QUOTE(Big_Whoopin @ Apr 2 2007, 12:18 PM)
I brought a printout of this with me when I was searching for a compatible system.
http://www.xbox-scen...lpEEfSZefFv.phpI share BLKMGK's feelings. I've got multiple Xbox 1 units with XBMC and have been holding off on a 360 till the first signs of homebrew. On Friday I picked up a used Premium console (no HDD tho, EB/Gamestop returns all those to corporate) with a 2xxx kernel and Hitachi drive. Came with wireless controller and component cables too which was a plus. Picked up King Kong so I could rip it and apply the patch. (even if just using it to access an exploit, I believe in owning the software I'll be using) Still putting the box through some paces while it is under warranty, will crack it open to flash the drive when I'm comfortable it is solid. Still have a lot of reading to do regarding this since I am nowhere near as knowledgeable with the 360 platform as I am with the original Xbox hardware. Want to make sure I don't bone anything while tinkering with this pricey new toy.
Big thanks to the minds that have opened up these doors and continue to advance progress! It's been a long wait.
-Whoopin'
Yup, I'm still coming up to speed too, I'm way behind and pretty ignorant on the 360. When the 360 first came out and the only thing being done was backups and flashing the DVD firmware I ignored it as that's not of interest to me - I want something other than pirated games. However flashing the DVD drive is critical because apparently the silly thing is hardcoded to reject recordable media needed for other hacks - doh! I have seen the graphic you've linked and my drive is one of the ones on the left which means it MIGHT be one of the usable ones. However it looks like it can be one of two manufacturers and I need to open the silly thing to be sure. I have to sweat revision of the hardware on top of that. Even opening these is a PITA it seems but since I may want a black case anyway I guess I'll be getting a tool kit with it. I'd hoped to order a chip at the same time but there are a ton out there and some of them look to be a real bitch to install. I'd like to retain the OEM firmware if possible and just have it flip to the new stuff when recordable media is inserted. Any pointers on this are appreciated to say the least. Fingers crossed it's not a Sammy when I pop the case open since those appear to be a bigger PITA
FWIW Linux isn't really my ultimate goal here and I'd bet that it isn't many other people's goal either, perhaps those throwing rocks don't get that. I think most of us would still like to be able to play games made for the system on the system like we can with XBMC now. XBMC is written with the Microsoft extensions (compiler?) and what the mod chip on those is really allowing us to do is to get past the code signature checks using modified firmware (as I understand it).
Hopefully now that Linux is running on these the process of getting deeper into the hardware is moving forward and at some point unsigned or mis-signed code can be run alongside standard Microsoft signed code, we have to break those checks. I don't actually like that folks developing XBMC have to use pirated compiler extensions and break license agreements but it seems that Microsoft has left us little choice if we want to play in their sandbox. Remember
this? Now wouldn't it be sweet to be able to run something like that? Once signatures are gotten past (pretty sure sigs are the big issue) that is the sort of thing we can look forward to along with the likes of XBMC, I wouldn't be surprised if someone has already ported XBMC on a dev platform actually since judging from the MAME port the devs like to have fun too.
Anyway, Linux is a stepping stone. I'm quite sure that it's the ultimate goal for some but I'll bet for many it's not. However we'll certainly owe a good deal to those who made Linux possible and expanded the functionality like CPAS has. I hope that efforts to dig into the system further are ongoing rather than tons of focused effort on getting accelerated video and sound. Certainly those things will be important to some but breaking the security that prevents homebrew code from running in the 360 Hypervisor is what I'm, personally, most interested in. Hopefully I've not slighted the Free60 guys here but a kewl Linux box while neat isn't quite what I'm after nor do I simply want to pirate crap.
The aTV guys are getting some things done with bounties and there was the preBootCamp Apple stuff, the TIVO community has done the same in the past too. Has anyone considered organizing bounties or contests for the 360 now that some advances have been made to get code running? Money and competition seem to incentivize people and bring out the underground stuff althoguh sometimes at the expense of free sharing I'm afraid. I for one would certainly be willing to contribute and I'll bet other's would too. CPAS have you got at least got a tip jar somewhere?
Seriously, my thanks to those who are pushing this forward, please don't let shortsighted fools get you down and know that many of us are delighted at what you have accomplished and hungry for more!
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