A Few Questions About The Pandora

[Username]

1. Is the Pandora going to have an easy-to-use interface? If it does, will it have things like tab-switching between different windows?

2. Where will I be able to buy it? Do I have to order it off the website?

3. Can I buy an external hard drive and use it with the Pandora?

I am an idiot, please help me.

Edit: I forgot to ask if I will need special copies of emulators.

 

[nubie]

1. Is the Pandora going to have an easy-to-use interface? If it does, will it have things like tab-switching between different windows?

2. Where will I be able to buy it? Do I have to order it off the website?

3. Can I buy an external hard drive and use it with the Pandora?

I am an idiot, please help me.

1. YES! It is based off of Gmenu2X, i think it will use accelerated kdrive (minimal X implementation?), Tab switching has been promised by EvilDragon.

2. Sign up for the pre-order mailing system at openpandora.org . You will probably be able to order it from http://www.gbax.com/.

3. YES!! Full-size USB port in the back!

I dunno, you are coherent and didn't ask for leet warez (yet ), so I think you are simply un-educated, not an idiot.

I am sure that you will get plenty of help on these boards if you ask nicely (and you are doing a pretty good job so far. )

There are some stickies with the info you need, and you can search this site with google: site:gp32x.de pandora hard drive (just be sure to use the site:gp32x.de to return only results from this site. )

Edit: I forgot to ask if I will need special copies of emulators.

Yes, you can only use emulators for Linux ARM systems that have been pre-compiled with libraries for the OMAP3530, or can use the libraries that come on the pandora.

There are already PSX and SegaCD/MegaDrive/Genesis emulators, and any GP2X emulator should port over with a couple changes.

 

[Mutilator]

QUOTE
1. Is the Pandora going to have an easy-to-use interface? If it does, will it have things like tab-switching between different windows?

2. Where will I be able to buy it? Do I have to order it off the website?

3. Can I buy an external hard drive and use it with the Pandora?

I am an idiot, please help me.

Edit: I forgot to ask if I will need special copies of emulators.


what he said

 

[jakshep2]

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

3. Yes.

 

[cbp]

3. Can I buy an external hard drive and use it with the Pandora?
Really good appendum to this question...

Are there any battery powered external hard drives?
Such as an iPod but only the HDD and battery.

 

[Username]

Thanks for the answers, I will definitely be getting one now

 

[nubie]

3. Can I buy an external hard drive and use it with the Pandora?
Really good appendum to this question...

Are there any battery powered external hard drives?
Such as an iPod but only the HDD and battery.

yep: http://www.xpcgear.com/1050whi.html

But you might just want to pick up a 16GB SDHC card, or two, instead. They are only $40 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....4&name=16GB

The Pandora can probably power a 1.8" or 2.5" portable drive long enough to copy over a few Gigabytes to an SD card, then you can unplug it again.

I like the portable hard drive, but with prices on flash dropping you will soon be able to get a pair of 32GB cards for the price of a decent portable hard drive (it is freaking insane, I know). (is anyone else pissed at Apple about this? I mean $100s of dollars more for a model with 4Gb more of flash?? Do they honestly think we are that stupid?)

 

[gaterooze]

Edit: I forgot to ask if I will need special copies of emulators.

Just a note that everything will likely be stored here for easy access:

http://archive.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi

(worked well for GP32 and GP2X)

 

[PoisonedV]

http://pandorawiki.org/FAQ

 

[Username]

I was also wondering if this will be able to compatible with the original Counter-Strike (a legal copy of it) and would it run through Steam?

 

[PoisonedV]

no. its a linux console. no.

 

[Tinnus]

It sounds like you need to spend some time with the FAQ

This is not x86/PC so it will not run any PC software at all.