[mdlug] Linux on the PS3 - anyone have experience with this?

[Darwin Weyh]

Ahh FORTH.  I havn't heard much about that for 25 years.  I was once told
it's a programming language that used the programmer as the compiler.

Have fun with that.

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On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Ingles, Raymond <
Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:

> It looks like the latest Ubuntu has built-in support for the key PS3
> updates I want. (WPA support over wifi, and ps3-vram swap support.) So,
> I figure I'll be pulling the trigger soon and stick Linux on my PS3.
>
>  The only thing holding me back for now is the availability of a
> big-enough backup drive, but it looks like I can borrow one for long
> enough. I'd like to play with it, and I have a half-assed notion for a
> project - a Forth interpreter
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_%28programming_language%29>) running on
> the SPUs (the little vector coprocessors on the PS3's CPU).
>
>  Does anyone have any experience with this? Any gotchas I should look
> out for?
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  Ray Ingles                              (313) 227-2317
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