: This model includes the i.LINK (IEEE 1394) port, which was eventually removed in later hardware revisions (starting with the SCPH-500xx series).
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is fundamentally different from the "Fat" PS2 models released later in North America and Europe. Collectors refer to this and the SCPH-15000 : This model includes the i