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08/02/03

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Saturday, 31, August, 2002

Xbox Media Player b6 released
Posted by Theendisgone at 0:24 AM

Here is what RUNTiME and duo have that's new in the latest edition of Xbox Media Player.

·  Improved support for DVD-R/W, CD-RW playback.

·  Seeking for AVI files. With the analog buttons you
can control how fast you seek.

·  Divx 5.0 and 5.02 Pro support. This includes B frames and qpel motion compensation.

·  MSMpeg4v2 and MSMpeg4v1 support.

·  Skin parameters are in a new and separate .xml file. This will make dropping in new skins much easier.

·  Network configurable via .xml config files. This
includes static IP/EVOX/DHCP support.

·  Anamorphic aspect ratio buf fix (16:9).

·  Subtitles. We only support SubRip .srt format right
now. There are conversion tools out there, though.

·  Local and Remote Directories supported.

·  DVD tray auto-eject/close.

·  New MMX/SSE optimized motion compensation routines. For the curious, its a combined IDCT and MC copy/add. Several codecs have support for this opimized function but I believe we're the first to implement it in MMX/SSE.

·  Launch XBEs.

·  Dashboard replacement mode.

·  AVI Preemphasis support added. Previously, AVI files with preemphasis would play out of sync.

·  XStream Web Front-end.

What didn't get finished:

·  Mpeg-2 video. Its mostly all done it just isn't stable yet.

·  There's already talk of a B6.1 though just for Mpeg-2.

·  AC3 digital output.

·  MPEG seeking.

Remote controller should be supported also, along with fast forward and rewind, but there was no mention in the readme. You can check out the Xboxmedia player web-site here.

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Thursday, 29, August, 2002

Superfro Hacked Bios's
Posted by Theendisgone at 23:02 PM

There are a few hacked bios's which contain modifications to where they do not display the flubber animation you see at the beginning at boot up. You can find these at the usual places.

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InvaderX version 2.0b released
Posted by Theendisgone at 22:20 PM

lubby has released a new version of InvaderX, here is the info as follows from the readme.

"Probably second last release of invaders, hope you enjoy it.

Some people are having problems with screen being cut off, this is because your television does not fully
support 640x480 resolution. I could have fixed this by lowering the resolution of InvaderX, but i didnt so sorry to those that are effected. I will add option for this mode in all future XBOX games i release.

Features added in Ver 2:

·  Sound is now working - Thanks chossy

·  WMA support

·  Attack Powerups

·  Extra Lives

·  Motherships

·  Another Enemy Type

Fixes : Gross looking explosions. XBOX's Z-Buffer work 'slightly' different the the PC DirectX equivalent."

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Xbox Only £159.99
Posted by Theendisgone at 12:40 PM

News Sources: Xbox.com & Official Xbox Magazine

"In reaction to Sony's just-announced PS2 price cut to £169.99, Microsoft has gone one step further by offering the world's most powerful console for £159.99 from tomorrow 30th August."

"European gamers have even more to be celebrating heading into this Christmas shopping season as Microsoft today announced that the European price of its Xbox video game system will be reduced to an estimated street price of €249.99/£159.99, effective from Friday, 30th August."

"The video games industry is more robust than ever this year, and new consoles and games are expected to dominate Christmas wish lists," said Sandy Duncan, Vice President, Xbox Europe. "Xbox is extremely well-positioned to be at the top of those lists because it's the best value. The intense power and gaming experiences consumers get with Xbox is simply unsurpassed."

"Duncan pointed out that only with Xbox this holiday can consumers get a choice of over 200 game titles (with over 300 currently in development) representing the most advanced movie quality graphics, sound effects and music ever experienced on a video game console, plus a built-in hard disc for the most intense gaming experiences and a built-in broadband adapter for instant online gaming with Xbox Live, a new online gaming service launching soon in Europe. "Best value is not just about price," said Duncan. "It's price, plus the most advanced hardware features, plus a killer games portfolio all in one package."


