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PC Keyboard Connected to PSP 165
An anonymous reader writes "A hardware engineer has managed to successfully connect a full-sized PC keyboard to the Sony PSP handheld. It looks as if the hardware modification was done with several different xlink cable connectors modified to interlink with each other. Obviously, the software side of things is not complete, but this is still a very interesting modification." The real question is what killer apps will come out of all this PSP hacking. There has to be more than just MAME emulation.
Mice (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mice (Score:2)
Re:Mice (Score:1)
Check out my masterpiece... (Score:5, Insightful)
We apologize for the somewhat poor quality pictures... the creator of this masterpiece says that soon he will let us know exactly how he created this hardware modification, of course the software side of things is not fully functional."
So, basically what you're saying is that I can take anything with cables, connect it to a PSP adaptor with electrical tape, take low resolution pictures which show absolutely nothing definitive, declare that I've done a hack, and you will then declare it a masterpiece while posting it on the front page of your news section, thus somehow fooling someone (not to mention CmdrTaco) into thinking that this is material worthy of the
Tempting...
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I'm not a troll; I'm just a skeptic.
Re:Check out my masterpiece... (Score:1)
Re:Check out my masterpiece... (Score:1)
Re:Check out my masterpiece... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Check out my masterpiece... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Check out my masterpiece... (Score:1)
This article makes my head hurt (Score:5, Insightful)
So, this guy has plugged a USB keyboard, into a device with a USB interface. It still has no software support, but err, it fit's physically. Whoohoo!
This sort of thing really bites when you read all the great stories that never get accepted (though people posting them in comments, and though having interesting articles rejected in the past, only to see them get posted coming from someone else several days later, but with a brain dead write-up).
So, anyone got anything that might actually be interesting to share?
I saw this today, which I think is pretty cool:
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/june2004hasting
Re: (Score:2)
Re:This article makes my head hurt (Score:4, Funny)
To be fair, it's a fuck of of a lot better than a story about someone plugging in a USB keyboard.
Re:This article makes my head hurt (Score:2, Interesting)
I've noticed a strain of anti-intellectualism on slashdot, and your post is a great example of it. Hard science and math nerds are treated like second class citizens by mere computer programmers. It is completely absurd. We're all nerds here. But note well -- this site is for news for nerds, not news for you.
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Re:This article makes my head hurt (Score:4, Interesting)
Apparently though, he hasn't done that part. Just the cable-hacky stuff. Woo-hoo.
Re:Check out my masterpiece... (Score:2)
Aside from the fact that I seriously doubt so many cables would be needed and the fact that you can get an adapter to convert a standard USB keyboard to the proper mini-USB port that's on the PSP, he's not showing off anything more than that asshole who claimed to have gotten classic gameboy games working on his DS.
Just showing a picture of the maxconsole.net homepage on the PSP's screen means nothing. there are webbrowser hacks (wipeout pure) and it could also be a s
Hacking the PSP a Game in Itself? (Score:5, Interesting)
If Sony hadn't invested so much time and effort in DRM etc., the PSP would be a much easier hack. But because they installed all these roadblocks, the hobbyist community has had to work hard for each success.
In a way, it's like a well-balanced game. It's challenging to make progress, but when you do, it's satisfying because of the work you put into getting tangible results. A game that hands you all the solutions is not much fun, but a game that offers well-balanced challenges can be a good time for a long while. Seems that Sony unintentionally created a pretty sweet "game" with the restrictions built into the PSP itself. Even if you're not in on the actual hacking, it has been fun to watch the hackers steadily proceed to the next level, and the next.
portability? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:portability? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:portability? (Score:1)
A keyboard hack isn't really for people using the PSP, it's for people who want to develop for it. For example, how effective do you think it is to work on getting Linux to run on something when you don't have a keyboard for it?
Re:portability? (Score:2)
what? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:what? (Score:1)
WTF? (Score:1)
Re:WTF? (Score:1)
Re:WTF? (Score:2)
it seems i spend more time playing homebrews on it than i do on playing 'real' games.
