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  From: John Edwards <isplist@adam.com.au>
  To  : Evan Bourlotos <evan@cs.adelaide.edu.au>
  Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 13:42:44 +0930

Re: Linux on Ps2 - anyone heard anymore?

Evan Bourlotos wrote:

> Sony has begun shipping a kit for turning the PlayStation 2 into a Linux
> console, at this stage the kit is only available in the US and Europe and

http://www.playstation.com.au/technology/linuxkit.jhtml

It's $AU499.95 including shipping.

What's more interesting are some of the mod chips coming out for the
microsoft Xbox. It already has hard drive and Ethernet for something
like $399, and one of the xbox hacker groups has discovered a backdoor
bios hook to allow it to load arbitrary x86 code.

In English, that means there's a strong possibility that it will be able
to run Linux, despite all the crypto requirements for booting the OS.

John Edwards

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