Thanks to Lee Dicks & Big Dave for the heads up.

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Wednesday, 28, August, 2002

DoomX v0.12 Alpha released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 21:08 PM

The author has released a working alpha, which features the following.
Source code has also been released.

Whats Working:

·  Graphics

·  Sound

·  Controller

·  Load/Save

·  Quicksave

·  Exit Game

·  Rumble Support

Thanks to lantus for his port and news.

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Tuesday, 27, August, 2002

Microsoft throws DVD kit in with Xbox
Posted by Theendisgone at 20:36 PM

News Source: CNET.com
By David Becker

"Microsoft announced Monday that it has begun offering a full-cost rebate for a DVD playback kit purchased in conjunction with the company's Xbox video game console. The DVD kit includes a remote control and an infrared receiver that plugs into the Xbox, allowing the console to function as a DVD movie player. Customers who buy an Xbox and the DVD kit between now and Nov. 2 will get a $30 rebate, covering the cost of the DVD kit."

Please Note the above news was posted on CNET.com on the 26th August 2002 & shows a $30 USD rebate, indicating the offer is only valid from 26th August 2002 -
2nd November 2002 + only available for those living in the USA.

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Doom-X Alpha 0.02
Posted by Theendisgone at 14:28 PM

News Source: XboxDeveloper.NET

Please note this is an internal alpha release for alpha/beta testers & has not been released for puplic use.

"Made some progress with DoomX, if you have seen the Video going around you will notice the wall textures are bugged (solid colored lines). This has been fixed and along with some other bugs which caused some levels to lock up Check out a few screenshots of the new internal release."

You can also check out 4 new pictures of Doom-X running here

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Monday, 26, August, 2002

Xbox Linux 0.2
Posted by Theendisgone at 10:00 AM

News Source: Xbox-Linux

Xbox-Linux 0.2 has been released with framebuffer support.


Check out the latest screenshots and a video of 0.2 here.

You can download it here, read news posted 25th download link at bottom of news post

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Sunday, 25, August, 2002

XFactor's PacmanX v1 released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 2:55 AM

Yup a clone of Pacman has been made for Xbox. Here is some information from the iNFO.

"This is our first homebrew release so we hope you
like it. It ain't perfect by any stretch but it is
only a beta version and we'll update ASAP.

It's basically the traditional game of Pacman, but
a bit less well made :D

Hope you enjoy it. Give us some feedback on the
chat room or by email if you do! If you don't,
then we don't want to hear from you :P"

You can find it at the usually places.

Source :: XFactor Dev

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Saturday, 24, August, 2002

xSnes9x beta 5 progress
Posted by Theendisgone at 19:04 PM

News Source xSnes9x

Just a quick update on this:

No eject and rescan have been implemented into xSnes9x beta 5 and its working well. You are now able to swap cd's of containing your favorite roms as many times as you want.
The roms must exist on the root directory on the cd.

However, you will need to bios capable of the eject-trick otherwise this feature wont work.

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Doom-X (Sneak Peak)
Posted by Theendisgone at 16:35 PM

News Source: XboxHacker.NET

A full minute of video footage from loading up Xbox to evolution-x to Doom X , etc.
It is encoded using Divx 5, visit XboxHacker.NET for the download.

Thanks to HyperG for the news.

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LoGo-X v0.42
Posted by Theendisgone at 16:26 PM

News Source: XboxDeveloper.NET

LoGo-X has been upgraded to modify evolutionX. Features are: -Replace the background picture -Replace the splash screen -Remove version string -Remove date/time (from the top left corner)

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Friday, 23, August, 2002

Pandora 2 ( 1 wire )
Posted by Theendisgone at 22:40 PM

News Source: Pandora Chip

The Next Generation Pandora Chip

Features:
"Only 1 Wire to Solder for quick installation
Plays All Original Games Including Imports
Plays all Personal Backups (All Media)
Plays All unsigned code & Modified XBE's (Custom code)
Universal Design- Plays On PAL/USA/JAP Consoles
Bios Detection (More stable)
Region Free DVD
Macrovison Off
DVD Reset
Eject Trick (Software version)
HDD Swap for Evolution X
Compatible with all version of Evolution-X
Mod based on Evo X 2.3 Bios functions"

So it is 1 wire, but the site does not seem to mention how many solder points.
We will just have to wait & see.

