[nylug-talk] Linux & Nintendo DS

[Ajai Khattri]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Gary Mort wrote:

> We broke down and got a couple DS Lite's for the kids, and I notice 
> there are a few cartridge add ons you can use to play "hombrew" apps, 
> have a movie player, or play Linux(the one that seemed most appealing 
> doesn't seem to be stocked anywhere - in addition to letting you load 
> Linux, it added 32MB of RAM to the 8MB onboard ram.  Outside of that, 
> the best you can do is the 16MB ram cart for the Opera extention)
> 
> Looking it over, I'm not sure what can be done it seems like it doesn't 
> really do graphics, so your limited to a CLI interface and a virtual 
> keyboard.


I found a product on Amazon (Revolution DS?) that allows you to run 
software off an SD cartridge in a DS. Presumably allowing you to run 
homebrew apps and do some hacking?

Hardware-wise, its similar to the GP2X (which runs Linux anyway).

BTW, regarding WPA, I had a similar issue with using the Wii wirelessly 
with my access point - turns out I just needed to select a different 
encryption to get it up and running. Now, hacking a Wii to run Linux, that 
would be very interesting to me.



-- 
Aj.