that i need an action replay disk and someother things. I was wondering if I could use this thing http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=52&products_id=2359 instead of having to use a sd card adapter. Does anyone know if it will work? it would be cheaper than having to buy an adapter and a sd card. any advice?

By: Gilbert J. Garcia

Gilbert J. Garcia — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:48:42 +0000

I need help getting this to work. I’m still a linux noob. but it the web site had “A ready-to-use sample bootable mfe-distro disc image (547MB) is available for you to test.” thing I burned a copy to a dvd-r I have a network adapter and a computer that can run either slax or Austrumi and a whole lot of cat 5 cable. Where do I go from here? please help me!

By: miscblogger

miscblogger — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:23:34 +0000

this is so cool! what’s next? the play station? i heard that it is extreamly difficult to do that (if not impossible)

By: AndrewNeo

AndrewNeo — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 03:29:09 +0000

I’ve used GCLinux for myself, bought all the stuff I needed for it. It’s pretty cool, though I had a hard time getting mplayer working, I could get sound, but however I did it I couldn’t get it to play the video (wouldn’t decode)
It was interesting, it’s like having a low-power server or something that you can SSH into. I loved playing a SNES emulator using the GC joysticks.

By: ed3

ed3 — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:26:19 +0000

Now if they could only get a PS2 to boot linux without modding…

I mean, it ran Linux natively (if you had the $200 for the no-longer-unavailable kit)…

GameShark Media Player (BroadQ media player) loads it’s application from the network. I’ve often wondered if that could be abused somehow.

By: bedouin

bedouin — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 06:11:57 +0000

All the Commodore monitors seemed to have disappeared from local thrift shops, and I couldn’t seem to find one using Craigslist. I bought one recently off eBay after my trusty 1702 died, but ended up throwing it in the trash after a few weeks and buying an ordinary TV. All of those Commodore monitors are reaching an age where it’s difficult to find one that doesn’t have a handful of issues.

I still would rather have the C= monitor, though.

By: chase

chase — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 05:39:46 +0000

Is there a mini dvd+-r format available for sale or do you have to modify the case to allow for a full size dvd?

By: markie

markie — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 03:41:47 +0000

>Cool Commodore monitor!

haha, I noticed the commodore 1081-monitor too :-) …and if I’m not mistaking, a similar(the same?) monitor also was on the first Xbox linux pics I saw (long time ago, but I can’t seem to find them anywhere online now). It still is a fine monitor for showing a composite videosignal (I got one right here and if it breaks I’m gonna fetch yet another Amiga500+1081 combo for $5 somewhere ;-))

By: Eliot Phillips

Eliot Phillips — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:43:12 +0000

That was a scheduling error. Try to act surprised when you see it tomorrow.

By: weirdguy0101

weirdguy0101 — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:34:58 +0000

what happened to the cooking post?

By: CYRIX

CYRIX — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:11:34 +0000

Every system has so sort of linux port how does everyone not know this already…

By: Hal Hockersmith

Hal Hockersmith — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:00:52 +0000

Woah! I wonder if you could do a MythFrontend on a GC. They have started a project for the Xbox so if this thing could yank it that would be a rather nice frontend. It wouldn’t cost much either.

I cant seem to find any info on the system requirements but if they can do mplayer why not MythTV.

Hey just a practical use of a game cube when you are bored out of your mind and droped the money for a network card.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:14:47 +0000

Cool Commodore monitor!

By: joe

joe — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 20:48:26 +0000

a 99 dollar computer, what beats that! no, the xbox 360 doesn’t beat that, youre wrong.