[plug] Xbox article: Was: Call for linmag Content!

Tim Bowden bowden at iinet.net.au
Sun Dec 29 01:16:18 WST 2002


It seems to be in very early stages.  It's quite possible it will never
get anywhere.  Still, If enough bright sparks look at it, you never
know...

On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 01:12, Chris Caston wrote:
> Plan B is pretty hardcore.
> 
> It will be fun to see how long it takes for someone (or a group of
> someones) to hack this.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 00:53, Tim Bowden wrote:
> > Good idea.  Looking at the xbox linux project site (
> > http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/ ) it seems the complexity of the mods
> > means it will come clearly in favor of a custom built pc until 'Project
> > B: Xbox hack without any hardware modification' has been achieved.  In
> > that case it will be all go for the xbox as a file/ web server.
> > 
> > Also a brief overview of the xbox linux project wouldn't go astray.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 00:33, Chris Caston wrote:
> > > How about we also compare the TCO and practicality of moding an Xbox
> > > compared to building a new machine with off the shelf hardware.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 18:15, Tim Bowden wrote:
> > > > If no one doing the plug Xbox mods wants to write an article up, I will
> > > > tentatively put my hand up as I have to do the mods myself sooner or
> > > > later.  This supposes those doing the mods are happy to supply me with
> > > > all the needed info.
> > > > 
> > > > What stage is the plux Xbox at?  If it has not yet been done, any chance
> > > > of having a sticky beak at the time?
> > > > 
> > > > Tim Bowden
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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