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Thursday, 22, August, 2002

EvoX Menu Editor
Posted by Theendisgone at 17:59 PM

News Source: XboxDeveloper.NET

Just a little program for Windows which allows you to connect to your XBox to edit the \\\'menu.ini\\\' file used by Evolution-X dashboard. The program parses the \\\'menu.ini\\\' file and creates a nice tree view in the GUI. You can easily drag and drop items around, add new, delete, modify, etc. There are commands to alphabetically sort a section or the entire menu tree. There is a command to automatically add games from your \\\'AutoAddItem\\\' directories into the menu file, so you can edit the default titles they are given by Evolution-X dashboard, and can sort them, etc. When you\\\'re all done, the program will reconstruct a new \\\'menu.ini\\\' file and send it back to your XBox. Of course, you can also use it to work with local \\\'menu.ini\\\' files (i.e. for buring to DVDR). It\\\'s nothing earth shattering, but for the slightly anal types, like myself, who don\\\'t always like the names that \\\'AutoAddItem\\\' assigns, and who like to keep their menus in alphabetical order, it\\\'s a real time saver.

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LoGo-X v0.3 Released
Posted by Theendisgone at 17:55 PM

News Source: XboxDeveloper.NET

LoGo-X allows you to change the little 'microsoft' logo when you cold boot (cd or first time hd). Under the XBOX logo after the animation a 'microsoft' logo appears. You can put whatever you want there now! The logos are 100x17 4bit greyscale, lets see some good artwork folks...

Sorry no download for it here, you know where to look.

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Wednesday, 21, August, 2002

Xbox Media Player B6 info
Posted by Theendisgone at 7:20 AM

News Source: Xbox Media Player

"Development Update

Well, those of you who didn't visit #xbplayer today missed out on some news. It looks like B6 is coming in about 2 weeks.

So, what have we accomplished and what's still not done? Well, I'll try my best to list everything.

Completed
----------------
Remote Control
Divx 5.0 support (including 5.0 Pro)
Local and Remote Directories supported
Linear buffering code (for cd-rw/dvd-r playback)
New MMX/SSE optimized motion compensation routines
Xvid color bug fix
Anamorphic aspect ratio bug fix (16:9)
Customizable aspect-ratio control
Static IP/EVOX/DHCP support
Easier settings configuration format
DVD tray auto-eject/close
Power-down XBOX
Launch XBEs
Dashboard replacement mode

In Progress
-----------------
AVI Preemphasis. (AVI with an encoded silence)
XStream Web Front-end
JPEG Viewer

To Do (If they get finished in time)
----------------------------------
AC3 digital output
Mpeg2 (SVCD) support

The AVI Preemphasis is almost done. This will correct some minor sync problems. With the current state of the code, mpeg2 decoding will be really easy to drop in. I've already done some research on the AC3 stuff."

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Tuesday, August 20, 2002

New Evox Screens

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 10:24

I have released a new binary of cxbx. You can go to caustik.com/cxbx/ to download. This latest version demonstrates kernel export hijacking.

Source: cxbx XBD Page

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Monday, August 19, 2002

New Evox Screens

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 15:49

In yet another xboxhacker exclusive, i've recived 7 screenshots of the new version of evolutionx in development. Click the links below to see them.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

DoomX

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 09:07

DoomX - SiliconIce @ 09:07 CST
DoomX is a port of Doom for Xbox consoles. It is currently very early in the development/alpha phase however things are looking promising.

Source: XboxDeveloper

Sunday, August 18, 2002

£9.99 Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM HDD For Your Xbox

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 22:32

Takes 2 $30 rebates, but hey, it's worth it! Check TechBargains for the info :-)

XboxDeveloper.Net Grand Opening

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 16:26

After a few months and lots of effort, we are proud to present XboxDeveloper.Net!

