Comment Re:Some Interesting Links (Score 2, Informative) 199
> ... that I found in January when I was researching this for a professor:
> Site Gutted by Sony based on DMCA
I'm not sure where you found it, but that is significantly out of date.
You will see aibopet.com and aibohack.com are running with lots of new content
Some minor comments:
> AIBO Uses Copy-Protection on its Memory Sticks
> My Take:
> While it would probably be trivial to overcome > Sony's copy-protection algorithms, it's not > > worth the bother. $35 for a PMS (Programmable > Memory Stick) is money well spent...
Actually it is a rather secure copy-protection mechanism.
Back doors that were left open in the first AIBO 210 release have been closed. Copy protection is important to Sony.
You are correct in that most AIBO owners will just buy the memory sticks (since they can afford $1000+ toys)
> Japan-Only AiboWare Releases
> Sony released several pieces of AiboWare that are only available in Japan.
Some of it is junk (IMHO), but some of it is good. Some software teaches your AIBO to play cards. Others are just more active or imaginative personalities.
Since AIBO understands voice commands, the Japanese sticks must be translated to understand English.
> More-or-less Complete 210 Hardware Reference
The problem is not the CPU, but all the custom peripherals.
> First of all, the Aibo is programmed in something called "R-Code", part of the "Open-R" standard.
Actually RCODE is a script-like language that YOU can use to program your AIBO.
Most of Aibo's brain is written in C++.
> Only one program, Sony [sony.com]'s Master Studio [aibo.com], is capable of producing R-Code through anything other than editing the R-Code directly.
Check out AbNet (http://www.dogsbodynet.com/aibnet.html) if interested in writing your own RCODE. There are tools to make RCODE easier to write (and more like C/C++)
> Site Gutted by Sony based on DMCA
I'm not sure where you found it, but that is significantly out of date.
You will see aibopet.com and aibohack.com are running with lots of new content
Some minor comments:
> AIBO Uses Copy-Protection on its Memory Sticks
> My Take:
> While it would probably be trivial to overcome > Sony's copy-protection algorithms, it's not > > worth the bother. $35 for a PMS (Programmable > Memory Stick) is money well spent...
Actually it is a rather secure copy-protection mechanism.
Back doors that were left open in the first AIBO 210 release have been closed. Copy protection is important to Sony.
You are correct in that most AIBO owners will just buy the memory sticks (since they can afford $1000+ toys)
> Japan-Only AiboWare Releases
> Sony released several pieces of AiboWare that are only available in Japan.
Some of it is junk (IMHO), but some of it is good. Some software teaches your AIBO to play cards. Others are just more active or imaginative personalities.
Since AIBO understands voice commands, the Japanese sticks must be translated to understand English.
> More-or-less Complete 210 Hardware Reference
The problem is not the CPU, but all the custom peripherals.
> First of all, the Aibo is programmed in something called "R-Code", part of the "Open-R" standard.
Actually RCODE is a script-like language that YOU can use to program your AIBO.
Most of Aibo's brain is written in C++.
> Only one program, Sony [sony.com]'s Master Studio [aibo.com], is capable of producing R-Code through anything other than editing the R-Code directly.
Check out AbNet (http://www.dogsbodynet.com/aibnet.html) if interested in writing your own RCODE. There are tools to make RCODE easier to write (and more like C/C++)
