No. The SCPH-10190 (PCMCIA CARD) don't have an PNP ID so Windows won't even attempt to talk to it. All you will get is the PnP detection sound. You have no option besides opening the HDD case and connecting it to a desktop PC or USB enclosure. Edit: Or using an compatible PS2 to access the data. Anyway if you intend to image the drive you have to connect it to the PC.
The PCMCIA card is shown in device manager, but you cannot use it because there is no appropriate driver. The card reports a single range of memory-mapped I/O addresses for both devices (IDE and ethernet), so I don't think standard drivers will work. However, if we could somehow get register descriptions, it should be possible to build a driver for at least one of the devices (or both of them if a custom bus driver with two childs is used). Oh well, too many project ideas for too few summer holidays.
Now that's something interesting ! lol When I had a PC with windows here to try, I connected my PCMCIA card to it and it didn't even ask for a driver. Did not even show the icon that it detected a new hardware. It just made the PnP sound like if the device had been on the machine already. Nothing was even attempted to be installed. And I didn't see anything new on the device manager. That's why I said that.
Maybe there are different versions of the cards and only some of them are fully PCMCIA-compliant? I don't know how general the PCMCIA interface of the 10k/18k is, so this could indeed make sense if the console were made with only the Sony cards in mind. It might, can you please post them? I would also be interested in how the PCMCIA subsystem actually works, especially which part of the IDE and ethernet (or modem) functionality is implemented by the card and by the mainboard. Does anybody have any information on this?
Because my card only lasted me one week back in 2003 I had no option but open it. Turns out it has been pretty poorly assembled at the factory and several pins of the PCMCIA connector disconnected, causing the card to stop working. Since I fixed that fault it's been serving me beautifully. It's basically the same thing as an SSBUS (Expansion bay) network adapter using the same controller chip (CXD9624) even.
I noticed that when i was looking at the one i have that's rather.. dead... On the other hand... I'll have to pop it again and see if i can check the pins on that edge- the card was in immaculate condition...
