Comments on: 1.50 PSP: the magic firmware!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:28:46 +0000

Its all about “homebrew.” Homebrew is software programmed by ordinary people (hackers basically) So it is basically unauthrized to run on the psp. The problem is sony does not want people to use homebrew games/appz so they have been making changes to the firmware so homebrew won’t work. So the exploits that downgrade the firmware allow psp owners to run programs (homebrew) made by hackers… it is also possible to run warez and this is probably why sony wants to control what software is able to run on the psp.

Hope this helps.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:15:59 +0000

Your report doesn’t seem to make any sense to people who may not be, I hate to say this, nerds or geeks. Or more correctly, those who aren’t up-to-date with the lingo and topic and so on. Such as me.

Might you want to explain what good it is to downgrade PSPs? How is it PSP Magic? Why is it so bad for Sony? What does all of this news mean for them and the consumers who download the programs and such?

I don’t think i’m asking you to really dumb-down your report, I’m sure it makes sense to some, but you don’t really elaborate on your statements.. What is homebrew?

Thanks.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:05:38 +0000

Sorry, my mistake! That’s what ye get for rushing a news story!

I meant 0.44, as I’m emulating 2.71 right this second to play Tomb Raider: Legend as it happens!

Will have that changed asap. Thanks for pointing it out!
huds601

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:45:01 +0000

“Booster updated his DevHook program to 0.42.”

The latest version at the moment is 0.44, which allows 2.71 emulation

“DevHook is used as a way of fully emulating any PSP firmware.”

0.42 only allowed up to 2.5 fw emulation, if I remember correctly, 0.43 introduced 2.6 emulation and the latest 0.44, introduces 2.71 emulation…