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Posted By: sarahe
Date: 2003-May-14 12:29
Summary:Coding Contest Time everywhere!

I'm pleased to announce the global PS2Linux VU Coding Contest is open!

We finally have rules, specs, and the harness available for download in the VU Demo Contest project:
http://playstation2-linux.com/files/vudemocontest/vu_coding_contest_2003_ps2linux.tgz

The competition is open to amateurs with Linux kits everywhere; professional PlayStation 2 developers are welcome to send us demos in time for the deadline, and we will be happy to post them on the site, however please note that if you are a professional PlayStation 2 developer, you will not be able to officially enter to be considered for judging and prizes.

To enter, download the harness, review the rules and terms, and write a VU1 demo in accordance with the technical specs. Submit your demo to coding_competition@scee.net with your name, e-mail address, and if you are happy to have it disclosed, your playstation2-linux.com login.

You have until Midnight GMT on Monday 21st July to send in your entries (Sunday night/Monday Morning).

The first prize is a Sony SDM-X82B black 18" LCD monitor, with speakers. We encourage everyone to consider taking part; don't be shy - what have you got to lose?

Discussion Forums: Coding Contest Time everywhere!

Admin

Message: 36004
BY: sauce
DATE: 2003-Jul-06 12:08
SUBJECT: Sauce's Updates to Harness
Hey all,

I made some modifications to my copy of the harness for convenience's sake. In a stroke of extreme generousity, I decided to share those changes with anyone who wants them.

Keep in mind that you'll be working with a fork off of the plain_harness source, and that my code is in no way official.

On the other hand, it does nothing to change the way the harness + demo interact.

Anyway, the code is available at:

http://window.terratron.com/~sosman/ps2linux/sauce_harness_src.tgz

If you use it, it adds two features:

1. Hold select + press L1. This dumps your VU memory to a file in binary and ascii format.
2. Hold down select + press start. This reloads all of the demos from disk. This means you can compile your code + reload it without having to restart the harness (unless you've crashed/hung it, of course)

Enjoy!

Sauce

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Thread	Author	Date
Sauce's Updates to Harness	sauce	2003-Jul-06 12:08
Blackrhino users beware	bjt	2003-Jul-26 16:50
RE: Blackrhino users beware	sauce	2003-Jul-26 17:22