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loving idiot on r/pcmasterrace guts an original xbox development kit...
Ipquarx:
--- Quote from: Trymos on January 28, 2017, 09:30:51 PM ---aand one final thing here: he's bullstuffting, the case is a bit rough but somehow clear in the picture which can be attributed to it possibly being 3d printed and cleverly painted.
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I dunno, it just looks like a really potato picture.
McJob:
--- Quote from: Trymos on January 28, 2017, 09:30:51 PM ---the thing is: this wasn't an ordinary dev kit.
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Yeah, it was.
--- Quote from: Trymos on January 28, 2017, 09:30:51 PM ---this is the same dev kit case that was used in extremely early (pre xbox release) development.
so if you hit the lottery and land on a microsoft xbox dashboard/xbox drivers dev kit, it makes the biggest difference.
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Absolutely not. There is fundamentally no difference between this and the other type of original Xbox dev-kit, outside of the body shell and the fact that there's hundreds of screeching handicaps who think a dev-kit is worth anything without the actual KIT part (the Certification Documents and the SDK).
--- Quote from: Trymos on January 28, 2017, 09:30:51 PM ---most of them ARE just stuffty random dev kits that might have a halo 1 alpha or something. but that possibility was still there and was what ended up causing freemcboot to exist for the PS2 as some clever person got a hold of a ps3 dev kit that held encryption keys which allowed them to find out a way to boot off of a ps2 memory card (sort of like a pandoras battery except without the battery)
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THERE'S. NO. FILES. ON. A. DEV. KIT.
Finding magic numbers is a VERY long shot from finding the kind of information needed to make a reliable emulator. The "encryption keys" are a very tiny part of what was necessary to make FreeMCBoot work. They made the process easier, but it wasn't like it was out of the realm of possibility without them.
--- Quote from: Trymos on January 28, 2017, 09:30:51 PM ---...and since you can't boot directly to games through some miracle that's where the xbox dashboard and built in harddrives come into play. so the luck chance is still there that you could find some source code of xbox drivers or the xbox dashboard. the chance is not high since it's microsoft we're talking about here, but even microsoft has its leaks (windows 2000 source)
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This is the biggest pile of stuff I've ever heard of in my entire life.
The Windows 2000/NT source leaks are a completely separate issue entirely. The included HDD is empty, intended for a developer to install their own software in as opposed to burning a disc during the earlier stages of development. As with ANY console, the Operating System is on a separate NVRAM Flash Chip which can be overwritten for software updates (which is why your home console needs to be restarted during a firmware update).
Why the forget would Microsoft put their source code on a development kit, intended for other developers, in plain sight? It's stupid talk.
Mr Queeba:
i mean, if the carpet didnt kill the parts, he could actually remove all the pc parts he put in, put back in the original dev hardware and such, and turn it over for some good $$$ so its not like all hope is lost
the whole "he destroyed the system!!!" thing is an over exaggeration. he didnt actually destroy it, the parts are still there.
crazies alt:
mcjob show us your dev kit
McJob:
--- Quote from: crazies alt on January 28, 2017, 09:50:30 PM ---mcjob show us your dev kit
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No. I don't own them, and they're under heavy NDA.
If you get jobs with Ubisoft, the company I'm currently working for or my college, I'll happily show you were we keep the developer kits.