Re:WTF? (Score:1)
keyboard layout (Score:1, Insightful)
Whut It's Fo' (Score:1)
Great! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Great! (Score:1)
Re:Great! (Score:1)
Re:Great! (Score:2)
It wouldn't work that well with a PSP, I suppose, because the machine is designed for gaming, but what if, say, your Zaurus could do that? Or some other system
PSP Slashdot Mod (Score:4, Funny)
What? You can already do that? With any browser? Sheesh..
Editors non-sequitor comments (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Editors non-sequitor comments (Score:2)
not necessarily [techimo.com]
and I can already connect a full size keyboard to my PDA
And? I have a lcd on my wristwatch but that doesn't mean I don't need one on my PDA.
but there will be no "killer app" as a result of this.
With the wireless connectivity, the big screen and the power of the PSP there are lots of cool things you can do with it. IRC and surving suddenly become convenient, lots of games would profit too (especially those not design
In other news... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:In other news... (Score:1)
Re:In other news... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In other news... (Score:2)
Re:In other news... (Score:2)
But while we're here, if wifi for the PSP hasn't been cracked, what the hell does the PSP Weather [dcemu.co.uk] app use to download its data? How does the FTP server [dcemu.co.uk] for PSP work? (I'll give you a clue - it's not by IR).
And I can't believe you're carping about the ability of the emulator to run games and don't even mention the fact that it has an entirely different UI to the PSP. Or perhaps you've got a cunning pla
That bounty is for the Nintendo DS (Score:2)
-everphilski-
Re:In other news... (Score:2)
Re:In other news... (Score:1)
Re:In other news... (Score:1)
And... (Score:2)
It's hard to avoid the feeling that the DS is gimmicky, considering that many of the features only have that "hey, that's kinda cool!" novelty quality to it. The PSP might not be innovative as far as new concepts go, but it certainly has rock solid convential gameplay (pressing buttons) quality.
Re:In other news... (Score:2)
Re:In other news... (Score:1)
Re:In other news... (Score:2)
No as portable (Score:1, Insightful)
The real fun of PSP... (Score:4, Funny)
It seems people are having more fun hacking the poor thing than actually playing games on it.
Only a matter of time before I can Linux on it.
Re:The real fun of PSP... (Score:1)
Fantastic, but.. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Fantastic, but.. (Score:1)
One of the things it seems most people don't know or think about is that gaming companies make all their money selling games. Although in the case of the PSP, Sony sells games and PSP movies. If I recall, they were selling the PSP for $250 at loss. Every time Sony sells a PSP they're losing money. Every time someone buys a PSP to hack it into a portable mp3 player or running SNE
Re:Fantastic, but.. (Score:2)
The money is already gone, see? And anyways, The more kits they sell at the retail level, the more kits are bought by the retailers, reducing the net cost. And eventually, it will beat out the marginal cost of producing more PSPs, t
Re:Fantastic, but.. (Score:1)
Step Two: ???
Step 3: PROFITS!!!
By the way, nothing you said actually refuted my points. If people aren't buying games/PSP movies, Sony is losing money on the PSP. Oh, and the purchase of just one game is not a big chunk of money to Sony, nor does it make a huge impact on their losses. Keep in mind that games are sold to retailers for less than the retailers price them, much as you pointed out the PSP was.
Re:Fantastic, but.. (Score:3, Insightful)
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that no, it's not easy to lo
Cue the jokes... (Score:1)
Feel free to mention what the melting plastic smells like.
*Just* MAME emulation?! (Score:1)
Desperation (Score:1)
APRIL FOOLS??? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:APRIL FOOLS??? (Score:1)
If this is the stupidest thing you have ever seen on slashdot then you must not have been here very long.
Hello Kitty USB vibrator (Score:1, Funny)
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Re:Hello Kitty USB vibrator (Score:2)
Those are not USB-powered, by the way.
Re:APRIL FOOLS??? (Score:1)
Re:APRIL FOOLS??? (Score:2)
good luck!
Re:APRIL FOOLS??? (Score:2)
No need to patent it, it's already been done.
