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I expect it'll be several years before we see a new Pandora board. Consider this extremely rough characterization of the rise in power of gaming consoles: circa 1995: PS1, N64, tens of MHz circa 2000: PS2, Gamecube, XBox, Dreamcast: hundreds of MHz circa 2005: PS3, XBox 360: single-digit...

The way I figure it, the mascot of Pandora should be a cute little demon popping out of a box. BSD has had a demon as its mascot for years, so there's a long tradition of demons as mascots in the open-source world. Furthermore, I figure this demon should be named "Delay". And he should have...

I look forward to the day when the major factor holding back shipping Pandoras is the final assembly and mailing :)

I had a lot of trouble ordering my Pandora; eventually I figured out that if I sent email to "openpandorasales@gmail.com" it'd get eaten, but emails to "sales@openpandora.org" would get through. Have you tried the latter email address recently?

Well, is nullDC running natively, or in Java? If the latter, then obviously it's a completely different source tree.

A badly-written program in any language could be sluggish; a well-written program in any language could be nimble. It is entirely plausible that one could write a quality RPG in Python for the Pandora and have it not be sluggish. Write in Python; the worst thing that would happen is, you...

I'm using Komodo Edit these days; it has all the features I need, and it's open source (written in Python!). On the other hand, it's a bit sluggish on older hardware, so I don't think you'd want to use it on a Pandora. On the Pandora I'd probably use gedit. (Or vi, but then I've been using vi...

I read somewhere in the Pandora documentation that it uses the exact same power as the PSP--same plug, same voltage, you can use PSP chargers with your Pandora. Assuming that's the case, you could use an aftermarket PSP battery booster, like this...

I disagree that C is a good beginner language. I disagree even more that C++ is good for beginners. C/C++ certainly have their advantages--I wouldn't want to write performance-critical code in anything but C--but "ease of learning" simply isn't one of their strengths. For example, memory...

I suspect Pandora ships with Python 2 but not Python 3. And I'm almost certain that the libraries you'd need in order to write games in Python on the Pandora are only for Python 2. So I suspect you should learn Python 2. Python 3 is definitely a better language. But it's not wildly...

Python. Start with the tutorial, the one that comes in the Python documentation.

Twenty years ago, the big game on the new color Macs was Crystal Quest.

Get well soon ED! And remember--the whole "massive doses of Vitamin C help / prevent colds" thing has been thoroughly debunked. But orange juice is still nice. When you return, how about the Atari 800? Some game suggestions: Star Raiders Shamus Ballblazer Rescue On Fractalus Boulder...

Admiral, if we go "by the book," like Lieutenant Saavik, hours could seem like days.

You might consider using AS3SFXR as a quick way of grinding out sounds. And, following the open nature of the Pandora, leave the sounds exposed to the user so they can substitute their own. And submit 'em! larry

We got an Atari 2600 in 1979 if I remember correctly. So adding some old school picks to the games already mentioned: Turmoil Adventures Of Tron Beany Bopper Tunnel Hunt Capture The Flag (2 player) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Carnival Solaris is a magnificent programming...