[vox] FS: PlayStation 2

[Darth Borehd]

Just a tip:  The drive in Playstation 2 and 3 have been well documented to
be sub-standard quality and not made for the continuous spin that DVD movies
put on them,  I very much recommend against watching movies on any
Playstation console.

2009/10/8 Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net>

>
> I have an original Sony PlayStation 2 (model SCPH-30001, NTSC) that we
> bought back when the PS2 first came out, back in 2000.
>
> The drive is starting to fail, I think, which may be repairable.
> However, rather than repair it, I decided to just grab the new PS2 slim,
> which recently dropped in price down to $99.
>
> Now, why would anyone -- especially from LUGOD -- be interested in taking
> this old PS2 off my hands?  Well, being an original PS2, it includes
> an "Expansion Bay" in the back, and two USB and an "i.LINK S400" port on
> the front.  (The latter is apparently Sony's brand name for IEEE 1394,
> which most of us probably know as "FireWire" (Apple's name for it).)
>
> With all this expandability, it's possible to get a hard drive and
> run Linux on the thing!  (In fact, Sony came to LUGOD back in 2003 to
> talk about Sony's own "Linux for the PlayStation 2" kit.
> Find slides and photos via: http://lugod.org/meeting/past/2003.01.07.php )
>
> This is not something I ever did with my PS2, but others in LUGOD have
> done it.  (Seth brought his PS2 running Linux to some LUGOD hands-on demos
> at the Davis Food Co-Op.)  And, sadly, Sony doesn't seem to support it
> any more.  (playstation-linux.com is a squatter site, and searching for
> the Linux kit on the playstation.com site brings up no results.)
> However, a quick search on eBay found a kit for about US$250.
> Pricey, but I'm guessing the kit is rare.
>
> Now, aside from running Linux on the thing, you can also, obviously,
> play PlayStation 2 (and original PlayStation) games, as well as watch
> DVD movies. (Region 1, of course.)
>
> The main difficulty we've had lately is with a brand-new game we got
> that's on a blue-colored disc.  Another brand-new game with a silver disc
> has worked fine every time.  And some brand-new (though slightly
> toddler-abused) movie DVDs have been finnicky.  So your mileage may vary.
> And if you want to actually use the thing seriously (watch movies every
> night, or play games every day), you might want to go have the drive
> looked at.
>
> For specs and such, see the Wikipedia article on the PS2.  Again, it's
> the origianl model (not the Slim or poorly-named "PSX" edition).
> It looks like this:
>  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/PlayStation_2.png
>
> I don't have the stand (for setting it upright, as in the picture above),
> or the original box.  I probably have the manuals somewhere.
>
> I've got an 8MB memory card and a wired "Dual Shock 2" controller I
> can throw in.  I've also got a tentacled multi-system A/V cable
> (stereo + composite + S-video) that I might be willing to part with if
> you're desparate.  (I might need it for the PS2slim, or I might decide
> the Dreamcast finally deserves some S-video love.)
>
> How much am I asking?  How about $0.00 or best offer. :)
>
> --
> -bill!
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