QNX On Sega Dreamcast

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Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 4, 2002 @06:39AM from the repurposing dept.

Jens H Jorgensen writes "The good people over at QNX Zone (http://www.qnxzone.com/) posted a story about how Jeremy Penner of Astra Network managed to get QNX 6.2 up and running on the Sega Dreamcast. Take a look at Jeremy's site."

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excellent by tps12 · 2002-09-04 06:59 · Score: 1

Now I can play QNXRacer on my Dreamcast and put the evil Sega out of business. Or something.

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Nice ! by Fernando+Scandolo · 2002-09-04 08:01 · Score: 1

I wonder what truly useful things will get done once every OS gets ported to every architecture...
Yay... by sofo · 2002-09-04 08:10 · Score: 1

Now experienced QNX users will have even more new users to bitch at when they ask for help getting QNX to run on their Dreamcasts.

Stick to nuclear reactors and whiz-bang PDA's that no one can afford.
Dreamcast? by RedWolves2 · 2002-09-04 08:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Dreamcast is such old technology try it on something newer like x-box!
1. Re:Dreamcast? by RedWolves2 · 2002-09-05 02:00 · Score: 1
  
  Flamebait? Whatever! Learn how to Moderate!!!
2. Re:Dreamcast? by Stapler · 2002-09-06 07:20 · Score: 1
  
  Uh, yeah. And then you woke up in this dimension and realized that none of the "new" consoles are NOT that much more powerful than the DC.
  
  In some ways the DC beats them, the PS2 especially. More VRAM, better sound card...
  
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3. Re:Dreamcast? by 00_NOP · 2002-09-07 02:01 · Score: 2
  
  Dreamcast is such old technology try it on something newer like x-box
  
  That would be the xbox based on 1970s cpu technology that even Bill Gates said was "braindead" 15 years ago? Or the Dreamcast based on a RISC cpu?
Too Late... Already out of Hardware business by Nazmun · 2002-09-04 08:25 · Score: 2, Funny

They stopped making dreamcasts and left the hardware businesss like more then a year ago.

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Key Rate? by Kris_J · 2002-09-04 11:08 · Score: 2, Offtopic

I wonder what the D.net key rate is like. I know someone that already has SETI@home running on five PCs in his home, he'd probably be interested in running S@h or D.net on a DC or 12 too.
1. Re:Key Rate? by Kris_J · 2002-09-04 14:56 · Score: 1
  
  To the person that modded me off-topic -- did you actually read the page? It specifically mentions that the guy got the D.net client running on the port. In fact, that's almost the only thing he mentions.
2. Re:Key Rate? by GoRK · 2002-09-04 15:09 · Score: 2
  
  Actually, more than that, I wonder if he's running the client on both the SH4 core cpu AND the ARM sound cpu :) He'd definately get a nice increase running on both CPU's!
3. Re:Key Rate? by 00_NOP · 2002-09-07 02:04 · Score: 1
  
  Not unless he's found a way to subvert the FIFO that slows down all communication between the SH4's memory space and the ARM's.
  
  The ARM is a sound processor and despite all the various witterings from people about how it could be pressed into service on the DC to do something else, nobody has been able to do anything with it except - process sound.
Re:so what? by aderusha · 2002-09-04 11:45 · Score: 1

can you run linux on it?
sure you can, and it's been around for more than a year.
Perhaps it was the way you asked.... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-04 13:37 · Score: 0

I have had a great experience with QNX and its users. Perhaps its the way you asked. If you demand attention, of course you are going to be met with hostility. Have you ever joined the chat rooms on IRC?

QNX have also started a great community site, headed by Bill Bull.

Join the chat room sometime, I think you'll change your mind

[clip] Hurray for the Community!

When you're developing on the QNX operating system, you should never feel like you're in isolation. The QNX community is all around you and is filled with all sorts of professionals who are likely working on the same projects you are. Yes, we have support plans and training classes for the professionals, but at 2am, you might be surprised to see who's on the newsgroups or hanging out in an IRC channel. This may seem unconventional to you, but in all honesty, we're all working together. QNX developers are a community of programmers interested in developing with the best RTOS on the planet -- yup, that's how we feel about it. Don't be shy to post comments, visit websites or log into an IRC channel. Just be sure to help out when you get a chance! [end clip]
1. Re:Perhaps it was the way you asked.... by sofo · 2002-09-05 02:46 · Score: 1
  
  As a matter of fact I did spend nearly a hundred hours on one of the favored QNX IRC channels among other users and several QNX employees.
  
  I never demanded attention and asked very few questions. My comments come from my first-hand observations of other users and "QNX Elite".
2. Re:Perhaps it was the way you asked.... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-05 06:12 · Score: 0
  
  really? thats a shame, I have yet to experience anything like the "QNX Elite".
QNX Dreamcasts by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-04 13:41 · Score: 0

Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of THESE!!!
Cool! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-04 13:42 · Score: 0

I like QNX alot, cool technology. The community is great as well.

Keep up the great work Jeremy!
Re:so what? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-05 10:57 · Score: 0

I'm sure you could run NetBSD on it before that...
Re:so what? by 00_NOP · 2002-09-06 23:16 · Score: 2

The latest LinuxDC sources can be found here. There are built kernels doing the rounds, but they tend to lack the device support - sound, lightgun, rumblepack, flash memory - that has been developed in the last year.