EB-2000 prototype PS2 development system

Hello,
Still reading the TechRef disc, i found this:

The picture is from a Sony Dev conference program/presentation:

In one of the newsgroups logs, a guy said that all the EB-2000 were sent back to Japan for being crushed, as they were replaced by the TOOL...

So any of you have seen this prototype, or have pictures of it?

It seems there is an older version of the ps2 devkit, the GS-Board attached to a DTL-H10100, any informations on those?

 

i found a new item to look for , never realized it was a complete alpha kit solution.

 

if these have all been returned to Japan & crushed i can imagine that any which have slipped through the net are going to be VERY expensive if they ever hit the open market!

 

That's what they attempted to do with the Microsoft Alpha units and they are out there... ;-)

 

i cant wait to see one appear!

 

Same here! Something to maybe add to the "Wants" list!

 

I did see one being used as a trendy plant pot shelf in a senior managers office at an american developement studio. Didn't know it was a PS2 proto, just though it was some networking box or something, just looked at the photo closely and it was probably what I saw. This was 6 months ago, so it's likely it's still there and at least there is one around.

 

plant-pot shelf? cruel

 

Hey, Barc0de don't be too hasty! What type of plant was it? ;-)

 

I had to look it up but it was a Pohtos or a Epipremnum aureum. It was quite pretty and large that's why I noticed it.

 

It would gain extra value if it was cannabis I tell you