it is a good linux box. audio card is comparable to a slightly disabled
sblive [though
pumped for M$ EAX]. though as johannes notes, an external usb snd-card is
the way to
go. take the case off and you have a rackmountable 733+MHZ dvd playing PC
with a
great GL capable [GEM] card [once i can get hw accelleration wking]
+whatever hdd for
$EU200. seems to be a 64mb ram limit [unless happy about soldering in new
ram] and
haven't worked out the tvout to vga thing yet.
I wouldn't remove the case, it's an integrated wind-tunnel design. It can become unstable if the wind-tunnel is removed. But it looks like it almost fits in 2 rack units by just putting it on a rackshelf in its case.
checking linux for ps2 when they get around to sending me the dev kit.
AFAIK the PlayStation linux is using virtualized hardware, and its system architecture is only powerfull when you make use of its specific capabilities (emotion engine processor). The Xbox is almost completely generic (but partially mutated) hardware. Keep us posted about how the PS2 works out!
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