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Sony didn’t want us going back to firmware 3.60, I guess… so I made my own installer. Using an encrypted, un-sigchecked dump of firmware 3.60, the 3.60 IPL, and a few modules from the 3.52 updater, you can now install 3.60 again on slim PSPs.

The readme is intentionally hard to understand (written for experts) because of the risks posed in flashing your entire firmware this way. There are no safety checks in place or anything.

On the plus side, it will only run from a Pandora memory stick setup, so if you do manage to mess things up and brick your PSP, you can always get things back to normal.

http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=132378

Ali Banana has dropped his project “Closed”, while Cobain was taking it over.

Changes (according to Mollusk):

updated the sources
added 1 enigma
added click between each one
changed the keyboard delete routine
and only 1 version for fat/no fat instead of 2

There are basically no “visible” changes in this release. More things to come.

http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=18350

Cobain has updated his Sokoban remake for Nintendo DS. The main post has not been updated yet, but the link to v0.3 already points at the correct file.

There are bugfixes along with a retouched menu.

http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12060

GMath3D Library is a graphics library for GP2x. Includes 2D, 3D, Text, Time, Joystick, and Sound (ogg) functions. Includes working example code and .gpe files.

http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,19,2349

In the latest installment of the series Alex travels through the jungle in search of his kidnapped girlfriend. Plenty of classic platforming in four nice colors guaranteed!

This release fix problems for GP2x-F200 users.

http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,35,2446

This is the complete source code to PBSynth v0.1a. It is possible to compile a GP32 program, a stand-alone Win32 application or a Steinberg VSTi instrument of the synth.

PBSynth was written by Christian Nowak, who wrote several things for GP32 mainly in the beginning of it’s release.

http://www.gp32x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,1,1057

PSPCAP32 is an Amstrad CPC Emulator for PSP.

Changes:

– improve speed (+3 fps at 222Mhz)
– add new hotkeys :
. settings such as fps, delta_y or render mode
can now be directly modified inside the emulator
(no need to enter in the settings menu)
. quick save / quick load current state
(no need to enter in the main menu)
– bug fix in green/monochrome default settings

http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/271-guid.html

PSP Flow is an application to imitate a “Cower Flow System”. More information in german language for those who care on it’s official release page.

http://pspsource.de/hdp_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?127253

This is a plugin for PSP CWF 3.71M33-4 (update 4 is required) that displays some basic info on screen:
– CPU speed and CPU usage
– BUS speed
– battery status (percent and time left)
– local time

http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-development-forum-11/t-psp-hud-v13-131694.html

maxthebest updated his PSP protection program.

Release notes:

Hi all.
Here I release the first revision of the final version of protect-me
Here are the changelogs since v4.0
-Added an onscreen keyboard, so that it’s easyer to input the password. (only in the prx, not in the installer…)
-Remade a good part of the code (thanks to the keyboard…)
-Now you won’t see the XMB behind your password prompt, but just … a black screen.

To install it, follow the readme instructions (in english). (but that’s not hard, unzip it, run the eboot and activate the prx…)
Here is a quote from this readme:

Protect-me
Final version revison 0.1
By MaxTheBest
Your questions on http:/blog.ifrance.com/maxthebest.dev
or maxthebest.dev@gmail.com

Installation:
-Unzip the archive at MS root
-Edit the vsh.txt file and add ms0:/seplugins/protectme.prx
-Set the password you’d like using the eboot installer (don’t do it if you don’t want to set a passwrod.
it’ll still save the history of power on…
-Activate the plugin through recovery menu.
-New eboot icones by j3r3mie

What’s new:
-now you enter the passsword with a keyboard.
-You can’t see the xmb behind the password.

DOWNLOAD Final V0.1:
http://maxthebest.site.voila.fr/PM0.1F.rar

For more informations, go:
Here for french speakers http://blog.ifrance.com/maxthebest.dev
Here for english speakers http://maxthebest.site.voila.fr/index.html

If you want to tell me something, an idea or anything, contact me via PM or at my email:
maxthebest.dev@gmail.com

http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-development-forum-11/t-protect-me-final-release-revision-01-132322.html