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tkiely
13-02-2004, 21:11
OK, sitting at my sons pc the other day I noticed that his PS2 which was sitting on the desk has USB and firewire ports on it.

What can you do with these please?

I suppose I could read the manual but i dont know where it is!!!!!!!
MadGamer
13-02-2004, 21:30
OK, sitting at my sons pc the other day I noticed that his PS2 which was sitting on the desk has USB and firewire ports on it.

What can you do with these please?

I suppose I could read the manual but i dont know where it is!!!!!!! I use one of the USB Ports for my Eye Toy.
tkiely
13-02-2004, 21:34
I use one of the USB Ports for my Eye Toy.

yep, I can see the sense in that, but what can the firewire do?

is it for networking? i'm intrigued
MadGamer
13-02-2004, 21:40
yep, I can see the sense in that, but what can the firewire do?

is it for networking? i'm intrigued I think the firewire ports are for networking. Though im not 100% sure.
Tarrasque
14-02-2004, 11:30
yes the i.link is for linking 2 or more ps2 together to play multiplayer (on compatable games)

the newer versions of the ps2 has no i.link port...but most new games will use the network adaptor for online multiplayer or LAN games

you can use the USB ports for the eye toy..the headset for games like socom...a USB keyboard (for everquest etc). you can even use a USB-ethernet adaptor (linksys USB100TX) to play (OLDER) network games like socom,tony hawks etc...the newer games require you to use the Sony network adaptor

hope that helps

Chris
james_escort
16-12-2005, 16:46
can you still buy the i-link cable in shops today?
Stephen
16-12-2005, 16:49
can you still buy the i-link cable in shops today?

You can still get the firewire cable from PC stores as a lot of products that use firewire share the same connection.
james_escort
16-12-2005, 16:52
top man, cheers
Chris
16-12-2005, 16:54
can you still buy the i-link cable in shops today?

'iLink' is just Sony's lame attempt to push its own name on the IEEE1394 standard. The rest of the universe calls it 'Firewire', and you can buy cables everywhere.
james_escort
16-12-2005, 16:57
so a normal firewire cable could connect two ps2's togethor for possible two player on two seperate tv screens then?
Chris
16-12-2005, 19:55
so a normal firewire cable could connect two ps2's togethor for possible two player on two seperate tv screens then?

Normal firewire cable will connect the two machines together, yes. What you can do with the machines once connected, I have no idea. I've never tried it!
Warmapple
01-02-2006, 10:19
when connecting PS2 together you will also need 2 PS2's (obviously) 2 TV's 2 copies of the game, this will now enable you to play 2 player with out the annoying split screens, good for games such as Age of Empiers

Warmapple