XboxDeveloper.Net was created with the intent to keep the Xbox community up to date about all of the latest news regarding "homebrew" and hobbyist software for the Xbox.

All Xbox developers and programmers are encouraged to register their tools, games, apps, and other projects in the "software library." For projects without a home, you are welcome to make a home here. We have tried to assemble some basic useful tools for software developers such as automated bug tracking, FAQs, etc. For projects with a home, feel free to simply register and leave a link to your home page so that visitors can easily find information about your work.

A special feature of XboxDeveloper.Net is the ability for registered developers to log in and post news updates directly to the XboxDeveloper.Net front page. In this way, the community can easily keep up to date and developers can let us know quickly and easily about their work.

As this is a new site scripted from scratch, there will likely be a few minor bugs here and there; we have extensively tested the site, but nothing is ever perfect. My siliconice @ siliconice.net email account should be back online later this week. In the mean time, you can email "Roho" about any bugs you encounter, check the "contact" page on XBD. From the "About" page at XBD:

XboxDeveloper.Net was founded in August 2002 by "SiliconIce" to provide a centralized source of information and news about hobbyist or "homebrew" development for the Microsoft Xbox console.

XboxDeveloper.Net strongly supports the development of legal and freely usable methods for writing custom software for the Xbox. Projects such as Xbox-Linux and OpenXDK will allow us to freely and publicly distribute compiled software for the Xbox. For legal reasons, we cannot host or link to any binaries for projects created with Microsoft's proprietary Xbox SDK.

Have fun and Happy Hacking!

Scripting and design of XboxDeveloper.Net by "Roho".

It's been a lot of fun and work getting this site set up; I hope you guys enjoy it :-)

Source: XboxDeveloper.Net

Saturday, August 17, 2002

Doom 3 On Xbox

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 00:25

John Carmack confirms that the graphically impressive first-person shooter will come out for the Xbox and will match the visual fidelity of the PC version.

Id Software had previously expressed interest in doing an Xbox version of its upcoming first-person shooter, but hadn't confirmed that there would be a console version of the game. Today during his keynote at QuakeCon, id's John Carmack said that the Xbox is the only console platform that id is "completely committed" to releasing Doom III on. Carmack further commented that the Xbox version will have the "full graphics fidelity" of the PC version, which made a major debut at this year's E3, where it won a number of awards.

Id Software has said that work on the Xbox version won't start until the PC game is complete. At QuakeCon 2002, id expressed hope that the game would be done before next year's E3 in May. For more information, check out our previous coverage of the PC game.

We know how easy ports can be to Xbox, they shouldn't have a problem :-)

Source: GameSpot

Friday, August 16, 2002

Xbox-Linux Screen

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 21:11

Check out this Screen.

boxXplorer V0.96gghyy    

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 20:35

Thanks to T'ulkas for letting me know about this:

This is just to notify you that boXplorer v0.96 is out

Read more here.

More On The No Solder Mod  

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 22:57

Specifications:

No Wires, No Solder, No Catch !

No technical experience needed at all.

Flash upgradeable.

All bios features currently available on competing "mods"

More info to follow soon.

This is unconfirmed info.

Saw the link on Xbox-Scene.

Source: Xodus-Chip

Thursday, August 15, 2002

Win98 On Your Xbox ?

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 22:57

Thanks for lantus for mentioning this to me:

An x86 emu called "Bochs" has been released. It includes an HDD image to boot to DOS and some old games. USB KB support as well as networked keyboard support for using your PC kb apparently. Supposedly it is capable of running Windows 98 Even.

Wednesday, August 14, 2002

Details Of The Xbox Hard Drive Locking Mechanism

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 19:02

Details of the Xbox Hard Drive Locking Mechanism - SiliconIce @ 19:02 CST
Title says it all. Speedbump has done a nice writeup of this:

The hard drive in the MS Xbox(tm) is a standard ide drive, which implements a rarely used security feature to restrict access to its data. This document will describe in full the security features, and the algorithms required to access the data on an xbox drive.

