Whither Convergence? (Sony deletes Firewire Port from PS2)
Well this can't be good.
Just came from CNET, where I read that Sony is removing the Firewire port from PS2 machines.
Here's the link.
While I can't think of a use that cropped up for it yet, the PS2 did put 50,000,000 Firewire ports out there. Why didn't any third parties take advantage of it?
Just came from CNET, where I read that Sony is removing the Firewire port from PS2 machines.
Here's the link.
While I can't think of a use that cropped up for it yet, the PS2 did put 50,000,000 Firewire ports out there. Why didn't any third parties take advantage of it?
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i do know that the improvements sound great for the console.
Well, I'm not surprised they're getting rid of them, after all, there was probably not enough of a market for the (few) Firewire devices for the PS2.
Assuming I find it, what's it good for?
A firewire HD for saving games, pictures, movies etc. Given the small size of most memory cards, this would be a great alternative. Similar to the internal HD in the XBox. It wouldn't have to be a big HD, 2 Gb, 3 maybe. I would certainly get one if this was possiable.
Originally posted by spotcatbug
I own a PS2 - I didn't know it had a FW port on it. I see to USB ports. Where's the FW port?
Sony calls it iLink, it's right next to the usb ports. It's got a different looking port than Apple's firewire.
Find a buddy with PS2
Step two:
Connect 2 PS2 together by FW
Step three:
Get 2 LCD projectors, or one projector and one big screen tv, or 2 big screen tvs...
Step four:
Fire up GT3
Step five:
Hold on to your potatoes.
Look at an old NES, Genesis or Playstation. They all have random expansion ports that were never used.
Now look at the revised top-loading NES, the revised Genesis and the PSOne. Those connectors are gone because they weren't useful for the product.
Sony never really provided guidelines or documentation for the i.Link port, so nobody really knew what to do with it. Now the big question is whether Sony will put FireWire on the next-generation console.
While I can't think of a use that cropped up for it yet, the PS2 did put 50,000,000 Firewire ports out there. Why didn't any third parties take advantage of it?
Sony didn't divulge much information about how to use it, except to a privileged few (e.g. Gran Turismo 3's developers). Does PS2 Linux actually have 1394 support?