bye bye

no need to have the phat

yeah da is telling everyone to dump their phat and buy a slim



theyre saying goodbye to the kernal not the phat

also i do believe that the slim still has trouble with some HB, were as the phat deosnt have as many problems on the exact same kernal



anyway they say goodbye to 1.5

and i say goodbye to DA CFW



seriously unless all devs release all previous apps for the new kernal, or we wont have much of a scene

either that or release the source

Seriously it is not that big of a deal. I cant think of one homebrew that needs the 1.50 kernal.

GOOD LOL ***** PHAT SHYTS OLD

This may be a hint to the upcoming utopia kernel. Perhaps this kernel can replicate what 1.50 could.

there's no reason that anyone should have a problem with this. The facts are:



The slim can only run 1.5 kernel homebrew using time machine and even then, there is a chance for incompatability



The phat can run both 1.5 and 3.x/4.x homebrew with no issues whatsoever.



So dropping the 1.5 benefits the Slims by forcing future homebrew to be 100% Slim-compatible, and has no effect on the phat, that can run 3.x homebrew anyways.



The only effect this has is making (Very) old 1.5 homebrew incompatible with newer CFW. And most older homebrew has already been ported to 3.x, especially the popular programs. The only effect is if you're running some obscure little known legacy homebrew that hasn't been ported to 3.x. In which case, you can probably find another (more recent) 3.x homebrew that does the exact same thing.

Of course, there is always the ELoader program. I have used this on a PSP Slim and have noticed that it loads at least 90% of all 1.50 kernal games/apps, and seems to work equally well on all custom firmwares (so far).



Of course, the ELoader does need further development in order to boost its compatibility, so perhaps those who are still fond of the 1.50 kernal can collaborate and tinker with it a bit in order to iron out the kinks and defects. That will lessen the pain of losing the 1.50 kernal and keep people from complaining about it.

Utopia.

only for crappy homebrew games do that know one plays.

If you don't want to upgrade, the answer is simple - don't upgrade. No one really cares if you do or not.

why the hell are they not making that kernel anymore i mean does it really hurt them to make them? let the guys who want the kernel do what the wanna do with there kernel issue's and i really hope someoene could actually make a kernel for the cfw coming! like the people of gen maybe? wel you know what i think ... psp slim sucks ..!

support for 1.50 is what exactly? so old HB can work?



people have already mentioned alternative ways to getting those apps to work.



and it DOES HURT THEM... because you can't support something by just dumping it in... you have to program for it and bug test it. it's a lot of time and effort.



i can understand that some apps are popular, but if you're updating those apps and/or creating new ones, why force people to use 1.50 compatibility, when as a dev, you can allow higher firmware compatibility? which allows for more possibilities, since there will be features you no longer have to mimic, and the new firmwares give you access to newer things that 1.50 doesn't.



in my opinion, i think people that lock into older "versions" are poor programmers, period. no one takes that crap on windows/linux/mac based apps... why take it here?

does this mean that we will no longer be able to play SNES, N64, games on firmware 4.0 or above..or are they trying to mix the 1.5 kernal into other firmwares to no longer need to do a 1.5 kernal add on in to future cfw

omg some of you still play with a phat psp?



you must hate using diagonal directions while playing games. my ears arent on my lap either. (always wondered why they pointed away from my face.



dont forget if your emulator doesnt run its the authors fault not the psp slim's...



thanks m33!

Yeah, cause PSPFiler and IRshell are crappy apps. >_>

We can play SNES and N64 emulators fine with the 3.xx kernel

I don't think that there will be any use of utopia kernel.. considering that it won't have any GUI and it will be aimed into devs.

Now do you think 1.50 kernel has a GUI? LOL!

Try using the time machine 1.50/3.40 kernel on the slim. Pimpstreamer (the 1.50 version) works with TM, willing to bet pspvlc works too.

-sniff sniff- Anyone smell that?

Smells like ownage. (and better CFWs)

1.5 kernel maybe useless to slim users but there are still lots of homebrew and homebrew makers only available for the phat machine so its not useless at all.



i agree that we can run most emulator homebrews on 3.xx kernel but i must say that remaining 1.5 kernel devs should also update to the newer better kernel to reach a wider audience.

Not everyone wants to buy a new $170 toy when the old one's not broken. I could go out and buy a slim right now if we wanted. There's just no compelling reason to do it:



Want to move diagonally? The game probably supports the analog stick for that. I'll admit that I mostly just use my PSP to play emulators of games from my youth, but diagonal movement has yet to be an issue for me in any game.



Ears not on your lap? They're not on your stomach either. My PSP is loud as is - I wish there was an extra volume level between off and the lowest (especially when running SNES emus) - I'm kind of glad the speakers are where they are. But, if I wanted it to sound better or louder, I'd just plug in the headphones.



Skype? I've got a cell phone with better features, and my company foots the bill.



TV output? I have a PS3, Wii, 360, and HTPC attached to my 55" TV, why in the world would I want to look at the PSP on it?



Infrared support? Why would I wan... oh wait, I love that feature, and it's only on the phat.



So, the way many people use their PSP, the slim's still a downgrade at this point. Now, if they ever come out with a model with a HD in the place of the UMD and enough memory to run a real Linux distro, we'll talk upgrade.

I have a feeling if you owned a slim... you wouldn't be so against it.