What is the parallel I/O port used for?
I found a parallel I/O port at the rear of the PSone. What is it used for?
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"The removal of the parallel port was probably partly because no official add-on had ever been released for it, and partly because it was being used to connect cheat cartridges that could be used to defeat the regional lockouts and copy protection." from here I guess at the time Sony had some ides of using it for expansion and different controllers but later abandoned the plan. Hope this helps...
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I bought a gameshark/chip that plugged into slot and allowed me to play "burned CD" games, that I copied from blockbuster. This slot chip was easier than soldering a chip inside...plus gameshark cheat codes
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It was used to end vietnam
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Thanks you sir
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This port is used for connecting 2 playstations together. Used for playing games with other people using 2 tvs
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No, that's the Serial Port you're talking about. Serial Port was available on every PS1-model, but Paraller Port (the big one) was removed from SCPH-9xxx series onwards.
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it can be used for a super gameboy booster which will let you play first generation gameboy games on playstation (NO SOUND TO IT) but you can litten to music cds while you play
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It was also used for an add-on that allows the PS1 to play movies
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Used for Action Replays, GameSharks, VCD adapters, the long-awaited PSIO adapter, and Game Boy (some idiot's probably gonna "correct" me by saying "its not game boy its game boi") Adapters. The only time that is was actually used by Sony was for the debug units' PC parallel port (Or SCSI) adapter.
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Let me correct you, this is a common misconception. It's actually called Game Boi, noy Game Boy.
yeah even by nintendo itself! on every original gameboy/color/advance is gameboy written!! (disclaimer: the first sentence is ironical)
@Sora, it's not. Lol. It's 'Game Boy'.
Why am I here 10 years later?