Source: Xbox-Linux

Tuesday, August 13, 2002

Shutdown On Xbox

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 16:45

ausCoder writes:

Hi guys,

Here is the code for a shutdown app.

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Remote Control In Xbox Media

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 15:58

Remote Control Support is Here!

Big thanks to Woodoo - with his help I've just finished adding remote control support to XB Media Player!

Now that we have a heck of a lot more buttons to play with I might just get round to adding some more features :)

Catch up on the status of the player while you are there also.

Thanks for Vipermania for posting about this in the forums.

Source: Xbox Media Player

Monday, August 12, 2002

Fixed 'COMPLEX' Retail -> Devkit

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 21:37

A fixed version will most likely be released tomorrow that allows your 'devkit' to run original discs AND debug content. Also features other bugfixes.

update:
It's out.. Try IRC.
heard it works perfectly :)

4627 Dashboard

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 12:48

The dashboard that will come with 4627 systems has been released. Not much new (the memory menu looks different), but as an added bonus, COMPLEX built in region-free dvd capability.

Source: IRC

X-ecuter 2 Updated

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 11:59

From x-ecuter.com:
X-ecuter2
Flash updateable via LPT or USA port. No further features (In progress)

Told you x-ecuter was a dead end mod. Now you gotta plunk more cash for their next greatest thing.. and have fun unsoldering the old one.

Sigh.

update
Following the long tradition of over-marketing by the X-Ecuter team, dinopio suggusts they sell an X-Remover tool to heat all those solder points at the same time.. so you can buy their' new chip, of course.

Sunday, August 11, 2002

OpenXDK Meeting A Success

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 21:09

We discussed the OpenXDK project for about 2.5 hours this evening, got a lot of things decided. I will be posting a transcript and a roadmap based on what we discussed once I have a chance to write it up.

Xbox-Linux On Slashdot

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 01:10

RpiMatty1 writes: "Apparently the Linux Kernel has been booted on the Xbox. No mention of it on the Xbox-Linux Home page yet. Here is another posting of the same messages at Xboxhacker.net." I wonder if the recent security code change rules this particular development out for Xboxes purchased in the near future.

Oops, didn't even notice iretch already posted this! :p

Source: Slashdot

Xbox Hacker On Slashdot

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 00:58

We got on slashdot again. =)

Sadly, we got second billing under icrontic. Cool nonetheless. New servers seem to have handled the load perfectly.

Saturday, August 10, 2002

Dvd Region X Dongle Free Version 2

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 13:48

We have just been given a link by an annonomous source for the new DVD Region X Dongle Free Version2 for Xbox, using this you can play any region DVD without the need for a DVD Movie Playback kit, it is fully controlled using your standard gamepad. Below are screen shots of it, we have just finished testing it and it certainly is a good peice of software.

See the link for screen shots.

Source: Techno Devices

Retail>debug Seems To Be Here

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 05:00

I would like to announce a planning session for the OpenXDK project. It will be held Sunday evening at 6pm Central Standard Time (**?** GMT for you Europeans and 4pm Pacific for you Californians). We will meet in #openxdk on EFNet. The channel will be moderated to keep things orderly.

updated
**?** Originally I had put 0:00 GMT, this was according to the windows clock. But I dunno what goes on with daylight savings, etc. Just whatever time 6pm CST in the US is, that's the time ;-)

I am opening a thread here in the Development forum for developers and programmers to post suggestions for topics of discussion. Please post issues you think are important for the OpenXDK project move forward. We would like to get a roadmap ironed out and begin moving forward with development.

(OpenXDK will be an open source development kit for the Xbox and will not include any Microsoft code.)

Friday, August 09, 2002

Retail>debug Seems To Be Here

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 19:29

A developer has been able to modify the firmware to turn a retail xbox into a debug kit. It's release is planned, but no date has been set. More news is to come later.

