Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Gareth" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: playstation 2 Date: 7 Mar 1999 00:36:36 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 10 Message-ID: <01b9ea91$f626e160$5193a6c3@gareth> References: <36d93950.632204@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <7bjti8$9he16@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <01b9e9b2$194e1f40$655c38d4@gareth> <7bn4jl$9he34@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <36e120ca.4431920@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 337.hiper03.shef.dialup.force9.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 > If you check, the backwards compatibility is enabled by a standalone > chip that copies the PS cpu. It's the I/O chip isn't it? What if we were to, theoretically, replace this chip (or the appropriate ROM) with the one(s) found in the Yaroze, obtain an adaptor to connect the new interface with the serial cable and insert the boot disc... Gareth!