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From: Majik <majik@127.0.0.1>
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Subject: More thoughts on PS2 + Linux [was: Re: South African developer looking 
 for a Yaroze]
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:24:17 +0100
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Paul Holman wrote:
> 
> Actually, we've halved the price of "official" PS1 devkits a few months
> back, and many publishers are very keen to sign up PS1 game developers.
> I'll see if our own group has an interest.
Are you at liberty to say how much they would be then? (are these the
blue PSX + tools then?)

just out of interest, where would I find information about PS1
development - what are the costs involved - ie how much are the dev
kits, how much does it cost to get a disc published (and how many do you
have to get done) I imagine it costs a fair bit.

> Incidentally, SCEE still provides Net Yaroze systems to Universities as
> required.   Although I know many had concerns about the legal paperwork that
> was the hurdle for getting the "black box", we fully intend to keep these
> servers running as long as there is interest, and don't plan to ever recall
> the kits.
That's great news to hear, as I fully intend to keep tinkering with the
NY for a long time.

> Finally, we're seeing what the demand might be for Linux on PS2 - check out
> http://www.technology.scee.net/cgi-bin/sceeweb1/scee.pl?ps2linuxint (its not
> live yet)
It's an interesting idea Linux on the PS2, but I see you getting two
types of people showing interest, those (like myself) who just want to
knock out little games, and get experience writing stuff for it, and
those who just want to run linux on everything electrical in their
house.

I expect SCEE/A demand for it would equal that seen in SCEI.

M.