Just an update if anyone's interested, I am short on cash so decided to dig out the old chip programmer (this one http://www.nbgelin.com/usba.htm ) and found a blank 12c508a in the same box. Performed the mod on my recently acquired SCPH-5502 (charity shop, £5). Swapped out the green power LED for ...

Excellent! Any reduction on that for donators?

Jokes, I'll PM you for the details.

A few years ago I picked up a chip programmer and some blank chips (don't have the part number to hand, I believe they were the correct ones), I tried out various .BIN files and diagrams from the internet and had little success. One chip worked (albeit erratically) for a short time and then the lase...

Not to worry, I was just curious. I tried it on real hardware this afternoon at 320x240 as per the menu instruction, it's pretty slick .

Just about to try this out on real hardware. May I ask why you've omitted the intro from the upload? Do you have a link to the full iso?

It would. I'm inclined to make it my goal to collect as many obscure playstation peripherals as possible. o.O.

Hah, this is great. Do you own one, then?

I wonder how many were made?