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Sony Products That Run Embedded Linux

Posted by timothy on from the run-linux-run dept.

tbirdsaw writes "I was browsing for information on how to run Linux on the PS2 without a Linux Kit (they've stopped selling them in the U.S., AFAIK). While searching, I stumbled across Sony's Open Source Code website. They have quite a few products that run an embedded linux system, including some professional video switchers (MVS8000?) and at least several of their relatively new XDCAM disc-based video format decks. Might make for some hardware/firmware hacking in the near future?"

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  1. Tivo by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have 2 hacked series 1 Sony Tivo's. TCP/IP over ethernet, Bash prompt with telnet, ftp, web-based remote control and downloading media files.

    They are my favorite Linux machines.

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