OpenBSD Ported to Gameboy 136
RevDobbs noted that a new site dedicated to OpenBSD on the Game Boy Advanced SP platform. Since the 4 Player Link Cable is supported, no doubt a variety of networking applications will soon follow.
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Interview from google cache.. (Score:4, Funny)
Kim Yee: Thanks for giving us this interview, Mr. de Raadt.
Theo de Raadt: Just "Theo" is fine.
Yee: OK, Theo, thank you. Why did you decide to port to the Gameboy Advanced SP?
de Raadt: What? Are you a retard? The standard Gameboy Advanced OS has no security whatsoever. A child could hack it.
Yee: Umm.. Will it be able to play the standard GBA games as well as run OpenBSD or will it be a one way street?
de Raadt: [sighs] You're fucking stupid. Once you install OpenBSD on it, it will be the most secure gaming platform in the world. The standard GBA games suck shit, they have no security. A mere moron, such as yourself, could exploit them.
Yee: So... no?
de Raadt: WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I JUST SAID?! You're more stupid than you look! Go! Go now and get your hair cut into a mullet! Go!
Yee: How many packets-per-second can it run through PF?
de Raadt: [silence, crossed arms]
Yee: Mr. de Raadt?
de Raadt: THEO! Tee Aych Eee Ohh! FUCKING THEO! And DO NOT TALK TO ME further until you GET THAT FUCKING MULLET!
[all in good fun, I'm a rabid OpenBSD user
Netcraft confirms it (Score:5, Funny)
SCOboy? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:SCOboy? (Score:2)
Re:SCOboy? (Score:1)
Re:SCOboy? (Score:2)
Now everyone who has a gameboy will have to pay Mr. Darl $699.
No. Apparently he's forgotten [userfriendly.org] all about it...
Re:SCOboy? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:SCOboy? (Score:1)
Jaysyn
Re:SCOboy? (Score:3, Funny)
I HATE April first, you can never tell what's real, BSD on Game boy? Next youll tell me rush limbuagh is a drug addict and the cubs almost won the pennant
They said OpenBSD on a Gameboy, which can't be real. Now, NetBSD on the other hand....
Re:SCOboy? (Score:2)
This is BSD. BSD is protected under a 1993 settlement between USL and the UC regents.
Re:SCOboy? (Score:1)
Re:SCOboy? (Score:2)
Ob. Simpsons quote (Score:2, Informative)
Congratulations to Slashdot's leading Meta-Mag! (Score:3, Funny)
under the strain of another stream of unfunny April Fools "jokes", let's take a
moment to thank Slashdot's monthly meta publication Trollback [slashdot.org]
for putting out a fantastic 4/1 issue.
Way to go, guys.
8 hours till April 2! (Score:1, Flamebait)
Only then will I will secure from malicious crackers, worms and viruses!
Typing... (Score:3)
Re:Typing... (Score:1)
Re:Typing... (Score:2)
Text entry on the GBA (Score:1)
You can connect an Ericsson keyboard to your GBA [brolinembedded.se], or you can use K+ joypad-based input [libero.it].
I just have to... (Score:5, Funny)
1. Imagine a beowulf cluster of these.
2. In Soviet Russia, Gameboy ports you
3. ????
4. Profit!
Re:I just have to... (Score:1)
Bad Joke (Score:5, Informative)
No, you see... (Score:2)
A check of Google reveals that there has at least been interest/attempts at making NetBSD run on the GameBoy.
Personally, I think the GameBoy needs OpenBSD, because I'm sick of my GB getting hax0red and 0wned.
Re:No, you see... (Score:2)
Re:No, you see... (Score:1)
Re:Bad Joke (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Bad Joke (Score:2)
Re:Bad Joke (Score:1)
Re:Bad Joke (Score:1)
And as for NetBSD's portability, yeah, it's the most portable, but new platforms (and most especially new archetectures) do still require a ton of work. First, GCC and friends must be ported, stabilized, a
Enough! (Score:1, Funny)
Move on, nothing to see here.
Re:Enough! (Score:1)
!sloof lirpA (Score:2)
Gotta get coding, if I can port DOS 3.3 to my 8bit NES, I'll be able to play QBasic Snake on my TV. Oh yeah...
Re:!sloof lirpA (Score:1)
CP/M (Score:1)
MS-DOS is a clone of CP/M, which runs on 8-bit Z80 processors. The Game Boy and GBC processor uses a mostly Z80 compatible instruction set.
And there are a lot of Snake clones for the GBA already.
Re:!sloof lirpA (Score:2)
Should be fairly easy, Apple DOS 3.3 was written for the 6502, same as used in the NES. You'd just have to engineer some custom chips for the cartridge so that you can use Apple floppies, and expand RAM.
