ok, well i blame ebay, not my own weak will, but either way, I have
just bought a PSP with v2.71 firmware for the grand total of £67.

i've toyed with the idea of getting one again on and off for a few
months now, and when i saw an auction ending soon, at a reasonably low
price, i thought it was worth a gamble (though i bet it's annoyed the
next highest bidder, who i outbid by £2 with 2 seconds left...)

Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on how
to install this custom firmware that allows you to play ps1 games on
the thing.

I had a quick google, but most of the sites i looked at seemed to
assume some prior knowledge of firmware upgrading/downgrading, which
seems a somewhat different beast to when i last had a v1.5 PSP.

any tips or links would be appreciated, just so i don't go blundering
off and brick the thing within minutes of getting my hands on it.

cheers lads.

(x-posted to ugvm and ugvh mainly because .misc seems to get more
traffic :) )

On 2008-02-06 15:10:56 +0000, Chris F  said:

> ok, well i blame ebay, not my own weak will, but either way, I have
> just bought a PSP with v2.71 firmware for the grand total of £67.
> 
> i've toyed with the idea of getting one again on and off for a few
> months now, and when i saw an auction ending soon, at a reasonably low
> price, i thought it was worth a gamble (though i bet it's annoyed the
> next highest bidder, who i outbid by £2 with 2 seconds left...)
> 
> Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on how
> to install this custom firmware that allows you to play ps1 games on
> the thing.
> 
> I had a quick google, but most of the sites i looked at seemed to
> assume some prior knowledge of firmware upgrading/downgrading, which
> seems a somewhat different beast to when i last had a v1.5 PSP.
> 
> any tips or links would be appreciated, just so i don't go blundering
> off and brick the thing within minutes of getting my hands on it.
> 
> cheers lads.
> 
> (x-posted to ugvm and ugvh mainly because .misc seems to get more
> traffic :) )

YGM

BTW, it hasn't shown up in ugvm, you put ugvh in the newsgroup field twice!

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Zo

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:58:13 +0000, Zomoniac
 wrote:

>
>> Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on how

lol, so i did.

Chris F  writes:

> ok, well i blame ebay, not my own weak will, but either way, I have
> just bought a PSP with v2.71 firmware for the grand total of £67.

[...]

> Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on
> how to install this custom firmware that allows you to play ps1
> games on the thing.

IIUC, 2.71 is too late.  This page has a changeability chart:
<http://www.psp-vault.com/module-htmlpages-display-pid-14.psp>

(And yes, that really does appear to be the URL.)

On 2008-02-06 18:50:22 +0000, Bruce Stephens 
<bruce+usenet@cenderis.demon.co.uk> said:

> Chris F  writes:
> 
>> ok, well i blame ebay, not my own weak will, but either way, I have
>> just bought a PSP with v2.71 firmware for the grand total of £67.
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on
>> how to install this custom firmware that allows you to play ps1
>> games on the thing.
> 
> IIUC, 2.71 is too late.  This page has a changeability chart:
> <http://www.psp-vault.com/module-htmlpages-display-pid-14.psp>
> 
> (And yes, that really does appear to be the URL.)

There's an automated 2.71 to 1.5 downgrader that works a treat that I 
used to do mine.

http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/755

-- 

Zo

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 18:58:46 +0000, Zomoniac
 wrote:

>On 2008-02-06 18:50:22 +0000, Bruce Stephens 
><bruce+usenet@cenderis.demon.co.uk> said:
>
>> Chris F  writes:
>> 
>>> ok, well i blame ebay, not my own weak will, but either way, I have
>>> just bought a PSP with v2.71 firmware for the grand total of £67.
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>>> Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on
>>> how to install this custom firmware that allows you to play ps1
>>> games on the thing.
>> 
>> IIUC, 2.71 is too late.  This page has a changeability chart:
>> <http://www.psp-vault.com/module-htmlpages-display-pid-14.psp>
>> 
>> (And yes, that really does appear to be the URL.)
>
>There's an automated 2.71 to 1.5 downgrader that works a treat that I 
>used to do mine.
>
>http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/755

methinks i shall be getting reacquainted with that site.

so i take it the M33 ones are the ones that let you play PS1 games,
aye?

>
> so i take it the M33 ones are the ones that let you play PS1 games,
> aye?

Yeah and the previous 3.40 CFW would too.

Just a case of ripping your games to your PC then converting them.

I use PopstationGUI (google it) to make the eboot.

If you like EMU stuff then the Capcom CPS1/2 and NeoGeo ones are superb.

