food for thought ps2/pc

**mrfixit** · 11-03-2003,07:17 AM

as any one considered fitting a ps2 in to a pc i have some thoughts of my own. but would like to have any input on the matter from the techies or any one

prisoner1138 · 11-03-2003,07:32 AM

uhhh, just get a full tower, most the ps2 up against the side vertically, cut a hole through the front, make some little buttons to press the eject and reset, and route the cables out an expansion slot in the back.

isnt that hard.

**mrfixit** · 11-03-2003,07:38 AM

Originally posted by prisoner1138
uhhh, just get a full tower, most the ps2 up against the side vertically, cut a hole through the front, make some little buttons to press the eject and reset, and route the cables out an expansion slot in the back.

isnt that hard.

no no no the pc as to work as well as the ps2. controllers via the pc video as well as sound maybe hdd as memory card, power from the pc power pack but your idea sounds easyer

prisoner1138 · 11-03-2003,08:00 AM

yes, the pc would work. thats why you're using a full tower so theres enough room. if you wanna use the pc speakers and monitor, you'd need a capture card. and that still means routing the cables out the back of the pc and then into the capture card.

and no, you cant run the ps2 off the pc power supply. you could theoritically do it if you had a large enough pwoer supply, but that means gutting the ps2, breaking otu the multimeter, running taps off the power supply leads if they all match the same output voltages as the ps2 power supply, and that isnt good for the power supply in your pc at all. just run the ps2 power cable out the back and plug it into the wall or surge protector or whatever.

**mrfixit** · 11-03-2003,08:08 AM

i see your points but i am thinking using internals sound and video plus the com port/usb ports to send the controllers signals to the ps2 all so using the internal dvd rom instead of the sony unit

prisoner1138 · 11-03-2003,08:16 AM

not gonna happen that way.

**mrfixit** · 11-03-2003,08:24 AM

Originally posted by prisoner1138
not gonna happen that way.

why

prisoner1138 · 11-03-2003,08:41 AM

ok, i'll give you the simplest parts of the problem.

unless you're going to cut all the connections from the usb ports on the motherboard or your usb card, and then wire all that to the usb port on the ps2, it wont work. since you cant just "share" it like that.

and what would you wire the controller ports to? they arent usb, the most you would be doing is getting extension cables and mounting them to an empty 5.25 bay cover.

i already explained the power supply issue.

the network adapter cable would still need to come out the back of the pc through an expansion port unless you cut the rj45 connector off one end of an ethernet cable and hardwired it inside(cross over pattern) to an ethernet card inside the pc which would then need to be running ics and have another ethernet adapter(onboard or whatever) for its own connection.

the audio wouldnt be a major problem, you could technically just strip a connector off a cd analog audio cable and connect one end to a ps2 av adapter and plug the other into the line in on the soundcard.

but you would still need a scan converter and switch, or a video capture card to display the image from the ps2 on the monitor unless you just wanted to use a tv.

i know what you're getting at, and it simply wont work.(well, it isnt simple that it wont work, there's a ton of reasons, but you know what i mean).

you're better off just mounting it vertically against the side of the case and cutting out the holes you need in the front bezel and using a capture card. it'll do exactly what you're trying to do, minus the headaches and obvious faults mentioned above.

**mrfixit** · 11-03-2003,08:52 AM

sound good though. i agree with you to much tish sony bring out ps2 card

prisoner1138 · 11-03-2003,09:07 AM

only console i ever remember there being a pc expansion card to offer support for, was the phillips cdi and that was the creative labs video plaster. or was it 3d blaster. maybe game blaster? i dunno...

it didnt reallyu go over very well because for not much moer than the cost you could have just got the actual console anyway.

plus for soemthing like the ps2, that would involve condensing most of the electronics on the ps2 mainboard to fit on something the size of a pci card. that wouldnt happen without the manufactuing cost going through the roof. and that would mean you'd have to pay out the nose for it(and it probably wouldnt sell well, and they gotta make back the money from development too), or sony would probably end up takiong a huge loss on it to keepthe retail cost down, which isnt likely to happen either.

then they would also need to support the thing with drivers, technical support, etc. it just wouldnt be worth it at all for sony.

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