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On 2/23/07, Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Friday 23 February 2007 14:29, Greg Dash wrote: > > Even tho the PS2 is a bit long in the tooth, I am tempted by it, > > Getaway and the GTA games are still great fun to play. > I used to be a games god - pinball/space invaders/asteroids etc but never > really moved to the later computer games - I did get GTA for the missus' w2k > but never achieved the same amount of satisfaction as being able to play all > night for 10p. I've never really liked the whole trap that games on PC are, its a constant battle to get the latest HW, graphics cards etc and often you find that you can't crank up the resolution because your system is not fast enough. This is why i prefer dedicated games consoles that are some what static. Although i do sometimes play sim city and a couple of other games through cedega (wine) and even with directX->opengl conversion they run OK. > However I did think that at £50 a PS2 might be a good buy as the games can be > picked up for very little. Can you run Linux on it? Yes, you need a PS2 linux kit, i think there are issues like access to the DVD is through a closed binary blob to stop game copying etc and some other related issues. Not sure how easy it is still to get the kits, check ebay etc. > However does anyone know anyone who can fix my pinball machine? Whats wrong with it? electronics or mechanical? -- Robin Cornelius http://www.byteme.org.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html