[plug] X-Box status update

[Tony Clark]

Options 3

Down the pub with a large whiskey and a 200W Birko soldering iron :)


On Saturday 26 October 2002 06.03, Harry McNally wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 17:05:22 +0800 (WST) Matt Kemner 
<zombie at penguincare.com.au> wrote:
> > > c) Who's volunteering to do the hardware modifications required?
> >
> > Thanks to Harry for volunteering!
>
> No worries Matt. I'm in.
>
> I'd prefer to tackle the hardware side in two tranches.
>
> Tranche 1:
>
> At a PLUG @ UCC (or vanilla UCC Friday evening) meeting, get hands on box
> and dismantle to look at options for a tidy mod. I made comments in a
> previous post about minimising the signal lengths. The guys making mods
> with long pigtails don't know about ground bounce and nasty EMI radiation.
> And they talk of mysterious instabilities. Indeed :)
>
> Explain the options and seek general agreement on what I propose. This is a
> team effort after all :-)
>
> Reassemble box.
>
> Tranche 2:
>
> At a subsequent PLUG @ UCC or vanilla UCC, arrive bearing a fabricated mod
> board and all of the tools to mod the box. At the risk of being nervous in
> front of an audience ;) this provides a hands-on workshop so local people
> can do their own mod with confidence.
>
> At both meetings we will need a quality colour scanner in order to take
> images of various bits for the documentation. A camera with a good macro
> lense would be good too.
>
> How does that sound ?
>
> cu
> Harry

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