Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Majik Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: A little survey? -- PS2 Linux Kit Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:15:17 -0800 Organization: CowboyCoder .com Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3C6B6405.BF0969AB@127.0.0.1> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc4-camb4-0-cust199.cam.cable.ntl.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22) Ben James wrote: > > I probably will be though I'm still not entrirely sure what the thing can > actually do. Linux Apps or nearly-native PS2 Apps, someone in Japan already put that Yaroze game Fatal Fantasy onto it. > Needing a monitor for it is a bit off-putting too. AFAIK you can build yourself a little adapter to take the sync signal from the green component and feed it into the VSync line, check the net. So any old monitor should suffice[1], although if you only have one that you use for your PC then you might want to buy/build a switch box. > I'll > probably buy one regardless anyway provided I can bare to retire my beloved > Yaroze. Why retire it? I'll still be trying to complete a couple of Yaroze games this year, they may also appear on PS2 in an 'enhanced' form. M. [1] old, but of suitable capabilities, XGA I believe.