Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Duffield Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Alternative to chipping.. Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:22:19 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 42 Message-ID: <36AE15E8.35F20B32@btinternet.com> References: <1dm7ls3.qm447l1psv9e2N@a1-88-127.a1.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: host5-99-61-44.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en If anyone is interested, The device you mention is available at Gamesmasters on Leith Walk Edinburgh, (Can't remember how much the woman said it is though). J.Duffield j.duffield@btinternet.com DEnnis Brinkhuis wrote: > I would never chip my Net Yaroze!!! The risk is to big and I don't want > to support illegal copied games. > I do want to keep informed about the possibilities that are out there. I > pointed out the risks of chipping to a lot of friends of mine. I said > that you have a rather large risk of screwing up your system. After > opening the case they also lost their warranty. > Well, my last point is not valit anymore. In Holland there are "action > replay" type of plugs that you put in the back of your system and that > "improves" the swapping techique. > As far as I heard, it works as follow: > > - Put the device in the large connector on the back > - put an official PAL CD in the drive > - The drive will start running and read the code > - The device freezes the drive > - Now you can savely swap your CD with a NTSC or Gold disc. > - press a button on the device to get on with loading > - Now you can play any game > > The device has a identification light to show when the drive is loading > or when it stopped. It supposed to be 100% proof and you don't need to > open the case. > > I must say that I never checked this thing myself, but at least 3 > friends (not knowing each other) told that it worked faultless. > > Does anybody know more about this device? I'm still sceptic about it. > > DEnnis..