With the book done (in October) I could get back to doing a PS2 portable. My goal was to have it done before the real PSP was released. (For fun and shock value) Also in October the new smaller PS2's were coming out. I discovered they had an external AC/DC adapter and ran off 8.5 volts. This seemed reasonable to me so I bought one - the fine folks at the Game Store Formerly Known As Funcoland got them in a few weeks early much to my delight. This gave me a head start over other portabilizers!