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Linux Ported To Dingoo A320

Posted by Soulskill on from the it-slices-it-dices dept.

Busshy writes "Linux has arrived on the Dingoo A320, a portable console that was recently released in Asia (bundled with emulators for 16-bit consoles) which looks like the bottom half of a DS Lite. It also has an XMB that closely resembles those that PSP and PS3 owners are used to. Homebrew Coders have already ported ScummVM and PRBoom (Doom Engine) to Dingoo Linux."

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  1. Re:Great but... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You are likely right(if not a year, it'll be ebay fodder in 18 months). However, on the plus side, the Ingenic JZ4740 on which this device is based seems to be the beating heart of a nontrivial percentage of the wacky pacific rim media gizmos currently on the market. With any luck, and a bit of continued interest, this project should be able to mutate as needed to find newer hosts.

  2. link to.... forum? by iamhassi · · Score: 2, Insightful

    what's with the link going to a forum and code.google.com page? No links to the Dingoo A320? I mean sure I can google it but a link to a photo and description would be nice

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    1. Re:link to.... forum? by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 4, Informative
      The manufacturer's English website. The unofficial English support site.

      I don't know...I've sourced a lot of products from China, and this looks like a typical shoddy product from a fly-by-night shanzhai manufacturer. That, combined with the rampant disrespect for IPR by including ROM files - well, just don't be surprised when your nice product breaks mysteriously after 3-6 months. Or it gives you an electric shock, or the buttons fall off, or your fingertips turn green from the unsuitable plastic on the buttons.

      How much do these go for? If someone wants a thousand or two, I could get an order together. I have a buddy down in Shenzhen who can make sure we don't get screwed by the shanzhai manufacturer.

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    2. Re:link to.... forum? by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You know, there are other search engines other than google out there. They've got an official site. However, as a fly-by-night Chinese manufacturer, they wouldn't meet Wikipedia's notability standards. It took me all of 5 seconds to locate the information. Google has a huge bias against dual-language sites, and a huge hard-on for Wikipedia. I'm reminded of the ignorant Jedi librarian who said if it didn't exist in their index, there was no possibly of it existing in reality.

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    3. Re:link to.... forum? by Jurily · · Score: 3, Insightful

      they wouldn't meet Wikipedia's notability standards.

      That says more about Wikipedia than it does about the official site.

    4. Re:link to.... forum? by 4D6963 · · Score: 2, Informative

      My mistake actually Wikipedia has it. Google's boner for Wikipedia was apparently not strong enough to make it appear within the 20 first results I looked at.

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  3. Dingoo what? by Guido+del+Confuso · · Score: 3, Funny

    Too bad it's the Dingoo A320 and not the Airbus A320, which would have been considerably more impressive, if somewhat less practical. I'm not sure I would want to see what happens in the event of kernel panic, though.

    1. Re:Dingoo what? by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 2, Informative

      Too bad it's the Dingoo A320 and not the Airbus A320, which would have been considerably more impressive,

      Already been done.

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  4. I have to! I'm so sorry....... by allaunjsilverfox2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    BUT..."The dingo ate my baby!" :p

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  5. Dingoo Official Site by jsse · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dingoo Official Site

  6. wikipedia article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingoo

  7. Re:Great but... by BikeHelmet · · Score: 2, Informative

    You are likely right(if not a year, it'll be ebay fodder in 18 months).

    It's $80 right now, with free shipping worldwide. Has been that price since it launched.

    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20217

    Well, it might be a waste of money, but it shouldn't take long to make up $80 of value from playing old classics. :P

  8. Re:MAME / GP2X Wiz by ezelkow1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just going by the specs on wikipedia for the wiz, the wiz is better in most aspects. It has a 533mhz proc vs. a 380-400mhz on the a320. 64mb ram vs. 32. The wiz also has a 3d accelerator and the a320 does not. On space the a320 has 4gb nand built in while the wiz only has 1gb, and both support some sort of expansion card. The wiz has an amoled screen while the a320 is just regular lcd, however they are both the same resolution. They both also have about the same battery life as well, the a320 may be a bit better since i have seen reports that it can last 8-9 hours, and thats not really holding back on doing anything, while the wiz only lasts 7 (going by wikipedia).
    Of course the big difference is price, where the a320 is half the price of the wiz, for alot of people its actually in the range of not having to really think about it and its easy to splurge on it. The wiz on the other hand may make many people stop and think before buying since it is pricier.