ASta this point this si just fucking stupid... (Score:2)
don't make fun of my dyselxia (Score:2)
Re:Slashdot falls prey to VERY stupid AF jokes... (Score:1)
CB
Re:Slashdot falls prey to VERY stupid AF jokes... (Score:2)
Not a joke (Score:2, Informative)
Not a bad idea (Score:5, Funny)
"Boss, I'm just configuring this firewall, honest!"
Figures (Score:5, Interesting)
*sigh*
LOL (Score:2)
Re:LOL (Score:2)
Re:LOL (Score:2)
Re:Figures (Score:2)
Re:Figures (Score:2)
OpenBSD? (Score:1, Redundant)
Audrey Linux? (Score:2)
Not NetBSD? (Score:1)
Re:Not NetBSD? (Score:2)
Re:Not NetBSD? (Score:1)
gulibility is in short supply (Score:1)
Who needs another pokemon game anyhow! (Score:1)
Here's the development kit (Score:2)
The above is real. So is ucLinux running on a softcore MicroBlaze processor in a fpga.
Here's the other dev kit (Score:1)
Compilers [sourceforge.net], emulators [ngemu.com], flash cartridges [mwelectronics.com], and sample code [pineight.com] are real as well.
I wonder if..... (Score:2)
*ducks*
lame (Score:1)
Not so Far Fetched.. (Score:2)
But i dont even know why i bothered reading
uhh riiiight (Score:1)
No doubt this is fake (April Fools!)
Statistics (Score:1)
Number of geeks who clicked that link: 45million and counting
/. and CN)
Number of geeks who didn't click that link since they knew today is the first of April: 0
Number of geeks who clicked the link and figured out the date: 45million and counting
Number of geeks (who btw are also 21 years or younger) who sent emails to their fellow geeks about t3h c00l thing of the day: 23million
Number of geeks who bought a gameboy SP just after reading the headline:542,034 (Nintendo thanks you,
Number of geeks who are
Re:Statistics (Score:1)
Re:Statistics (Score:2)
You must be (april's fools) joking. This is /. EVERYBODY didn't click but posted here.
Excellent (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Excellent (Score:1)
Re:Excellent (Score:2)
It's a joke :( (Score:2)
Too bad, since this would be cool and probably isn't even that unrealistic. We've already got Linux for all three of the major tv consoles at the moment plus the Dreamcast...
Atari (Score:1)
Re:Atari (Score:1)
Seriously guys (Score:2)
Next I'm expecting Taco to post a link about how Enzyte [enzyte.com] really works.
LK
Bad news (Score:2)
Re:Bad news (Score:1)
For me, it is.
LK
netcraft confirms! (Score:2)
if they'd said net (Score:1)
Nifty (Score:2, Insightful)
Just a few questions... (Score:1, Flamebait)
1. Does anyone use gameboy anymore?
2.Does anyone use OpenBSD anymore?(FreeBSD's better)
3. What do i achieve with OpenBSD on my gameboy(if i buy one)?
4. Why not a Linux based PDA?(with a lot of support available)
And the FAQ takes you to the OpenBSD website faq.
Re:Just a few questions... (Score:1)
just for the record (Score:1)
and on another note.. i would just like everyone to know that the original GBA and the GBA-SP are the EXACT SAME in terms of hardware... the "SP Plat
NetBSD (Score:2)
Old news... (Score:2, Funny)
Happy New Year!
firewall (Score:2)
I'm using this port as a firewall and spam filter between my GPRS mobile and my headset: last thing I want is spam on my face. When I meet up with friends we use CARP and pfsync to share our rules and state. Who shares vCards anymore ? We share firewall states and rulesets.
Wrong *BSD (Score:1)
BSD is dying. (Score:2)
And all the above BS is coming from a dude who swears by FreeBSD and uses it on 34 computers to do everything from networking servers to desktop
It's April 1st, and in other news (Score:1)
April Fools day etiquette (Score:3, Insightful)
Probably the main reason that it ends at midday is that everyone's bored of the jokes by then (I certainly am).
And in related news.. (Score:2)
Re:And in related news.. (Score:2)
BSD is Dying (Score:1)
Stability (Score:2)
*Really* bad english? (Score:1)
"OpenBSD/game boy is the port of OpenBSD for the Japanese game console Nintendo Game Boy.
Now you can funny with your OpenBSD box everywhere!
In bus, subway, taxy, school, toilette, restaurant, church, cinema, theatre... "
I don't want to 'funny' with my openbsd box in the toilet. Or anywhere for that matter.
Link to a REAL GBA web server. (Score:2, Informative)
Click here for it
Re:Look Taco. (Score:2)
I saw both, I still prefer the orginal, but I like the flavor of the King's Kingdom Hospital, even if it's a mouthful.