I've received PlayStation console. The model is DTL-H1202. I doubt in strange complectation. In complect: PlayStation console, power cable, AV cable, black controller (like in Net Yaroze), instruction manual. 1. Console is green, but ports for controllers are black. Must it be so? 2. Controller of Net Yaroze. Must it be so? There's only one controller.
Was this from eBay? If so I think I saw it. I am sure someone commented on it, i.e. a cobbled together unit from spare parts. Certainly don't think Sony would have released a unit with a variety of colored parts.
Why on earth would Sony do that then? I have seen one like this before and put it down (like everyone else that commented) to someone cobbling together a working debug from spare parts. Three of them in such fine condition? All boxed etc? I have no idea! Seriously! Having only ever come across a single unit previously I would have to step aside and ask whether anyone who knows Sony's debugging stations inside out / back and forth whether this is a genuine build or someone tampering with them? From the same source it could still be someone doing so, but that one does appear to be in great condition, I'd imagine the ports on it would have been fine. So why change them?
I've seen such consoles for sale about 10-15 prs. At first they appeared on the eBay.es. Some time later I saw them on Yahoo. At 160$ for one. I bought 3 consoles immediately. After that the seller put another 3 for sale. My friend bought them at 300$ for one. After some time the same seller put another 2 or 4 consoles. All consoles were boxed! At first I thought they were the rests from the store, but black ports and controller surprised me greatly. It seems like a hybrid of Net Yaroze and debugger. A year ago I managed to buy a brand new DTL-H1100. It had blue ports and 2 grey controllers. By the way, one of my DTL-H1202 doesn't have an instruction manual. I think, that the seller simply forgot to put it. I've already informed in about it. I'd ask Sony about DTL-H1202, but I don't hope receive the answer. I'm not a developer...
This is perfectly legit. It's one of the very last PSX Debuggers, which got made up from various bits and pieces, to basically finish up the dev cycle. ...Xbox did the same sorta thing, along with many other's.
I spoke to someone in Sony Europe and asked him about this and they had a large number of Net Yaroze machines in Europe as they made more machines then the software packs, once the warrenties on the Net Yaroze ran out they started to use the machines in debug units, he seems to think the Debug units still have the net yaroze bios too. They also came with one pad too as most large developers would have had spares floating around anyway. There are a few of these units out there as most well sold but ended up being stored away not being used...
There is generally nothing special about the yaroze or debug bios. There were retail units shipped with them. It's the subcpu that differentiates them. If they can convert yaroze to debug after manufacture then it might be able to mod a retail console without adding a chip. Though I can't see anyone doing any research on it after this time.
I wonder what the reserve is... :drool: He also has a PS2 TEST for sale. 2.5 days to go, £100, reserve not met :banghead:.
So the subcpu is the reason my PlayStation can boot anything then? The BIOS appears to be retail after all.
On this context, subcpu = Mechanics Controller (mechacon) or the CD-Rom drive CPU. On the early Playstation hardware the mechanics controller were a maskrom Hitachi H8 microcontroller. Later on they switched to Motorola (Now Freescale) MCUs.
A Net Yaroze software? :shrug: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...82274&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_3538wt_1167
This should be in the eBay thread, but in short no, that disc didn't come with the debug kit. The seller likely just bought out a lot and is reselling and included it by mistake. -hl718
