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PC Keyboard Connected to PSP

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Great! by jetkust · · 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.

  2. PSP Slashdot Mod by spaztech · · 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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    /. spaztech ./
  3. The real fun of PSP... by B11 · · 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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  4. Re:Mofication by dsginter · · 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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  5. Re:This article makes my head hurt by @madeus · · 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.

  6. Amazing! by glindsey · · 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!