NeXT Computers

happyjam64 · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject: NeXT PSP!

That's right, you can run Next 3.3 on a psp. There is a version of Bochs compiled for the psp. You basicly have to "shoe horn" 3.3 onto the psp, by installing it on a disk image on the pc version of Bochs, then copying the image and some other things to the psp.

15-30 minute boot time, i'm not sure. I just let it sit while i watched 2 and a half men.
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pentium · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 932 Location: Kamloops, BC

What Firmware version is needed?
Sounds like something worth trying and photos sound like a must.
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-NeXT 68040 Cube with NS 3.3 and 64Mb ram

happyjam64 · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject:

Any custom firmware will do, i used 4.01 M33-2. The actual psp file was compiled for firmware 1.00. It must repackged to work with 1.5, thus making it compatible with any custom firmware. Phat PSP's only afaik. I will post pictures soon (perhaps when it finishes booting!).
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pentium · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 932 Location: Kamloops, BC

Well I have never figured out how to load a custom firmware and right now I'm running version 3.90.
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jheis · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 81 Location: Wine Country, CA

What is a "psp" and what is "Bochs?"
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NeXT Turbo Cube (acquired at factory auction), 128 MB ram, 2 Gig HP drive, running OPENSTEP 4.2.
2 Color Turbo NeXTstations.
Early mono NeXTstation.

happyjam64 · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject:

pentium: it's pretty easy to load custom firmware, but you need a pandora battery and a magic memory stick.
jheis: a PSP is sony's portable gaming system (Play Station Portable). Bochs is a system emulator, like VMware or QEMU. (more like QEMU).
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un · Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 93 Location: San Diego, CA

Pentium, if you have anything lower than 3.52 it's possible to downgrade without a pandora's battery. Anything higher, and you need one.

It is also possible to mod a normal battery to act as a Pandora battery. There are plenty of sites that come up on Google.

If anybody's wondering why you'd want to run a custom firmware, they also allow you to run home brew apps (like Bochs), rip your own PS 1 game disks to play, and they REALLY annoy Sony.

jheis · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 81 Location: Wine Country, CA

Showing my age....
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NeXT Turbo Cube (acquired at factory auction), 128 MB ram, 2 Gig HP drive, running OPENSTEP 4.2.
2 Color Turbo NeXTstations.
Early mono NeXTstation.

NeXTnewbe · Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 222 Location: UK

any pics to share?

would love see this

pentium · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 932 Location: Kamloops, BC

BuMP

Okay. I have updated my PSP to the 5.00 M33-3 firmware and added the memory stick update to speed up reading and writing to the stick. Now comes the fun part of figuring out how to even install NS onto a spare 1Gb memory stick.
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-NeXT 68040 Cube with NS 3.3 and 64Mb ram