PlayStation 2 Identification tool (PS2Ident) v0.805 OBT	- 2013/10/13
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PS2Ident is an identification tool that allows dumps of a PlayStation 2 console's ROM chips and MECHACON NVRAM to be made. It will also gather data from the console, for research purposes.

It has the following features:

*Dumps the boot ROM
*Dumps the whole DVD ROM (rom1:, rom2: and erom:)
*Dumps ROM chips as a whole, not according to their contents
*Coloured user interface that is easy to use.
*Supports dumping to memory cards and USB mass storage devices.
*Supports multi-languages, which include the 8 supported languages by the PS2
*Gathers data of all known parts of the PS2.
*Attempts to automatically match the chip/part name with the version number of the part.
*Supports all PlayStation 2 consoles, including the SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000, and the PSX (DVR unit).

How to setup this software:
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Extract the main binary (PS2Ident.elf) and the lang folder (do not delete any files, especially the DejaVu font!), and place both of them in the same place. The only supported devices are the Memory Card, CD/DVD drive and USB mass storage device.

Notes:
	1. Chip and mainboard identification is currently very incomplete and inaccurate, due to a lack of data. Sometimes, Sony makes hardware revisions without changing the chip implementation numbers as well, hence why chip identification may be inaccurate. The chip and version IDs are, however, accurate since they are taken directly from the hardware.
	2. Slimline consoles that had the SSBUSC integrated into the IOP will report their SSBUSCS as version 0x31 as well.
	3. The CXD9686 chips are quite rarely found, and they seem to appear randomly in units across different console series.
	4. Due to some chips reporting the same version number (0x31), they will be identified as a "CXD9611" since they are supposed to be fully compatible anyway.

Credits:
	This software may have been worked on mainly by me, but I had the support of other users:
		l_Oliveira, for providing a number of test reports and giving suggestions for its design.
		JNABK, since I'm still using the icons he provided me with for use in PS2ESDL.
		florin and the original developers of the PS2 dumper v2 tool, since I disassembled that dumper for ideas.