Bought a PS3 from the local used game store today, since I've been itching to play some of the old disks and the BD drive has gone out of my old Super Slim. It's a 60GB 'George Foreman' model, very similar to the first PS3 I bought way back when. Between it, the HDMI VCR it's sitting on, the 4100-series Bravia they're both connected to, and the Inspiron 1720s stacked up nearby, my living room is beginning to look a lot like 2008.
Had to tear the thing down and give it a thorough cleaning before setting it up - it was pretty gross inside! Replaced the unhealthy-looking 60GB HDD with a 120GB HDD I had laying around. Installed the latest firmware and hey presto here we are. Glad to see I can still download most (all?) of the stuff I bought back in the day. Looks like the software update servers are still alive as well.