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The successor to the ~PlayStation, from [Sony].

The original ~PlayStation came in quite a large form factor originally. It was rebranded as the ~PSOne in a much smaller footprint later. (The PS2 is 301 x 78 x 182 mm (w × h × d) and weighs 2.4 kg.)

The PS2 can play games (including the titles for the original ~PlayStation, as well as [OOTB] online gaming), but also [CD]s and [DVD]s. It supports ~DolbyDigital, AC-3 and DTS. There are [USB], FireWire and [PCMCIA] ports.

The [CPU] is a 128-bit chip dubbed ~EmotionEngine, running at 295 MHz, which was specifically optimised for physics simulation and achieves twice as many FloatingPoint operations/sec as a 700 MHz [Pentium] Ⅲ. It has access to 32 [MB] of RDRAM as well as miscellaneous other processors for graphics, sound, [I/O] etc.

! See also:
* [Linux for the PlayStation2 | http://playstation2-linux.com]
* The [official NZ PlayStation | http://www.playstation.co.nz]

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Last edited on Monday, September 12, 2005 6:24:35 am by AristotlePagaltzis

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