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Mod the X-box without a chip
Siplus:
it has a nice nvidia card though...
SihgeruMiyamoto:
quote:i hope somebody comes on here who knows the facts because i don't really know them.
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I dont have the facts but I think I know where you may be able to find them.
http://www.austlii.edu.au
theangelofdeath69:
Here's an idea: Apple start making OS X for the PC as well, and Microsoft start making Windows for the Mac, (after all, the mac is more stable because of it's processor) and life will be good.
Pengu:
OK two points...One. I live in SA, an i goto TAFE. The government has been doubly-fucked as far as IT goes. they're stuck in a contract with EDS for the next couple of years still, and because they have some 'deal' with microsoft where they can get pretty much any MS software for free, thats what we get stuck with.
And as for the xbox/chipping. It is perfectly legal to chip a game console, and the manufacturer is required by law to repair the unit if something is faulty, as long as it isn't related to the chip.
And on the xbox itself. While i have a strong dislike of ms, and its products. I have yet to see a game console that is comparable to the xbox. the ability to link 4 (or 16 in UT 2003) xboxs together using STANDARD (yes i was shocked too) Cat5 ethernet cable and switches/hubs to play muliplayer games alone is enough to kill anything else. i would love if the PS3 had ethernet, usb controllers, 40Gb hd, firewire/firewire800. 7.1 sound/HDTV/widescreen support, just to make some sort of competition to the xbox offerings. but at the moment, the xbox is clearly the best gaming console around
Faust:
Sorry about the South Australia / Important state comment, you knows I not mean it. But still, you South Australians should stop picking on us Victorians over the Grand Prix or whatever!
quote:and the manufacturer is required by law to repair the unit if something is faulty, as long as it isn't related to the chip.
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I would very much like to see you try however.
quote:the xbox is clearly the best gaming console around
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That's never mattered with consoles. What matters is the games, and the XBox is sorely lacking some of the extremely good games the PS2 offers.
Thanks to that gold coast dude for the link, and BTW my Comp Sci department uses all Solaris sun rays which are slowly being replaced with Linux boxes.
edit:isnt the gold coast in Queensland???
[ May 08, 2003: Message edited by: Faust ]
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