Source: Anonymous

Linux Kernel Messages

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 12:12

I proudly present: The first Xbox Linux kernel messages.

Michael, August 9th, 2002, 17:25

Check the thread for more info. Way to go Xbox-Linux team!!

Here's the project's home page.

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Pc-Bioxx Circus

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 07:15

On a lighter note, Genueix recieved his PC-Bioxx.. and didnt have the cable to flash it :)

Hilarity ensues:

Chaos
Balancing Act
Balancing Act 2
Close Up

Bunnie To Present Paper

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 01:43

Bunnie to Present Paper - SiliconIce @ 01:43 CST
Here's a clip from an article at the EFF.

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pleased to announce that former MIT doctoral student Andrew "Bunnie" Huang will present a paper explaining a security flaw in the Microsoft Xbox (TM) videogame system.

Huang will present his paper, "Keeping Secrets in Hardware: the Microsoft X-BOX Case Study," at 5:25 p.m. PDT on August 13, 2002, at the 2002 Workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES 2002) in Redwood City, California (Aug. 13-15, 2002).

The Xbox security system is intended to allow people to play only videogames authorized by Microsoft. Huang's paper "shows how a person could defeat that system with a small hardware investment," said MIT Professor Hal Abelson, one of Huang's advisors. "More importantly, the paper relates the security vulnerability to a general design flaw shared by other high-profile security systems such as the government's Clipper Chip and the movie industry's Contents Scrambling System (CSS) for DVD players."

Check the full story for more.

Slashdot Discussion here.

Thursday, August 08, 2002

Halo 2 Confirmed + Screenshots

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 19:29

Halo 2 Confirmed + Screenshots - iretch @ 19:29 CST
Not exactly xbox hacking news, but i'm sure this is of interest to most everyone :)

Halo 2, a sci-fi action/first-person shooter game, is a full sequel to the best-selling original and will continue the story of the Master Chief, a genetically enhanced supersoldier who is the only man that has successfully defied the Covenant, a coalition of alien races on a murderous march toward Earth. Halo 2 surpasses its predecessor both in graphical beauty and combat intensity. The Master Chief and his marine allies return to battle the full complement of Covenant forces, as well as new enemies who have not yet revealed themselves. Halo 2 also expands the Master Chief's already substantial arsenal with powerful new weapons, many pried from the twitching claws of defeated enemies, as well as more than twice as many drivable vehicles for exploring vast landscapes or speeding into battle. In addition to its epic single-player campaign, Halo 2 will be playable online through Xbox Live.

Check the source URL for more info and screenshots.

Source: GameSpot

Frodo-X (Commodore 64 Emu)

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 19:07

Frodo-x has just been released! Have A look On IRC For It...

FEATURES
--------

- Full video, sound, and joystick support
- 100% speed
- T64, D64 support
- Multi disk support
- State Saving
- Up to 4096 files
- Common keys mapped to gamepad.

TO-DO
-----

- On-Screen Keyboard
- Splash Screen
- Clean up the Help Screen
- Zip support maybe?
- On-Screeen LED showing the status of the 1541 Drive
- Other things when they come to mind

Great work guys =)

Source: Forums

Wednesday, August 07, 2002

X-Ecuter And Xbox Live Article

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 17:34

Not much new info, but they did use a quote from my email reply to one of their questions :-)

Updated: I think this article was updated with the following, as previously I was fairly certain it said Microsoft had not been reached for comment. Either way:

A Microsoft representative said Xbox Live would not include specific diagnostics to detect mod chips but would employ "military-grade security" to prevent hacking and other threats. The representative declined to specify any action Microsoft was taking against mod chip makers but said the company would vigorously protect its intellectual property.

Source: CNET

USB Keyboard

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 01:40

zeb crusaders tells about a successful USB keyboard hack:

We just got a USB keyboard working with the Xbox today. Me and Joker knocked our heads together for an hour since we were so inspired of the upcoming C6 emu and Voila keyboard. We changed one of the controllers ports to a USB type B connector. Plugged in an original Microsoft keyboard, Joker did some fiddling with some code and the we were writing stuff on the screen. We will add more info and pics on www.xboxtechinfo.com/xbooty tomorrow when we get back on work.