It's even been reviewed [gamegirladvance.com] by I member of our fairer sex.
Too bad we're all too prudish in America to advetise this sort of thing.
mirror (Score:1)
ScummVM (Score:2)
that's rich--but not smooth (Score:2, Funny)
The DS (Score:1, Informative)
The reason the PSP is getting quick ports of things like emulators is because they can unthrottle the cpu from 222mhz to 300mhz, and run everythign in the cpu, and not worry about optimization. In reality, little is actually known about psp homebrew. Doom, Doom II, Quake etc have been ported, but hell, Quake needs a 100mhz cpu, with an OS running (albeit MSDOS 5.0) theres already the pocketquake project, which makes it a breeze. It's
so you have a (Score:2)
USB Keyboard?? (Score:1)
Now whether it uses it properly is entirely another matter.
Am I missing something here?
Technical reson this is probably not real (Score:4, Informative)
This configuration as shown relies on the PSP's USB port being able to supply 5V to the keyboard, which is highly unlikely according to people who know a lot more about it than I do. If the guy wanted to make a better 'fake, he should have run some dummy wires over to the screw terminals or mentioned something about supplying power to the keyboard or talked about USB master vs slave.. The absense of him addressing any of these problems makes the thing smell very much like a crappy hoax.
The only reason people do this stupid stuff is because idiotic editors REPORT IT.
Re:Technical reson this is probably not real (Score:2)
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/e3-sony-psp-keyboa rd-016141.php [gizmodo.com]
The top one was the first thing I thought of when I read the story... "Why would someone bother with this when a more appropriate-sized keyboard has already been announced?"
USB on the Go (Score:2)
Re:USB on the Go (Score:2)
Are you that desperate to justify this for some reason?
Yes, that little USB port on the PSP can be used to connect peripherals, but no you can't just plug anything USB into it and expect it to work.
Re:USB on the Go (Score:2)
Re:Technical reson this is probably not real (Score:2)
Heh.
PSPKick - drum machine (Score:1)
Hey, there's much more than emulators, check out: PSPKick [pspkick.com] It's a drum machine for the PSP!
Or... (Score:2)
Linky [gameseek.co.uk]
/.ed (Score:1)
Amazing! (Score:4, Funny)
USB == 4 wires (Score:2)
*snooze* (Score:2)
(All I want is a tiny, cheap keyboard for a wearable computer. Is that too much to ask for?)
pocket watches (Score:2)
Do these people ask themselves "what would anyone, or myself, ever possibly use this for?"
Re:Moification (Score:2)
Re:Moification (Score:1)
Re:Moification (Score:2)
Re:Mofication (Score:4, Funny)
Main Entry: mofication
Pronunciation: "mo-f&-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : ones transformation into a Bad Mofo : see Pulp Fiction
Re:Mofication (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Best PSP Emulator Site? (Score:2)
Re:Best PSP Emulator Site? (Score:1)
The Super NES emulator and Sega Genesis emulator do not work at all on the currently shipping PSP units, which come with firmware 1.51 or 1.52. They work only on older PSP units, those with firmware 1.00 (J) or firmware 1.50 (JU), that haven't been upgraded to a newer version by a UMD game.
Re:Best PSP Emulator Site? (Score:2)
There is a tool that allows you to downgrade the firmware on the 1.51 and 1.52 firmware models.
But how do you boot it if 1.51 and 1.52 can't boot homebrew?
He couldne take it any more captain! (Score:1, Offtopic)
At least it's bloody news, not just some muppet who's plugged a USB keyboard into a device with a USB slot.
Re:Let me rephrase that... (Score:1)
Re:Here's my reality... (Score:1)
Are you seriously going carry around a mouse and keyboard (even if small) along with UMD games and memory sticks with you?
Carry half a keyboard (Score:3, Interesting)
Try this peripheral [halfkeyboard.com].
Re:Carry half a keyboard (Score:2)
These guys are on crack. This is a neat idea but I think they slipped a decimal point. There is no way I would pay more than $29.95 for this.
Grammer (sic) (Score:2)