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Post by soop on Sept 12, 2018 13:34:55 GMT
So, despite not yet having completed either modding an internal SATA HDD into a PS2 slim, or an internal SD card reader, the next thing I'm thinking is adding a Samba server via a Raspberry Pi Zero. Internal of course.
It's all very interesting and exciting
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Post by ClodBuster on Sept 13, 2018 11:41:42 GMT
I'm curious. What do you exactly have in mind?
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Post by soop on Sept 13, 2018 13:22:56 GMT
I'm curious. What do you exactly have in mind? Well I was thinking, what's the "ultimate" PS2. A terabyte hard drive, or an SD card reader are pretty fucking cool (I have a 200gb micro SD for that one). For those, I'm waiting on a couple of parts, but they're pretty much just waiting to be put together, and then configured. I've already hard modded them with a chip. But the downfall to both of those is that they lose the optical drive. Not so bad when you have like 250 games, but it's not "ultimate" enough. The latest thought is to put a raspberry pi zero in there. I can solder a micro USB cable to the second USB port of the PS2 (and probably cut the traces to the PS2, just in case) and from there, I can have external access to a USB drive connected to the internal Pi. Then, I remove the Ethernet port, and hard solder the (add-on) Ethernet adaptor of the pi to the PS2. That acts as though they're plugged into each other. From there, OPL will be able to access a samba share via Raspian. I can access the Pi via SSH over WiFi if I need to. The last step is to wire up the Pi to the PS2 power button so it sleeps when the PS2 is turned off. The challenges so far is that even tho the Pi zero is tiny, it's still too big for the PS2 as-is. Unless I remove the Ethernet port and the optical audio jack. But there's a model of PS2 slim (the 7900x model to be exact" that has a much smaller motherboard, and thus more space in the case. Just ordered one, and I'm pretty sure I can fit everything I need in there. Only down side, is that after the... 7500x I think, PS1 support isn't quite perfect. But I'm thinking that I'll probably keep a handful of these for my collection, possibly a HDD slim, a samba slim (this one) and a Phat with a chunky HDD. Oh and the worst part is.. without 2 USB ports, there's no 2 player Time Crisis D:
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Post by spenoza on Sept 13, 2018 13:32:57 GMT
Use a hub, Luke! Use a hub!
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Post by soop on Sept 13, 2018 13:39:40 GMT
Use a hub, Luke! Use a hub! I checked - some things can get away with it, but other things (like the Guncon 2) rely on the port to know which gun is for which player. fortunately I have 2 of these which, while not as accurate, have a fucking awesome recoil feature, and use the controller ports.
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Post by ClodBuster on Sept 13, 2018 13:56:25 GMT
Sounds like quite an undertaking. Good luck on a device with such a tiny footprint, I guess wire routing will have to be pretty neat.
I'm fine with my chip-modded PAL SCPH-9x though (modbo/infinity clone), which plays PS1/PS2 imports from all regions as well as burned discs. For some games, holding down a specific button on the controller at boot time is needed to make them willing to play, since this overrides any automatic region detection in favor of a manual region selection. Some Japanese PS1 games also initially boot with an upwards shifted screen until the first FMV sequence magically fixes that (e.g. the animated Konami logo) - usually even before the game title screen is shown. So actual gameplay is not affected.
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Post by soop on Sept 13, 2018 14:03:06 GMT
Sounds like quite an undertaking. Good luck on a device with such a tiny footprint, I guess wire routing will have to be pretty neat. I'm fine with my chip-modded PAL SCPH-9x though (modbo/infinity clone), which plays PS1/PS2 imports from all regions as well as burned discs. For some games, holding down a specific button on the controller at boot time is needed to make them willing to play, since this overrides any automatic region detection in favor of a manual region selection. Some Japanese PS1 games also initially boot with an upwards shifted screen until the first FMV sequence magically fixes that (e.g. the animated Konami logo) - usually even before the game title screen is shown. So actual gameplay is not affected. Huh, that's weird. I know sometimes you need to hold O to boot into PS1 games, but I've not had that issue with Japanese PS1 games (that said, I only own the one). Same Modchip I always use though. And yeah, my wiring is hella neat, though I have room for improvement I have another trick up my sleeve, but I might try sanding the wire a little since the last stuff I got doesn't bond together very well
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Post by ClodBuster on Sept 13, 2018 15:43:34 GMT
Looks pretty neat indeed! Well done with that ribbon cable! The wire routing trick under the microchips pins remind me of a PS2 modding video by Voultar I've watched recently.
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Post by soop on Sept 13, 2018 16:05:08 GMT
Looks pretty neat indeed! Well done with that ribbon cable! The wire routing trick under the microchips pins remind me of a PS2 modding video by Voultar I've watched recently. Haha yep, I totally bit his style! In fact him and a guy called Jinn, who Voultar learned from
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Post by Mathius on Sept 14, 2018 3:13:23 GMT
Sounds like quite an undertaking. Good luck on a device with such a tiny footprint, I guess wire routing will have to be pretty neat. I'm fine with my chip-modded PAL SCPH-9x though (modbo/infinity clone), which plays PS1/PS2 imports from all regions as well as burned discs. For some games, holding down a specific button on the controller at boot time is needed to make them willing to play, since this overrides any automatic region detection in favor of a manual region selection. Some Japanese PS1 games also initially boot with an upwards shifted screen until the first FMV sequence magically fixes that (e.g. the animated Konami logo) - usually even before the game title screen is shown. So actual gameplay is not affected. I do have trouble with some PS1 imports not booting on my chipped PS2, but I didn't know about holding down specific buttons during boot-up. I see where "O" can be pressed but is there others that I need to be aware of? I honestly don't remember which chip is in mine as it's been so long ago since I had it installed.
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Post by ClodBuster on Sept 14, 2018 4:21:13 GMT
Mathius, if your PS2 happens to be equipped with some Matrix Infinty clone, there are instructions available how to access different boot configurations at startup by holding down different buttons. There's also a config menu which allows you to do some advanced settings.
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Post by Mathius on Sept 14, 2018 4:27:36 GMT
Mathius, if your PS2 happens to be equipped with some Matrix Infinty clone, there are instructions available how to access different boot configurations at startup by holding down different buttons. There's also a config menu which allows you to do some advanced settings. I think that might be what I have actually. Thanks for the memory jog. I have one of Snowkitty's chips that he installed right before he passed away. Due to those extremely sad circumstances I never had a chance to ask him specifics after he shipped back my console.
Thanks again
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Post by ClodBuster on Sept 14, 2018 8:02:27 GMT
Well, this is the info I gathered by googlin'. Watch out, some descriptions are rather cryptic.
Don't get your hopes high for that "VGA mode", since VGA is meant for the PS2 Linux OS kit and/or 480p support, and will require a screen that supports C-Sync input on the green video line, which isn't common at all.
Also don't care too much for multiregion DVD-Video playback, it rarely works. I'd rather use a standalone multiregion DVD Player, e.g. my Toshiba SD-220E (PAL), that I managed to hack for region 1 and 2 playback and can output both PAL and NTSC signals with their respective color coding, while Toshiba's NTSC counterpart of the same DVD Player can't.
Boot modes:
Config menu
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Post by Mathius on Sept 15, 2018 0:32:39 GMT
Thank you!!!
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