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PS2Storage Version 0.1
By: Derek Nedelman
Date Released: August 24, 2002
Home Page: http://www.playstation2-linux.com/projects/memcardlib
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About PS2Storage:
Built on top of memcardlib library, PS2Storage is a set of C++ classes that make
accessing the PS2 memory cards even easier, while adding new functionality for the
hard drive.
The PS2MemoryCard class provides nothing more than a thin wrapper over the memcard
library, providing a slightly cleaned up interface over those functions that's
easier to use than the straight C function calls.
The PS2HardDrive class wraps a number of system functions for dealing with files on
the hard drive. This may seem excessive to some - after all, you CAN just open and
close files at will, since we're all developing under Linux, which guarantees there
will be a hard drive. For many applications, this is totally acceptable. But, if
the intent is to make a game, it would be advantageous to centralize the "storage access"
routines for any or all of the following reasons:
-It makes your code more modular and easy to maintain
-Should a non-RTE environment appear for PS2 development, you won't need
to change any of your code that uses this library - that would be my job.
-Should you ever get really lucky and get to develop your game on a professional
PS2 development kit, you would only need to rewrite a handful of simple, well-defined
functions without changing your main program.
Features in this release are:
-A C++ based, object-oriented architecture
-1 sample program demonstrating the usage of this library
Technicals:
-REQUIRES the memcardlib files to compile
-The classes.txt file is a complete record of all the classes and their public methods,
describing what each method's purpose is, what its parameters are, and what values are
returned.
-main.cpp contains a simple program demonstrating the use of PS2Storage. The program
has 4 modes of operation: write, read, delete, and stats. They all create or operate
on a file on the memory card named PS2StorageTest.txt. Needless to say, you need
to have a memory card in slot 0 for the program to work. To compile this program
type: make
A summary of what each mode does follows:
Command-line What happens
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./main stats Prints out the memory card and hard drive info
./main write Writes (creates) the file PS2StorageTest.txt to the memory card
./main read Reads and prints out the memory card file PS2StorageTest.txt
./main delete Deletes the memory card file PS2StorageTest.txt
Limitations of PS2Storage:
-Same as memcardlib
Contacting me:
Email: nedelman@netzero.net
AOL Instant Messenger: SuperNedelman
Other AOL Instant Messenger: SuperDuperDerek
Changes:
0.1 - Release August 24, 2002
-First release.
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