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GameBoy Web Server

Posted by michael on from the why-ask-why dept.

Huma79 writes "Adrian O'Grady has successfully gotten TCP/IP and PPP working on his handheld Gameboy Advance for a web server. Pictures of the server running and a telnet session to it can be found at fivemouse.com."

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  1. GBA programming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's amazingly easy to write programs for the Gameboy Advance. Since it has an ARM processor, gcc is readily available, and there is a strong developer community. Even a programming novice could probably write a few decent demos or games. For anyone who is interested in game programming, check out gbadev.org.

    Don't be intimidated; the webserver looks like it took a lot more work than it would take to create a game. The hardest part for his project was probably establishing a PPP link.

  2. Other GBA hacking projects.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I haven't heard of Nintendo exactly "closing in" on other projects for the GBA, such as an NES emulator or the Afterburner front-light mod....

    By the way, the NES emulator alone is worth getting a GBA for - not some dumb old webserver that nobody (especially not the Big N) is going to care about :)

    AC

  3. Re:next. by darc · · Score: 2, Informative

    Basically, porting linux would be fairly difficult. Since the GBA doesn't have an MMC, you can only port embedded versions, like ucLinux, without serious work. The hardware is also totally foreign, so in the end, it's pretty damn hard to do.

    Not impossible, but still really hard.

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  4. For everyone who is asking why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is taken from an interview with the author http://www.consolevision.com/features/interviews/g ba/adrianon.shtml

    "I wanted to write something that was technically perfect but practically useless so that the university couldn't make any money out of my project. "

  5. Read this for everyone who is asking why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    blah. This is taken from an interview with the author http://www.consolevision.com/features/interviews/g ba/adrianon.shtml

    "I wanted to write something that was technically perfect but practically useless so that the university couldn't make any money out of my project. "

    i like girls

  6. Re:Not as cool as... by FattMattP · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think you mean this link for a webserver that's really powered by potatos: http://world.std.com/~fwhite/spud/

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  7. Re:But why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I'll tell you why. If programmers would stop assuming we all have 2GHz Pentium 4 computers w/ half a gig of RAM and write all code like it *has* to be run on something slow with little memory, the state of the software industry would be much more impressive than it is now.

  8. http://dunkels.com/adam/uip/ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Are you happy now?

  9. Now. LikSang no longer uses UPS. by yerricde · · Score: 3, Informative

    When can I buy liksang items here in the USA ?!?!?!

    Now. LikSang.com still sells Game Boy Advance development accessories to customers in the U.S. It has just dropped UPS for United States destinations. Just ship your accessories via EMS Speedpost, and you'll be fine.

    [ /me goes back to playing his spinning tetris clone on GBA ]

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