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James Bond cracks the XBOX
« on: 2 April 2003, 03:54 »
ZDNET Story

Apparently you can now run linux on an unmodified xbox using the James Bond 007 game as a kind of boot loader.

[ April 01, 2003: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]

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James Bond cracks the XBOX
« Reply #1 on: 2 April 2003, 22:37 »
I read somewhere that it could only run a special version of linux on the xbox. And to keep the warranty and what not, what options are there for input other than the gamepad?
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« Reply #2 on: 2 April 2003, 22:56 »
ssh into the xbox

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« Reply #3 on: 2 April 2003, 22:14 »
the game ports are just nodified usb ports. there are keyboard and mouse peripherals for the x box by the way
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« Reply #4 on: 4 April 2003, 22:44 »
i know about M$ SPYWARES but don;t know about hardwares...i've heard that M$ has really good hardwares...if that's really true then i think Gates should stop makin those ugly OSs and continue with HARDWARE..lol
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« Reply #5 on: 7 April 2003, 07:11 »
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i know about M$ SPYWARES but don;t know about hardwares...i've heard that M$ has really good hardwares...if that's really true then i think Gates should stop makin those ugly OSs and continue with HARDWARE..lol
M$ may have "really good hardwares", but they damn sure didn't make any of it themselves. The M$ mice may have the name "Microsoft" stamped on them, but they're really made in China. They don't make the X-Crox either.
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« Reply #6 on: 7 April 2003, 21:48 »
How much hardware isn't made in China or Japan?  

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« Reply #7 on: 7 April 2003, 11:53 »
Don't forget Taiwan.
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« Reply #8 on: 25 April 2003, 06:05 »
In Redmond they do assemble the XBOX. But of course do not make the parts. Do not have the intelligence!
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« Reply #9 on: 28 April 2003, 15:57 »
The original Microsoft Mice were actually rebranded Logitech  
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