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Trapflag's BIOS

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 00:43

fx0box posted this nfo in the forums:

evo22nomslogoV1.bin
(trapflags bios)
version 1

Original bios by EvolutionX team
mods by trapflag

Same features as EvoX 2.2 with....
No ms logo, speeds boot time a bit.
Next version should have the xbox logo off as well, after that...

if you dont know how this file works you dont need it, nuff said

no xboxes where hurt in the making of this bin.
-
#xbins @ EFnet, your xbox binary source.
crappy nfo by GillianSeed

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Tuesday, August 06, 2002

Commodore 64 Emulator

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 12:02

One of the authors has informed me that they are expecting to release a port of Frodo, the C64 emulator, this week.

Features:
Full video, sound, and joystick support
100% speed
T64, D64 support
Multi disk support
State Saving
Onscreen keyboard (v2)

Monday, August 05, 2002

XBWatch

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 00:00

User posted on the forums that XBWatch v0.03 is out.

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Sunday, August 04, 2002

External PC-Bioxx Parallel Port

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 16:30

This is an interesting guide for installing an external parallel port for your PC-Bioxx. The guide is in German, but the pictures are rather self-explanatory. Quite cool!

Thanks to pike for pointing this out.

Source: PC-Bioxx Forums

boXplorer   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 05:59

Details at link below.

Source: XboxHacker BBS

XB Media Player B6   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 05:04

I'll post here to let everyone know whats happening with the current development builds.

Divx 5.0!!! Woohoo!

I also have finished MsMpeg4v2 support.

I'm doing a lot towards optimizing the video codecs to speed them up. These include new SSE optimizations. I have just finished a new version if IDCT that combines the most common Motion Compensation functions all into one big optimized function. It gave a noticable improvement in video decoding time.

So we're still having fun working on the latest and greatest. I'll add more posts here as I get new things working.

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Linux Media Player 0.25

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 05:01

See the link for details.

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Xzizor -4 Wire Mod Update

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 03:56

The Xzizor Features

Estimated Launch Date: August 26,02

-Runs unsigned code

-Boots Backups

-100% undetecable with Xbox live

-100% Compatible with Xbox Live

-Abailty to Switch between Xzizor and original MS bios

-Only 4 Solder points

-Extreamly Easy to install

-No patch hack

-Macrovision off

-All DVD Region Compatible

-Reset Trick Enabled, which other mods seem to have trouble with

-Abilty to swap Harddrives while remaining undetectable to Xbox Live

This is the first I have heard of this; we'll just have to wait and see on this one.

updated: as suspected, this seems like a fake.

Source: Xzizor

Saturday, August 03, 2002

xSNES9x Beta 4   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 22:47

it will have Progressive Scan support, fixed PAL60/PAL/NTSC timing, fixed Mario Kart crash on exit bug, Ability to define Rom directory in .ini file, turbo button to speed up emulation, SDD1 support (Star Ocean and SFA2)

Expect a release soon =)

Source: xSnes9x

Friday, August 02, 2002

No X-Ecuter Upgrade   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 19:49 PM

We have been "looking" at a flash upgradeable design (connect to LPT port) but this will not be any kind of add-on and will be a seperate product designed for those that want to play around with the inferior BIOS files available online, if and when we ever decide to do it. This will be similar to the openbox but would be much cheaper and will not have any BIOS programmed to it. Remember if there is any news on X-ecuter - don't beleive it till you read it here. If we are working on something as opposed to just looking at something we will let you know.

I saw the link at Xbox-Scene.

Source: X-Ecuter

Xend0r V0.1  

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 19:45 PM

So I just thought I slap this little tool together for ...
that it may help you to develop more easy ... just include
it in your build process or makefile with the params and of you go ..

