> > And besides, all Playstations are the same.  You can buy one by mail [snip]
> 
> No they aren't!  The mod chip did NOT work on my friend's psx, but he
> gave it to his other friend, and it worked on his old psx.  He has a
> newer model, like mine, and it won't work.  Just to prove it, the SAME
> person installed it on both machines (his dad).

There are different series of PS and the places where they sell mod
chips have
a list of chips that work with PSs with certain serial numbers.

I think what the guy/gal meant was that there's only one manufacturer
for the PS, and that's
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE).

Zeros....