The Sega Dreamcast. Live CD distributions of Linux were really taking off around then, so some enterprising sorts decided to see if they could get Linux running on the Dreamcast. They partially succeeded, though accessing some of the hardware was… dicey. That said, the Dreamcast had a native keyboard adapter and they managed to get support for that going pretty quickly.
The Sega Dreamcast. Live CD distributions of Linux were really taking off around then, so some enterprising sorts decided to see if they could get Linux running on the Dreamcast. They partially succeeded, though accessing some of the hardware was… dicey. That said, the Dreamcast had a native keyboard adapter and they managed to get support for that going pretty quickly.
Unfortunately the project kind of stagnated, but you can read up on more of it on the sourceforge project page.
Dreamcast emulation was a huge hobby of mine! I can’t believe it worked so well.