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Klesk · Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 4

Hi everyone.
as you may see, i'm new to this boards.. :)
to introduce myself, my real name is Thomas, i'm 17 and from Austria

I'd like to start with coding for the PSP as soon as possible
ok.. i know that there is no possibility to execute code for it, but i think it would be a good idea to learn mips assembler until someone finally finds out how to pack and execute own programs
until now i have coded for older consoles, C64, Master System, Gameboy.. and some selfmade z80 systems...

so, i'm more used to older, simpler processors and i'm not familiar with the mips architecture
the first thing i found on google was "SPIM" which seems so be a MIPS Emulator and a good start for programming (with a mips compiler of course)
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html
my question is, if it is the right way to start, i mean if the psp has exactly such a MIPS32 processor inside..?

if yes, i can start learning mips asm right now :)

-Thomas

skyfox01_99 · Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 7 Location: UK

I may be wrong but i thought the CPU was a MIPS64 (R4000?). The manual for the processor is avaiable at PSP Hacks

junker · Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 18

i wish i knew how to make programs :(
19 here

Awhite · Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 55

Correct me if i'm wrong, but don't you have to KNOW memory addresses, bus access,Video memory addresses,etc to code for it? Coding only for the processor won't work IMHO :P
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Klesk · Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 4

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skyfox01_99 · Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 7 Location: UK

Thanks for that gorim. I'm gonna go hunt that book down now.

blackdroid · Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 564 Location: Sweden

www.mips.com
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