Xbox Mod Chip in Beta Testing

Odinson writes: "Well it looks like a modchip design has been completed for the Xbox. The most interesting thing is that 'Modified XBE's and custom code can boot' with the chip The chip costs $65 list in U.S. dollars." Wake me up when standard X86 code can run on the Xbox :)

Comments

Linux port anyone?

[PepsiProgrammer]

Someone should attempt this and make it easily available, just to piss microsoft off, by beating them to the punch (for a 'family pc console') on their own Platform!

Now it's time...

[DaHat]

for me to buy an xbox. 199 price and mod chips on the horizon, is there anything better?

Yes there is, Halo for the PC... the absence of which is going to force me to buy an xbox.

Dirt cheap

[HellHobbit]

200$ for the Xbox, 100$ for the Modchip, Dunno how much for the DVD writer and DVD-Roms...

Guess I'll stick with originals :/

Anonymous Cowards blow.

"Only 29 easy to solder wires"

[Animats]

You have to really like soldering to do this.

Re:"Only 29 easy to solder wires"

[twiztidlojik]

It's an Integrated Circuit. Basically, integrated circuits are little silicon things wrapped in plastic with pins on them that perform a specific task, instead of the manufacturer having to make a circuit to do that specific task. Plus, most IC's are only a few cents, making it much cheaper than buying the wires, resistors, capacitors, and what-have-you to make up the circuit.

Visually, IC's are those little black things with pins on them.

Re:"Only 29 easy to solder wires"

[khuber]

Something about a bad Scrabble draw.

-Kevin

Notice of Cease and Desist of practices

[Netw0rkAssh0liates]

Dear Timothy and everyone else,

I consider it a violoation of MIT X Consortium's copyrights and intellectual property to continually lable and presumably agree to the naming convention and usage of the X Box strictly as a utility of instrumentality with disregard to previous works that have been retained by MIT.

An "X Box" is a computing device that provides client or client and server resources within the X Window System. The Letter "X" was brought to you by MIT and it is a violation to use the letter "X" in any advertisement or naming convention of a computing device that does not involve the MIT X Consortium and its intelect.

This is just a notice. If this notice's requirement of cease and desist of practices, within 30 days, involving the terms "X" and "X Box" and "X Terminal" and "X Computing Devices" and "X Console" and not limited to the terms, we shall submit a notarized affidavit and a court order unto you in understanding that you must obey FRC and USC. Thankyou for your time and the clock is ticking. ;)

Sincerely,

Bob Johnson

Re:Proprietary DVD?

[Eccles]

I heard the Xbox has a proprietary DVD player that spins backwards.

So where do you buy backwards DVDs for it to play? Sheesh, it's bad enough having region coding, now I have to check if I'm buying a clockwise or counter-clockwise DVD?

Re:Proprietary DVD?

[Anonymous Coward]

So where do you buy backwards DVDs for it to play?

Import them from region 4

Re:Modchip? Whah?

[spektr]

Can anyone please explain what a modchip is

Modchips fix hardware-bugs in game consoles: e.g. inability to play backuped games or DVDs.