As usual, work entered my life and I had no time to enjoy anything outside my career last night - I will attempt again tonight.
FYI, any new PSP-3000s that are ordered come with firmware 6.6 from the factory - these cannot (or are extremely difficult, without bricking) be downgraded to 6.2. They have a temporary firmware hack where if the device is in sleep mode, CFW will stay installed - if the power goes out, you have to run the "fast recovery" application to change the firmware to CFW. That process only takes 5 seconds, so I'm OK with it (vs. having a bricked PSP!).
Those lucky enough to downgrade to 6.2 can have a permanent hack. This may change someday.
I installed Atari 2600, SNES, NES, and N64. I will legally play the ROMS I own cartridges for, and get back to you.

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I do have a PSP Vita as well and it's amazing how much better the OLED screen is compared to the PSP 3000.
ELmO