So, the reset vector is apparently 0xBFC00000 according to the tx79 document. I just need to figure out what that corresponds to in the BIOS and I'm all set for starting on disassembly... at least, to see how the machine bootstraps ( Read more... )

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After some INTERNET SNOOPING for various documents and discussion regarding PS2 hardware, I've discovered a surprising amount of detailed, legal information ( Read more... )

So, if I`m going to reverse engineer this shit, I need some kind of plan. I don't have the knowledge nor the means to reverse engineer the EE way, so I'm going the ghetto software route. I need to educate myself some more before I can hammer out any of the details, but this is what I've got so far ( Read more... )

I'm gonna summarize my understanding of the PS2's hardware at this point to see where I need to go from here and maybe speculate on how I'm going to tackle this BEAST.

GENERAL OVERVIEWFrom the super super high level block diagram, it's not such a complicated story. The core consists of four main elements: The I/O processor, the Emotion Engine, the ( Read more... )

Of course, "motivated" never means anything when I say it but let's see how far this project goes ( Read more... )