11 Oct
2002
11 Oct
'02
8:54 a.m.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 12:03:35 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
The dreamcast is quite a lot slower than the xbox or PS2 though and
doesn't have a HD.
The PS2 is capable of some pretty impressive float mangling.
- Steve
IMHO, the PS2
is a better target. Sony support linux on it, it has decent
DSP chips, a faster HD and real USB and firewire ports. Plus its smaller.
I am teaching audio programming for games sytems this year ;)
SDL-DC also supports sound according to http://sdl-dc.sourceforge.net/
This in fact means, that you could develop SDL apps on Linux and run
it on your Dreamcast then. As the Dreamcast has a full blown Free