{"id":8264,"date":"2004-03-26T10:19:11","date_gmt":"2004-03-26T10:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8264"},"modified":"2004-03-26T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2004-03-26T10:19:11","slug":"playstation-2-linux-kit-now-half-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8264","title":{"rendered":"Playstation 2 Linux Kit Now Half Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/linuxkit1.jpg\" align=\"left\">Prices on the Playstation 2 have dropped from $300 to just $180, and the hobby linux kit for it has also dropped in price &#8212; <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.us.playstation.com\/peripherals.aspx?id=SCPH-97047\">now just $100<\/a>. For that price you get a 40 Gb hard-drive, a linux distribution designed for the PS2, a network adapter (broadband only), USB keyboard and mouse and a cable that allows you to hook the PS2 to a standard monitor. <\/p>\n<p> Considering the multi-functionality of the Playstation, $280 for a brand-spankin&#8217;-new, pretty capable linux box that also plays games is relatively good deal. Of course what you can do with that is limited by the non-standard architecture of the PS2, but there&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/playstation2-linux.com\/\">pretty active community<\/a> of PS2-linuxers that have extended the capabilities quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p> Note that the 40 Gb drive indluded with the Linux kit cannot be used for games, and may prevent you from playing the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/ps2.ign.com\/articles\/500\/500717p1.html\">Final Fantasy XI<\/a> released this week ($100) that includes its own 40 Gb drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prices on the Playstation 2 have dropped from $300 to just $180, and the hobby linux kit for it has also dropped in price &#8212; now just $100. For that price you get a 40 Gb hard-drive, a linux distribution designed for the PS2, a network adapter (broadband only), USB keyboard and mouse and a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8264\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Playstation 2 Linux Kit Now Half Price&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}