I get this thread is pretty much dead and all, but lately decided to find a way to softmod my PS2 (I have the last EU Slim model from right before it was discontinued) and since I have no games like Agent Under Fire or any special disks, I've been wondering about something... Since you just need to have the appropriate files in the memory card in order to run homebrew and backups, if you use a bit of electronics "magic" to temporarily attach to the memory card a USB connector (not that hard if you find what pins correspond to what), would the contents be readable using a computer? If it works and the memory card files aren't encrypted (if they are this wouldn't work), that would make the exploit a lot cheaper and easier to implement... Hoping someone can answer me and just to test it out, if anyone has the scematics for the basic Sony MagicGate 8MB memory card or at least what each pin is, it would help a lot.
Little edit: For example, I just looked and it's pin 3 is ground for certain, pins 1 and 2 are Vin and Vout (although don't know which is which yet), so that leaves pins 4-6...