GCN Introducing the Sh*t Cube

[Tom]

Wow never thought of that , take the dd out once its installed huh? Good idea

 

[Tom]

Started crunching some numbers to see how much I spent:

Gamecube : $18
Battery: $40
Screen:$50
7x controllers: $50
Plexiglass: $12
Wiikey Fusion: $50
Breakout board: $20

Total: $240 And about 4 months of work

Also working on the cost of a ps2p :

Screen: $50
Ps2slim: $35
2x controllers: $40?
battery: $40
Charge circuit (Needed If I go with Lithium Batts) $20
HDD: $20-$50 @Devin They need to be IDE for the ps2 right? Or is the slim a SATA?
Case: $50 (Just a guess I want a decent case)

Total for PS2p: $285
Gonna need to see what I have lying around from my old ps2

 

[Devin]

I'm not too sure about the PS2 myself.

@[member='DinohScene']

Is a expert.

 

[DinohScene]

PS2 uses an IDE HDD.

BBA adapter for old Phatties and you can solder on a IDE cable on some early slims.

 

[Tom]

PS2 uses an IDE HDD.

BBA adapter for old Phatties and you can solder on a IDE cable on some early slims.

Oh so only certain slims can use a hdd? and the cable needs to be soldered on aswell? Thanks.

 

[DinohScene]

Yes.

Early slims can use a HDD.
Iirc it has a 40 pin IDE array.
It needs to be soldered on directly to the board itself.

 

[Tom]

ah ok, is it micro soldering ? I don't have a fine tip on my soldering iron.

 

[Devin]

I got the printer in, now I just need to buy some printer paper.

 

[Tom]

Time to go cut down a few trees

 

[dilav]

Early model SCPH-700xx slims have components for the IDE drive and capable of a hard drive modification as found by automan. The soldering is of small parts.
Although expensive you can put in a Compact Flash card instead of a hard drive so you have no moving parts to increase battery life.

Model SCPH-7900x and SCPH-900xx are not capable of soldering on a IDE port, but their motherboards are half sized and should be great for a portable PS2 with a disc drive.

 

[Tom]

Thanks for clearing it up , still wont be working on this for a while but its good to know later

 

[Tom]

Hopefully gonna wire up my wiikey tommorrow and finish it up , wiikey is the biggest thing, not gonna have an integrated controller until I get another one so I can play a little

 

[Tom]

My wiikey didn't get here , i'm pissed according to the tracking number it didn't even ship yet.

 

[Tom]

Tried calling them , no answer, Says open 9-5 central time which is an hour past my time , it should be 12 o'clock . Their online support isn't online either and they never replied to my email, All their feedback is good though so I don't know what's going on

 

[Devin]

I've got the paper, tape, and stuff just tell me if you still want those Gamecubes and I'll give you my Paypal.

 

[Tom]

OK thanks , not just yet , I think if i can solder the wiikey(if i ever get it) I'll be done , if I mess up then I'll probably need one

 

[Tom]

Never buying from modchipcentral ever again, their online support was online today and i asked them about my wiikey and they said it was out of stock , never even sent me an email about not having it. I almosththrew $50 away, No official wiikey seller is in stock.

 

[Tom]

Found a wiikey in canada only place i could find so I ordered it 5-10 days

 

[Tom]

Started getting some isos, Animal crossing is 15 MEGABYTES PACKED wow

 

[DinohScene]

Started getting some isos, Animal crossing is 15 MEGABYTES PACKED wow

Yep.

A lot of games are WAY less then 1.5 GB.

Naughty bear for the 360 is only 700 MB, NSMB Wii is also only 150MB.
So you kind of only pay for random padding.