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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 :)
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This is excellent! I can spend $200 on the XBox and $100 on this modchip and $0 on games! This is great because if it wasn't for the modchip I'd spend $200 on the XBox and $0 on the modchip and $0 on the games! Oh wait, that doesn't save me any money. =)
Seriously until there is a game worth playing (let alone worth buying), I won't even pirate on the XBox. My real fear is that a number of people (somewhat like me, but even less honest...I still buy games that I PLAY) have been waiting for a modchip. This will inflate console sales, but still not see a significant increase in game sales. I guess we'll see.
Look at you goobers - OMG we gotta get L000NUX running on it!@#)(*$ .. christ, the thing is made by Microsoft already running a Win2k kernel. Just hack on it until you can write your own code for the kernel to run (with DirectX, etc.) and viola - emulators for every old school platform (SNES, NES, Genesis, MAME, hell even Playstation) IN YOUR LIVING ROOM. That's why I'll probably get an x-box, not because I want to turn it into a fucking webserver or something retarded.