Battle.net Client on Sony PSP

[Deception]

I would like to know if anyone has any understanding of the PSP at a level in which a Battle.net client can be written for it.

PSP already has a web browser and an IRC client thanks to the underground community of developers for it.

Just imagine how cool it would be to have a Battle.net client running in your pocket thanks to PSP's WiFi capabilities.

Any comments or ideas?

[Warrior]

I don't know if PSP can run program injected into it (assuming via USB) even if it did it can't be assumed the operating is visual basic.

[iago]

Well, I know I've seen my bot run on xBox.  Can PSP run Java software? :-)

[tA-Kane]

I'd be willing to bet that the best way to get the info you need would be to contact the author(s) of the web browser / IRC client.

While I have not read any technical documents on the PSP, I am fairly confident that it uses a PPC processor, meaning that Visual Basic is definitely not the right development environment, since it is (to my knowledge) designed to compile for intel-based processors.

[Newby]

Comments? Sure. I think it's a stupid idea. That's just me, though.

Sounds interesting.

[dxoigmn]

The IRC "client" was just a hack. It was just a webpage that you could go to to "chat on irc." So if you could produce something like webbot with an interface to chat, then all you need to do is redirect the psp to that webpage instead of the default one it loads up.

[Lenny]

Well I was just about to mention what dxoigmn already has about the IRC client, it was only a webpage.

But also, I'm actually planning to make a 'webbot' that uses server resources to connect to battle.net via a servlet.  You might run into some trouble trying to find a host that supports servlet technology, especially a free one.

Btw iago, the servlet will be in Java

While on the topic of PSP dev, I hear its been very very difficult for the dev community to run any kind of third party software on a PSP with firmware above 1.00.

[Deception]

So it seems to be possible, but only with the web browser?
Obviously VB applications wouldn't run on it seeing how it isn't Windows.

[Newby]

Obviously VB applications wouldn't run on it seeing how it isn't Windows.

Visual Basic applications do not require Windows to run.

[Warrior]

I also doubt the PSP uses *nix . It most likely uses some specially fabricated Operating system with a driver written by them or some company.

If you can get Wine to run on a PSP all the power to you.

[Joe[x86]]

Obviously VB applications wouldn't run on it seeing how it isn't Windows.

Visual Basic applications do not require Windows to run.

Wow, Newby refered to me as a source of information! Wtf?! Yay!

Also, that required Wine: a compatability layer of Windows. I'll experiment with a SysInfo control later to see what it really thinks its running on.

EDIT -
If you look at the timestamps, AddChat()'ing was done backwards. Don't ask me why.

[Warrior]

Wine translate windows API to linux API iirc. So unless the OS is linux then that won't work either.

[Forged]

Maybe java will make a virtual machine for it in the near future.   Then it would be easy.

[dxoigmn]

Obviously VB applications wouldn't run on it seeing how it isn't Windows.

Visual Basic applications do not require Windows to run.

Ok, it's not Windows and it's not a Windows emulator*

WINE stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator." It's a compatibility layer. So Newby is still right.

[Warrior]

Forged: That's totally possible.