PC Keyboard Connected to PSP

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday July 20, 2005 @04:00AM from the because-you-can dept.

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.

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Mice by ph4te · 2005-07-20 04:01 · Score: 2, Funny

Maybe we'll get mice next... then the FPS games will actually be playable!!

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what? by dR.fuZZo · 2005-07-20 04:06 · Score: 1, Funny

I have to moficate hardware to get this to work? Yowza.

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Great! by jetkust · 2005-07-20 04:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Now all we need to do is figure out how to connect a Monitor, a Printer, and a scanner. Oh, and a mouse too. And then build a full sized case that it can go in with usb ports, audio and flash ports and such... Now THAT would be the killer app.
Re:Check out my masterpiece... by plumby · 2005-07-20 04:10 · Score: 1, Funny

Still probably more exciting than the shelf from last week.
PSP Slashdot Mod by spaztech · 2005-07-20 04:11 · Score: 4, Funny

I have created a PSP mod (no swapping needed) that will allow you to browse old posts on Slashdot.. on the FRONT PAGE!! Brilliant!!

What? You can already do that? With any browser? Sheesh..

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The real fun of PSP... by B11 · 2005-07-20 04:13 · 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.

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Re:Mofication by dsginter · 2005-07-20 04:21 · Score: 3, Funny

Mofication

Main Entry: mofication
Pronunciation: "mo-f&-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : ones transformation into a Bad Mofo : see Pulp Fiction

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Re:In other news... by iapetus · 2005-07-20 04:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Not a problem - just run it on the PSP using the Nintendo DS emulator and you've killed two birds with one stone. :)

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that's rich--but not smooth by RetroRichie · 2005-07-20 04:35 · Score: 2, Funny

If you can find a killer app for a portable device connected to a non-portable keyboard, consider me Miles Davis.
Re:This article makes my head hurt by @madeus · 2005-07-20 04:46 · Score: 3, Funny

Dude, you think CLOUDS are newsworthy

To be fair, it's a fuck of of a lot better than a story about someone plugging in a USB keyboard.
Hello Kitty USB vibrator by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-20 05:20 · Score: 1, Funny

Where can I obtain one of these devices? The old serial interface is just not very responsive. A USB interface should improve performance to more satisfying levels.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Amazing! by glindsey · 2005-07-20 05:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Look, I duct-taped an oscilloscope to a poodle! Of course there's a lot to be done on the software side, but in the meantime it's a very interesting canine modification!
Re:Mofication by not-enough-info · 2005-07-20 08:51 · Score: 2, Funny

Mofication ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in Mofication?

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