WiFi Delivery of Homebrew Updates

[Art]

Has anyone bothered with this?
The USB on my Win2K op system only works as USB1,
and can't transfer a working PSP program.

I wonder it a PSP app could be used to simply save apps
straight into the Game folder ready to run.

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Has anyone bothered with this?
The USB on my Win2K op system only works as USB1,
and can't transfer a working PSP program.

I wonder it a PSP app could be used to simply save apps
straight into the Game folder ready to run.

Uh yeah I guess so but why don't you just install USB 2.0 drivers? They should be on the CD that came with your motherboard (and on the site of the manufacturer).

[AnonymousTipster]

This would be relatively easy to download the new update from a web server, however the problem would be replacing the currently running EBOOT with the new one. It may require downloading two EBOOTs - an 'installer' and the 'application'.
The app would download the files and then launch the installer EBOOT, dumping the original app behind. The installer would then copy the new EBOOT into the place of the old one, cleanup, then launch the new EBOOT, leaving the installer behind.

So you'd probably need cURL to download the update, a .zip (or other) deflator, and some EBOOT launching code.

[Art]

I might have thought since the program has loaded to RAM,
it could delete it's own ms program files.
You can do this with LUA applications over USB (while the script is running).

The USB drivers are in 2.0 mode with XP, but nothing I do makes it
work under Win2K where cygwin is. I might buy another USB board.
There is no chance I'll bother installing cygwin on XP again.

[Shazz]

Look at Titan Hombrew Manager, released by McZonk for the Neoflash compo.
It downloads PSP apps from a website and copy them thru wifi/cURL to the MS.

That's a nice idea, unfortunately the 802.11b is quite "slow" (~220Kb/s), be patient if you want to download movies or music to the ms. But that's perfect for classic homebrew apps (a few megabytes).

[Art]

I'm talking about the constant updates of your own program,
say overwriting the same app about 50 times in one night.
It might work in theory, but become cumbersome.
I might try that HTTPD LUA app. I think it supports 2 way communication now.
Art.

[Drakonite]

Have you looked at psplink?

[Art]

Ahh, that's the serial app, someone beat you to it,
and advised me by email. the MAX232 circuit isn't a problem,
I'll have to look at the thread to see speed test results.
If it's anything like my GPS, a 2Mb xfer is very slow.
Maybe the character pacing is tighter with the psp.

[dot_blank]

psplink works great over Wifi, Sio or USB
so go have your problems removed ;)

[Art]

From a brief look PSPlink doesn't look suitable for a flash writing application.
TedZero browser would be good if I can get it working.