First version of the Plastation?!!!!!

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:24 pm

Hey everyone, this is my first post, and i have the original Playstation laying around, and i was wondering if there was anything i could do with it? Maybe hack it up and use the parts or make a portable?

Post by **Skyone** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:28 pm

Eat it for breakfast!

No seriously, all you can do with those pieces of crap is play them and hide them away in a closet so no one knows you have them... save yourself for the embarresment! (I have one too...)

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:31 pm

You can't do anything with it? That sucks.

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:35 pm

Hey I'm trying to get an avatar on my list thingy. So how do you copy the URL again?

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:38 pm

nevermind

Darth Fett · Post by **Darth Fett** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:51 pm

littlemal wrote:You can't do anything with it? That sucks.

You can,it would just be harder.

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:51 pm

The playstation is useful unless your smashing it. The second version is the one you want to portibalize. Oh and secondly don't post so much, just use the edit button. That's why it's there.

Why do people have to use exclamation points? I mean we can read and notice things.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:13 pm

wouldnt be too hard to make a psxP. havig the diff voltages would be a pain but other than that not too hard

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:34 pm

If you want to make a portable, you'd be better off dropping the 30 bucks for a PSone (the newer smaller one.) It only needs one voltage input (7.2v), and the board is smaller and uses less power.

You could always do a case swap, or a disc cover swap on it. There's kits avalible online.

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:50 am

This also my first portable (that i wan't to build) any advice/suggestions? My budget is mabe about $50-$60 and the book i got is from the library.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:18 am

Well with a budget of $60 you can get the PSone w/ Screen combo from Gamestop or EBgames.

If you don't have a soldering iron, wire, solder, or any other basic things like that then you might want to look at something you can get for a little less.

And as for the PSX there is one thing you can use from it; the CD-rom. Other then that the old PSX is too big, voltage requirements are too complex and needs too much current.

ArtemisGoldfish · Post by **ArtemisGoldfish** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:08 pm

Hmmm...I, personally, think it'd be cool to make a PSX Classic handheld with one of those ancient gray Gameshark boxes frankensteined into it, and have a hookup on the back for the Serial connection (Memory dumping), it's what I use mine for. (I know, it's completely useless, but it's still fun.)

Sure, it might be big, but it can't be any bigger than an XBOX portable. (Or an XBOX360 portable. I'd REALLY like to see that.)

(EDIT: Obviously, I'm no William Shakespeare.)

Post by **Skyone** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:25 pm

"I'm back from the dead to say-doh HOLY CRAP!"