Project Overiew
Developer: Lameguy64
Project Title: PSXNET
Time to Complete: 8 weeks
SDK: Psy-Q
Genre: Software Library
Latest Release: 0.70b (Client)
In Development: Yes
Initial Release Date: 17-FEBRUARY-2016
Last Date Updated: 17-FEBRUARY-2016
Controller: None
Players: None
Memory Card: None
Languages: None
Region: None
Burn and Play: No
Executable Included: No
Source Included: Yes

This is a silly little experiment I did where I try to get the original PlayStation to connect to the internet via a serial link connection to a Raspberry Pi which would basically act as a LAN modem for the PSX.

It supports basic TCP and UDP communications which means you can send and receive data to and from existing servers only. It does not come with an html parser and viewer so no internet browsing on the PSX as of yet.

Setting up a serial link connection with the PSX and Pi is very simple, just wire the PSX's Tx, Rx and Gnd pins from its Serial I/O port to one of the pins of the Raspberry Pi's GPIO interface (but Tx and Rx must be crossed).

The picture below shows a test image which the PSX downloaded from the internet through the Raspberry Pi with this library and client program.