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Strong Hints On Flashing Your Xbox

Posted by timothy on from the wink-wink dept.

customsex writes: "bunnie has written a nice one with pictures documenting his adventure flashing his bios on his xbox. check it." His page also points you to the Sony vs. Connectix case regarding reverse engineering of hardware.

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  1. Re:The point? by SpinyNorman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You could never make an "L-box" as cheap as the X-box because the beauty of it is that it's subsidized hardware! Every X-box subverted to another purpose not only deprives Microsoft of razor-blade revenue, but actually causes them to lose money!

    If X-box can be made to run Linux, then it would be an excellent base for an open source Tivo!

  2. Re:running things for different platforms by JWhitlock · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Conversely, when will someone get me a program that will let me play DOA3 or other xgames on my PC? I wouldn't think that would be too hard. I think MS should even support it because if we can buy a program to let us buy and run games on our PC, they don't lose money on each console sold.

    This is not a bug, it's a feature.

    XBox = DirectX, known version, known platform, known hardware, soon-to-be-discovered bugs, soon-to-be-discovered optimizations, etc. etc.

    It's a game developer's Nirvana, to only have to code for one platform, knowing that the way it looks on your development system is exactly how it will look on the buyer's system. No unexpected incompatible drivers. No hardware conflicts. No performance bottlenecks on strange systems with cheap-ass components. No Packard-Bells.

    It's like asking why the clothing industry can't make a good-looking pair of one-size-fits-all shoes.