On Sun, 18 Apr 1999 02:39:43 +0100 Sun, 18 Apr 99 11:42:51 BST, "Richard Jowett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>According to a TV program It is illegal to chip and maybe even to own a >chipped PSX (not sure if they said own). Yet loads of shops/people are >offering this service, but nothing is really being done about them. If a >company as big as Sony cannot stop this then Smaller companies don't stand >much chance. (sorry, I know this isn't 'PSX Users':)) Not only that. Have you seen those 'chip' cartridges available at the shows for £8 upwards? Plugs in the stations parallel port and you don't need to have the station chipped. They were selling them by the bucketload(1) in at a show in Manchester yesterday. I think Sony are burying their heads in the sand over all this, or something more sinister. I mean, I always thought that the strategy was to make the money on the software and sell the machines as cheap as possible. However, like the Amiga, it seems to be the availability of pirate stuff that drives people to buy the machine in the first place. So they're selling more stations than ever, and the only people who really suffer are the developers. The thing is, if these chips are illegal, then most of the PSX owning populace of the North West of England are criminals. Dunno about other places. Dave (1) Well, not literally. Just a handy excuse for a footnote.
