[NCLUG] Re: xbox install - anybody got a dongle/game DVD

[Ben West]

Have you looked at the xbmc project?

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Benjamin West




On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:34 AM, John Gilmore <jgilmore at glycou.com> wrote:
> My motivation here is the fact that I gave my TiVo back when I quit my job
> with TiVo tech support. I was using it (my children were using it) just as a
> way of accessing all the media (music and movies both) on my computer. So I
> figure a modded xbox running mythTV would work wonderfully. And maybe I
> could run an emulator or two as well, that would be nice. We miss our TiVo.
>
> I tried to buy a chip last week, but the purchase wouldn't go through - got
> a server error. I couldn't find anybody to buy a chip from that would take
> PayPal.
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Paul Hummer <paul at eventuallyanyway.com>wrote:
>
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>> John Gilmore wrote:
>> > How expensive was that chip? Sounds a great deal simpler to me... I'd
>> rather
>> > solder something that mess around with a save game. Especially since
>> messing
>> > around with a save game may mean I need to borrow a game, and a DVD
>> drive,
>> > and the saved game hardware. And then return them all.
>> >
>>
>> I toasted an Xbox motherboard with a bad chip.  Read the reviews before
>> buying a
>> chip.  They usually run for about $20, some of them are solderless, some of
>> them
>> only work an certain revs of the Xbox motherboard.
>>
>> I've had my Xbox for two years now, and have yet to actually get out and
>> get the
>> required stuff for modding it.  :/
>>
>> - --
>> Paul Hummer
>>
>> http://theironlion.net
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