Popstation - for Linux and Mac users

Posted Dec 28, 2006 at 7:57PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Homebrew Applications Tags: Linux, Mac OS X, Sony, tinmanx
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Now, why should WE be left out?So why should the apple and the penguin be left out of the POPS madness? Linux and Mac">tinmanx got busy with his skillz, banged up some code, and here we go, two new Popstations that work on Linux and Mac OS X. Because why should (ahem, "name of OS publisher that's also a rival to Sony in the console department") Windows hoard all the PSP homebrew fun? (Yeah, really, why should they?)

tinmanx says that "you might need to 'chmod 777' the file to run it, but it's been tested for both OS's and works." Other than that, he also hopes to produce a PowerPC version soon. Beyond that, however... tinmanx offers no further details on what to do with these files. A question from a Mac user noted that the Mac file was "obviously" a terminal app, but he doesn't know how to proceed from there. Hopefully tinmanx will get on line at the forum or in the comments to offer some help.

Zip file below contains two more zip files, each appropriately labelled as the file for Linux or Mac.

Download: [Popstations for Linux and Mac]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2006-12-28 19:11:00
hjk

Ha no first.
by - 2006-12-28 19:13:10
no

nooooooooooooooo
by blackmobb - 2006-12-28 19:30:25
hahahaha....no

hahahaaha no life.
by - 2006-12-28 19:41:33
Well

Linux users like myself have already been able to run popstation.exe through wine for a while now... this just makes it a lot easier and a bit faster, as I can now make a script to do the work for me while I play some Silent Hill on my PSP.
by Ghost2012 - 2006-12-28 20:04:56
hmmm

well i tryed this out cd to the folder i have in it emac:~/desktop/popstation shawnathacker$ ./popstation bof3.img Writing header... BASE.PBP is not a PBP file. and that base.pbp and the keys.bin file work just fine on my win32 box so i dont know maybe a problem in the code for mac?
by - 2006-12-28 20:22:47
lol

can we run this on our ps3s? :P j/k
by - 2006-12-28 20:33:06
FINALLY

finally this is posted on the front page! [quote] BASE.PBP is not a PBP file. [/quote] maybe its case senstive?? it is on linux... btw the pengiun owns j000
by - 2006-12-28 20:35:29
I'll tell you why

I'll tell you why Mac would get left out.... IT SUCKS Mac promises the 3.03 downgrader, but don't fall for it! IT'S A BRICKER! But yeah, linux, cool... sweet... love linux.
by soopergooman - 2006-12-28 20:45:36
PIRACY TALK IS A NO NO HERE

Talking about Piracy on the main page? What the hell is going on here, Qj.net? I thought you guys were against piracy... Us windows user get all the homebrew because THATS THE STANDARD PEOPLE.
by - 2006-12-28 20:50:09
Ugh...

Terminal? Ugh.
by - 2006-12-28 21:52:28
wow

Why are you complaining about using Terminal? You drag the binary to Terminal, then drag your ISO/IMG/BIN to Terminal and press enter. God, that was hard. And Windows really isn't a standard for anything. Definitely isn't the standard for usability, interdace, or security.
by - 2006-12-29 00:14:34
Piracy my ass~dident feel like loging in~

as far as piracy goes whos pirating anything here i own a ps3 and also happen to own breath of fire 3 so supergooman buddy you can bite my ass ~flamed like a lil school girl on fire~
by - 2006-12-29 02:33:03
yo

Well, thanks, guys, we loved that *****, you guys don“t know how many linuxusers will get the benefit of this little contraption of yours. You really should be proud of that! All the penguins say Thank you!
by - 2006-12-29 03:56:08
Mac User needs help

hiya everybody, tried the terminal for MacOSX, but simply doesn't seem to work. Made an ISO from my Final Fantasy VII (with the help of Toast, made first a Toast-file and renamed it as ISO file, is that correct?) and put it in the same folder as the terminal. Which codelines do you have to enter? What does "chmode 777" mean? thx and greetz p.s.: where do the files go then? In the Game150 folder?
by - 2006-12-29 09:09:20
Re: Mac User needs help

Phew, you really need to learn about your Mac a bit more. In Terminal, cd to the directory you placed the popstation file and run the command: chmod 777 popstation This sets its permissions to Read/Write/Execute for everyone. That will then allow you to run the program from the Terminal using a line such as: ./popstation ff7.iso Hope this helps, Lemmy.
by - 2006-12-29 13:58:32
Mac User needs help

To easily chmod on your mac, use this program: http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/filexaminer.html Dowload link is at the bottom of the page. Once downloaded, double click the program, say "Don't activate" on the 2 messages. Then go to: Info > Get info and choose the popstation terminal command thingy Then a window appears, press command (apple logo key on keyboard) + 2 and then set all permissions to: read, write, execute and hit apply. That's All :)
by - 2006-12-29 20:34:26
long live posix systems

hey soopergooman ***** you, microsoft, and windows
by - 2006-12-30 02:39:36
thanks for the tips

Hiya Lemmy and Artik, thanks for the help. Got a Mac since 20 years but never used the Terminal. And of the "chmod 777" I never heard of it. greetz and viva psp! Big Respect for Dark_Alex. Brilliant work!
by - 2006-12-30 02:50:19
"BASE.PBP is not a PBP file."

Sorry everybody. I tried everything but I always get this message "BASE.PBP is not a PBP file.". I'm using the Hot Shots 2 game. Changed the name of the EBOOT.PBP to BASE.PBP, but the popstation seems to have a problem. "./popstation ffvii.iso Writing header... BASE.PBP is not a PBP file." The base.pbp which I am using is 143.7 MB big. Does anybody have an idea what problem I have?
by - 2006-12-30 05:35:25
yo yo yolk!

i have the exact same porb is it suppoed to be lower case?
by - 2006-12-30 07:09:36
Tried big case/small case/everything

Tried every possible option (all big case, all small case,...), but always the same error log. The Eboot is HotShots 2 Emu for PSP. Tried it out, works fine, just doesn't seem to work as a BASE.PBP. Am trying out with another version of HotShots, have heard of the same problem on other sites, but no solution yet.
by - 2006-12-30 15:03:28
It Works Perfectly

It worked, i just put all the files in it and, well check it for yourself: sinister@sinister-laptop:~/Desktop/popstation$ ls Asteroids.bin BASE.PBP Final Fantasy Origins popstation script.sh sinister@sinister-laptop:~/Desktop/popstation$ ./popstation *.bin Writing header... Writing sfo... Writing icon0.png... Writing pic0.png... Writing pic1.png... Writing DATA.PSP... Writing iso header... Writing indexes... Writing iso... Writing special data... Done.
by - 2007-01-05 17:32:27
lil bit stuck

i done everyfink perfect and correct yet as the game loads it freezes after the first screen with the white writing and dosnt go any further any help please? thanks alot :)

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