Chris F wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 18:58:46 +0000, Zomoniac
>  wrote:
> 
>> On 2008-02-06 18:50:22 +0000, Bruce Stephens 
>> <bruce+usenet@cenderis.demon.co.uk> said:
>>
>>> Chris F  writes:
>>>
>>>> ok, well i blame ebay, not my own weak will, but either way, I have
>>>> just bought a PSP with v2.71 firmware for the grand total of £67.
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on
>>>> how to install this custom firmware that allows you to play ps1
>>>> games on the thing.
>>> IIUC, 2.71 is too late.  This page has a changeability chart:
>>> <http://www.psp-vault.com/module-htmlpages-display-pid-14.psp>
>>>
>>> (And yes, that really does appear to be the URL.)
>> There's an automated 2.71 to 1.5 downgrader that works a treat that I 
>> used to do mine.
>>
>> http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/755
> 
> methinks i shall be getting reacquainted with that site.
> 
> so i take it the M33 ones are the ones that let you play PS1 games,
> aye?

The M33s let you do PS3 linkage. I've been running a very old DarkAlex 
fw, 3.10 OE-A since it came out about a year ago, and it's played every 
PS1 game I've thrown at it perfectly.


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Kong, Serenity

Zomoniac wrote:
> The M33s let you do PS3 linkage. I've been running a very old DarkAlex 
> fw, 3.10 OE-A since it came out about a year ago, and it's played every 
> PS1 game I've thrown at it perfectly.

Aye, I used to use 3.40OE until I got my PS3, and then switched to 
3.80-M33 to get PS3 compatibility.  Which I proceeded to use twice, and 
then put the PSP back in its drawer where it has languished ever since.

-- 
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http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:54:10 +0000, Zomoniac
 wrote:

>Chris F wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 18:58:46 +0000, Zomoniac
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2008-02-06 18:50:22 +0000, Bruce Stephens 
>>> <bruce+usenet@cenderis.demon.co.uk> said:
>>>
>>>> Chris F  writes:
>>>>
>>>>> ok, well i blame ebay, not my own weak will, but either way, I have
>>>>> just bought a PSP with v2.71 firmware for the grand total of £67.
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on
>>>>> how to install this custom firmware that allows you to play ps1
>>>>> games on the thing.
>>>> IIUC, 2.71 is too late.  This page has a changeability chart:
>>>> <http://www.psp-vault.com/module-htmlpages-display-pid-14.psp>
>>>>
>>>> (And yes, that really does appear to be the URL.)
>>> There's an automated 2.71 to 1.5 downgrader that works a treat that I 
>>> used to do mine.
>>>
>>> http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/755
>> 
>> methinks i shall be getting reacquainted with that site.
>> 
>> so i take it the M33 ones are the ones that let you play PS1 games,
>> aye?
>
>The M33s let you do PS3 linkage. I've been running a very old DarkAlex 
>fw, 3.10 OE-A since it came out about a year ago, and it's played every 
>PS1 game I've thrown at it perfectly.

well as i don't have a ps3 that's not a major use for me. :)

Chris F wrote:
> Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on how
> to install this custom firmware that allows you to play ps1 games on
> the thing.

While I can certainly see the attraction of unlocking the PSP to play 
homebrew (I hate that word) and PS1 games, surely downgrading the PSP to 
firmware version 1.5 means that all commercial games will suddenly become 
unplayable, due to needing a newer firmware? So is it a choice between the 
two, or am I missing something?

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"(O)enone"  wrote in message 
news:fofmuu$b3t$1@aioe.org...
> Chris F wrote:
>> Anyway, just after some info/links on where to look for a guide on how
>> to install this custom firmware that allows you to play ps1 games on
>> the thing.
>
> While I can certainly see the attraction of unlocking the PSP to play 
> homebrew (I hate that word) and PS1 games, surely downgrading the PSP to 
> firmware version 1.5 means that all commercial games will suddenly become 
> unplayable, due to needing a newer firmware? So is it a choice between the 
> two, or am I missing something?
>
Yep, the custom firmware is/was a bastardised version of the then latest 
Sony FW and v1.5 so you had the best of both worlds.

Now, you use the official Sony upgrader to get the latest official features 
and a patch to allow you to run v1.5 stuff.

So you now have a choice of all the official features plus PS1 compatibility 
but no EMU's or, install the v1.5 patch to run all your EMU's and apps but 
you lose Location Free Player and Korean fonts, which isn't a great loss to 
most.