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From: matth@bellatlantic.net (Matthew Hulett)
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Subject: Re: Skipping PSX
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 15:52:32 GMT
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>How old is your playstation, is it your Yaroze? 

   Nope, just my 'ole grey PSX. I try not to use my yaroze for games,
don't want to wear  it out. It's a bout a year-and-a-half old. I treat
the darn thing so well too. Silly thing gets dusted every three days,
treated with kid gloves, elevated and fan-blown when in use...

>The other still has his and has to sit it at all sorts of angles to get it
>to work.

   To kill Dennis' question... I forget who mentioned it, but in one
of our wekly chat sessions, someone mentioned that if they turn the
unit upside down, it works. Sounds weird, but it works.

>I've been unreliably informed that there was a problem with the older
>playstation's laser mechanism, causing it either to distort due to
>overheating or just wear out from darting back and forth reading data. I
>also heard that Sony will exchange older troublesome playstations here (at
>a price), no doubt they do the same in the US.

   I am hoping a Sony staffer will eventually wander by and tell me my
options. Oh, Sony professionals?

-Matt