@IRON HORSE posted:GRJ,
Happy holidays!
Why do you dislike PS3 boards? And why would you prefer a PS2 3V with a battery replacement instead of a PS3? I appreciate your insight.
Also, can you clarify PS2 3V versus the earlier PS2? Wasn't the earlier version a 5V BCR1? But the actual earlier version used a NiCad 8.4 volt battery, right? Why is the battery replacement a 5V but the battery was an 8.4 volt? And to make it even more confusing, MTH said in its engine manuals that you can temporarily use a 9 volt battery instead of an 8.4 V?
Mike
I’m not GRJ, but I think the preference for the PS2 3v might be due to the fact that the PS3 boards have a few software “quirks” when doing MU consists and other behaviors like being able to run PS2 units in “dark mode”.
Now on the PS2 3V vs 5V. The thing to remember with those is that the voltage refers to the logic voltage. I think the first generation PS2 boards used 5V TTL for the digital circuits and the newer ones used 3.3V CMOS.
The battery voltage is not what drives the naming, AFAIK.
P.S. I wouldn’t connect a 9V alkaline battery to the PS2 boards. Doing so can damage the charging circuitry.
