- Jorpho checked the dumpster.
- Inside the dumpster, there was a Sony Playstation!
- Jorpho takes it.
It seems I now have an SCPH-5501. It even came with a power cable! Fortunately I had a suitable AV cable kicking around. Better yet, it came with a 4-player adapter and four controllers. Only one of them is an official Sony model, and they have a not-so-fresh feeling that makes me want to know as little as possible about where they've been. Initially the lid wouldn't close (a common problem, I guess?) but the Open button started working fine almost as soon as I popped the top half of the console off. Tests reveal that it is at least capable of playing audio CDs.
So... now what? I'm not going to question that there are heaping piles of excellent (and not so excellent) games available for the PSX. It's just that I already have a fat PS2 (complete with network adapter), and I hear a lot of stuff is quite nice emulated on a PC, so what would this be good for?