Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Cookie" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: South African developer looking for a Yaroze Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 09:24:11 +1200 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 123 Message-ID: <9kpm6i$qtb20@www.netyaroze-europe.com> References: <9hq70s$odf4@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <9hqc3f$odf6@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <9hqda2$p4m2@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <9kn06t$qtb1@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <9kn0ts$qtb3@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <9kp379$qtb10@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.37.124.253 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Hi Max, Yeah i can appreciate you saying that, 450 pounds is i think around 550 - 600 US ( this equates to about $1000 or more for the machine for me, would you spend $1000 for it? ). Unfortunately its just something i cant afford. I looked at the machines when they were first released and drooled at the thought of owning one, but there was no way i could cough up the money needed for one. I remember when i worked for a video game shop someone came in and said he bought this black machine and it had a special memory card etc, and i thought you lucky bastard thats a yaroze, cost him about $50 US. I guess what im thinking now is that the machine is now "obsolete", and my local sony people said that there would be no support for me if i bought the machine that had offered me, so that means no password or username for the web site or newsgroups ( ok i admit not such a big deal because i can access it using my friends account, but still id like it to be mine and all mine :) ) Well anyways i'll continue to play round when i can, i dont have my mates machine anymore, and i only have access to it on the very rare occasion now, but i love seeing and reading what you guys are doing, reading edge and putting some faces to the names was also very cool! Greg "Max" wrote in message news:9kp379$qtb10@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > I'm not sure what the value of a complete kit would be now that Sony has > stopped selling them to individuals but I'd imagine that if I were you I > would be willing to pay up to about 400-450 pounds not sure how much that is > in dollars though. I would never part with my machine I love it to bits and > I'm glad I got one when I did so if mine were to break I'd pay a pretty > penny for a new one if it were not able to be fixed... Hope that is useful > in some way :) > > Max > > Cookie wrote in message > news:9kn0ts$qtb3@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > > Hi Guys > > > > I recently contacted my local sony branch, because as some of you know the > > only way i get to work on some yaroze stuff is to borrow a friends > machine, > > No i dont own it, i borrow it. Anyways sony tracked down a local yaroze > > system, but from my understanding it was loose and possibly incomplete. > > Asking price was Around $450 US ( depending on exchange rates ). Needless > > to say it was still out of my reach, as i mentioned to them that currently > i > > couldnt afford more than around 150 - 200 US, and for a used yaroze which > > was loose and maybe incomplete, i didnt think that was too unfair > expecting > > to pay only around $150? > > > > Would that be correct, or should i have snapped at the $450 US price they > > were asking? Needless to say im still looking for my own machine, i cant > > borrow my friends machine forever, as much as i would like to, so if > anyone > > has a way to get me a machine, sony or a group member, please let me know, > > id like to officially be part of this group, with my own machine. > > > > > > "Paul Holman" wrote in message > > news:9kn06t$qtb1@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > > > Actually, we've halved the price of "official" PS1 devkits a few months > > > back, and many publishers are very keen to sign up PS1 game developers. > > > I'll see if our own group has an interest. > > > > > > Incidentally, SCEE still provides Net Yaroze systems to Universities as > > > required. Although I know many had concerns about the legal paperwork > > that > > > was the hurdle for getting the "black box", we fully intend to keep > these > > > servers running as long as there is interest, and don't plan to ever > > recall > > > the kits. > > > > > > Finally, we're seeing what the demand might be for Linux on PS2 - check > > out > > > http://www.technology.scee.net/cgi-bin/sceeweb1/scee.pl?ps2linuxint (its > > not > > > live yet) > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > "Matt Verran" wrote in message > > > news:9hqda2$p4m2@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > > > > > Give up a Yaroze?! Who would do a thing like that!? You'd have to be > > > crazy > > > > > or something! > > > > > > > > There are TONS of people who own one and havn't appeared on the net at > > > all, > > > > check the complete memberlist: > > > > http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/cgi-bin/list_members.cgi > > > > > > > > Maybe SONY should reclaim all these machines :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >