3/23     Any one reccomend a mod chip installer for the ps2?
        \_ Well, if all you want to do is play your completely legitimate
           single backup copy of a game or imports, you will most likely
           be better served by a bootdisc.  While there are a couple odd
           exceptions that don't work with it, they are a minute minority.
           The office currently is using Swap Magic 3.6 to great effect.
           There are physical mods for your case (for both the regular and
           slim line) that make swapping the disc really easy.  All in all,
           considering the probability of borking your ps2 terribly or
           paying through the nose for a modchip and someone to install it,
           the bootdisc is the better deal.
        \_ If you have the old school ps2, you can backup your games to an
           IDE hard drive w/ the network adaptor, and play them using a
           memory card + PS1 game with buffer overflow trick --
           google for PS2 Independence exploit -- it's quite nice:
           no swapping, reduced loading times, etc...
           You will probably need to swap once, or know someone who can write
           arbitrary data to a memcard to get you started though.
                \_ I should have been more specific Iwant to modify
                a ps2 to play Japanese games. I know, for example, the ps1
                required a single mod chip that I got installed at a local
                shop that is no longer in business.
                    \_ Apparently hdloader (the program you boot with the
                       exploit trick) ignores region checks so it will
                       allow you to play most .jp games, no mods needed
                       BTW, a similar trick supposedly exists for XBOX, too.
                                \_ all of the hardware you have to buy online ?