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x86 Emulator on PSP Runs Windows & Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

Dan writes "The bochs x86 emulator has been ported to the psp, and allows for x86 disk images to be run.linux and dos images have been confirmed to work."

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  1. Sure it can emulate but how fast? by kevn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Impressive, but nowhere does it say how fast this thing is. What excactly do you end up with? A 486 speed pc at best?

    1. Re:Sure it can emulate but how fast? by bhtooefr · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Reading that, why don't they somehow modify the Bochs "video card" to have the PSP-native resolution? Shouldn't be *that* hard...

    2. Re:Sure it can emulate but how fast? by Hott+of+the+World · · Score: 2, Interesting

      One thing at a time.. they've just announced getting it running at all.

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  2. Glad I bought the 1.50 by British · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It seems the PSP is doing more and more non-video game stuff, and i love it.

    Now the question is when does that USB keyboard for it(makes it look like a blackberry) come out? That seems like an essential accessory to get with all these fun homebrew apps.

    With wireless connectivity, that + keyboard would make a nice email checker when I'm at a coffee shop. Great timing since my Handspring Visor(which looks like a pong machine compared to my PSP) just went kaput.

  3. Other Systems by BrianKStein · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Now, if you can emulate Windows or Linux, couldn't you theoreticly emulate (almost) and other game console? Once someone makes a reliable Nintendo DS emulator for Linux or Windows, there would be no need for the DS. Unless of course you wanted the extremely sexy dual screens, then you WOULD have to buy a DS. Shame, I was hoping for an All-In-One console.

  4. Re:PSP Os by jericho4.0 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Those days are largely over. More complicated games require more abstraction from the hardware, and the hardware now has to manage TCP, wireless, memory sticks, etc. The resulting code starts looking a lot like an OS.

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