PlayStation2

[Kases]

Excuse me but. Is it absolutely neccessary to have a video card to connect your ps2 to your computer?

[Greg12]

I think because i don't think the firewire works

Update.

My fireiwre card will not detect PS2.

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[Kases]

What are firewire?

[Macros746]

In short, yes, I believe you do need a video card of some sort to attach your PS2. Firewire is a video in capture card. You would need a card with video in.....many cards fit this bill ranging from expensive and full featured to really cheap and simple. Let us know what you want to do and we'll recommend the card for you.

[Kases]

Wow! Thanks alot for the feedback.

The problem is I have a laptop, it's one that company I work for supplied. Is there any external way to get it attached? Maybe some kind of external adapter of some sort. I doubt it but well, the only stupid questions are the ones not asked.

And I'm pretty sure that this card doesn't have anything video about it does it? http://www.tridentmicro.com/videographics/cyberblade_i1/index.html

[Macros746]

Sorry to say but I HIGHLY doubt that any laptop they gave you at work is going to have video in. To process video in the first place takes a lot of horsepower so unless the thing is top of the line in the first play I doubt the builders would put it in. Only possibly a very high-end dell or gateway laptop would have a video-in card. I think your out of luck....sorry. On the bright side though you can put BLEEM on that baby and play some old school PS1 games today!

[Kases]

Well doesn't that suck.

Hmm, I really wanted to take my ps2 to business trips .

And I guess there isn't any external type of video card neither, right?

Oh well, thanks anyways for the help!

[EricB]

Kases:
You need a video capture card that plugs into the laptop's PCMCIA card slot(s). Search the web for PCMCIA and video capture. Here is one link that has such a card...
http://www.psism.com/vc.htm

I believe the Playstation output is somewhat different from standard NTSC so I would ask the card manufacturer if they are compatible.

[Kases]

Thanks alot for the help Eric B. That looks like something that may just work. I'll have to e-mail the site though first.