IBM Gets AS/400 Running On PlayStation

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday August 6, 2003 @02:48AM from the what-in-the-world? dept.

TomPee writes "Hackers may have oiled the rails for Linux fans eager to run their favourite Penguin-fronted operating system on Xbox, but that's nothing compared to IBM's latest in-house project, according to Gamesindustry.biz: running the AS/400 enterprise operating system on a humble PlayStation. Now I'm only wondering: what will be the practical use of this ?" According to another account from News.com.au, which non-specifically mentions 'PlayStation', it may be that IBM are working on the PS2, and not the PSOne, as the newer article claims.

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The Register link by $exyNerdie · 2003-08-06 04:02 · Score: 3, Informative

IBM gets AS/400 running on PSone
Re:Is this by Jeremiah+Cornelius · 2003-08-06 04:32 · Score: 3, Informative

AS/400 is the HARDWARE.
The reporter was a console-guy, so he can be forgiven. What IBM has done is get the OS/400 Operating System ported.

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