A few unanswered questions

[mcobit]

Rugrats translates to Hosenscheisser or "Teppichratten" in German. The name of the show isn't translated though.

 

[thatgui]

In addition to what mcobit said:

"Hosenscheisser" refers to the age where "pooping in pants" is still a possibility (e.g happens by accident), not the act of "pooping in pants"  itself

 

[2bit]

Still ... Smart kid who thinks of stuff like that .

 

[Marycontrary]

She does keep me entertained

 

[Dafuq]

It's done! Just this moment I ordered my brand-new OpenPandora 1GHz. Daaaamn, this is awesome

Can't wait to have it  B)

 

[Dafuq]

Is there any topic about the first few steps with my new OP? Because I can't find any.

I mean a summary about installing emus and important programs or applications, what make it easier to work with. 

 

[Dafuq]

Okay the User manual helps. I have them first steps

 

[bagmouse7]

This part of Polukus post made me laugh (and it is so true):

This Pandora sells itself, and I mean that when I say it, I mean, people like you and me come in, and are all like....

"Does this device actually deliver?", and us members basically say "FUCK YEAH IT DOES"

 

[Kumaki]

OK, Dafuq...

First, Format your SD card using the Panasonic SD Card Formatter - you can get this online for free.

Make sure you format to FAT32...I think EXT2 can also be used, but just do FAT32 for now.

Now, make a folder on the card called "pandora"

Inside the Pandora folder make these four folders:

Appdata

Apps

Menu

Desktop

Now...use the PNDStore to download PNDManager.  Use that for further downloads, forget PNDStore even exists.

You can also download stuff from the repo (repo.openpandora.org)  Can put that stuff onto a computer and transfer to your SD Card.

Now...

Appdata, you will never put anything in.  That is for programs to write things to.

If you put a .pnd program in

Apps - it will show up in your menu, and you will have a desktop icon

Menu - it will show up only in your menu, you will not get a desktop icon for it

Desktop - You only get a desktop icon, will not show up in menu.

This should be done according to your own preference, but it makes housekeeping easier...put the more frequently used ones in Apps or Desktop, less-often-used ones in Menu.

You can always change the folder you have a .pnd in later on if you change your mind about where you want it to appear.

That's the basics to get you started.

 

[Dafuq]

Thanks Kumaki!

So I can use the SD-Cards only for my Pandora?

One question last for now: Is there any list of games? Or where can I download them? I think I overlooked it, but I really can't find such a summary :huh: I have downloaded all the emulators from repo and stuff I need, but cannot find any game :lol:

 

[urjaman]

There's like 474 things classified as a "Game" on the repo: http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=all&cat=Game&s=new

... (Note: I know some of those are emulators, but there  are games there too)

 

[Dafuq]

I saw that, but there exists no game I searched for. At Example: Mario Cart, conker's bad fur day and for Zelda are 4 search results.

Where is the rest?

 

[Kumaki]

Well, not every game that exists is on the repo, ya know??

LOL there should be plenty there for you to enjoy...between the emulators and the wicked good homebrew that is out there...

 

[FaeMinx]

Um... You do realize (i hope), that roms (games) to use with the emulators are your responsibility to get hold of/rip?


There will be no links on any of the official Open Pandora sites that will direct you to a Rom repository. Also, asking for links to such sites on these forums is a no-go.


Just use google if you have to.

 

[Dafuq]

Yeah I recognized that when I was asleep. I need ROMs like I did for my emulators on my PC :-D


I was a bit confused of all that ".pnd" files, thought that I need special files :-D

 

[Binky]

You can also use ext3 (which is not unlike ext2) for SD cards.
ext2 and ext3 won't work with windows, while fat32 doesn't always work with PNDmanager
Both will work happily with any other linux system.

You can use Gparted op your pandora to set up multiple partitions on your SD card - remember to leave al least 4MB empty at the start of the card and understand what you're doing! -If you're going to fiddle with partitions, do this before your start loading data onto the card.
If a card is formatted as ext* it won't work in SD-mass-storage mode with windows computers. I have one partition of each on one of my cards

 

[Kumaki]

Well, Dafuq, if you already had roms for your emulators on your PC, then the same roms may work with the emulators on Pandora.  It depends on what type of files they are.

MAME emulators, for example, need a specific version of ROMS, but this is okay, that is where clrmamepro will help.  You just need the dat files to feed to clrmamepro, and you can instantly change one version of ROMs to another version of ROMS, one that will be compatible with whatever you need.

OTOH, other emulators...don't tend to have different versions needed, just use what you already got.  and, as mentioned above, Google is your friend.

 

[Dafuq]

Yeah I know www.gidf.de 

But, since I read about the OpenPandora, a few days ago, I read so much about Linux, handhelds and the OP in special 

Be sure that I use google, but for a few things it's just easier and faster to ask here  :wub:

Thanks so far, again 

 

[Kumaki]

Just letting you know that asking for roms, or links to rom sites...taboo here.

Google is your friend in that case.

 

[Binky]

No only taboo, but likely to get EvilDragon into legal trouble.

Put more poetically:

The moderation team watches with hawk-like eyes for the flicker of light on the pirate's sails;

a glint of plunder, snuffed by an edit in green bold.