Example:
Xend0r.exe "192.168.1.111" "/E/dev/myApp/" "myApp.xbe"

Source: Dextrose

PS2 On Xbox ? I Dont Think So...

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 14:46 PM

I am not familiar with this source...so I will assume this info is not true:

Ever since Bleem was able to make your Dreamcast play Playstation games, you had to wonder what other emulators could be made. It would be nice not have to buy multiple systems. You can already run DVD’s on most gaming platforms. With this in mind a new company called Disis Alye Software has reverse-engineered the Playstation 2 against their lawyers’ advice and created a PS2 emulator for the Xbox. At first I was very skeptical, since the Bleem games were not that great and had many technical problems. Sony sued the hell out of Bleem and eventually they went out of business. The weird thing is; I think Sony helped DAS make the emulator to begin with. Why you ask? Well, the answer is simple. It costs Sony a lot of money to produce the PS2 and it’s considered a “loss leader.” Sony can’t cut a deal with Microsoft to make games on the Xbox, so this is the next best thing.
DAS flew me out to their New Orleans HQ to beta-test the new product. I was stunned to see how well it worked. You pop in the X-Station CD and you are then prompted to change to whatever PS2 game you want. All PS2 games work to perfection and while none of the games are enhanced for Xbox capabilities, it is none the less very quick and cool. You also do not need a memory card as the X-Station takes a few megs off the hard drive for its own use. No more memory cards! The first game I tried was Gran Turismo 3 in Hi-Res Mode and it was brilliant. The Xbox supports HDTV and it allows all PS2 games to be converted to a higher resolution. They did not have any VGA compatibility at test time but said there was a small chance that they could offer this in final release. Sound was perfect to my ears with the 5:1 surround-sound on full blast.
The question remains whether Microsoft will sue DAS. Because the company is so new, that coverage is slim and we were one of the first to get to the story. I assume that by the time you read this the whole industry will be in an uproar. Microsoft will sue DAS and DAS will be sued by Sony and Sony will sue Microsoft. Who knows how the justice department will look at this? New legislation banning reverse-engineering was passed in the last couple years, but the laws haven’t been tested vigorously by the courts. One can only hope that, if the X-Station does get banned like Napster and Bleem, the source code will “leak” onto the net for everyone to download. Imagine that.

This story is so full of holes, I don't know where to start. Sony profits on PS2 last I read. MS has to approve and sign software, so it's extremely unlikely it would ever be released legally. If there is an official release, MS won't sue since they would have approved it! In addition, the computing power of a PS2 is so close to an Xbox, it would seem real-time emulation is close to impossible. And reverse-engineering is not banned either. Hmm...nice hoax guys.

update Hmm..."Disis Alye Software"--> "This is a lie" perhaps? *sigh* what people do for a joke.

Source: Foul Magazine

boXplorer    

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 03:25 PM

Here's an update for those using boXplorer...

I've been working hard on the next version and there are some big changes which I belive people will like

Here are the new features in v0.95 :

- Introduction of file operations making boXplorer a real file manager :
Copy multiple files/folders.
Move multiple files/folders.
Delete multiple files/folders.
Rename single file or folder.
Create new folder.
- Main Menu with file operations and other features (activate with WHITE button)
- Mark files for file operations (press X)
- "Mark All", "Clear Marks" and "Inverse Marks" in main menu to bulk-mark files.
- Panel A and Panel B - used like in Norton Commander or Windows Commander to select
source and destination for file operations (toggle with left thumb button or trigger buttons).
- Select Drive function now shows free and total space on each drive.
- Button layout changed slightly to make room for new features.

All features are currently implemented and work nicely but need a bit of testing and polishing up for release... expect a release soon

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Thursday, August 01, 2002

HD Unlock Code   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 16:04 PM

Here's some code by Speedbump for unlocking your HD. Get the file here.

Nvidia Comments On MCPX

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 10:12 PM

We never blamed Xbox.

What we said about Xbox was that we reached a volume discount milestone, further reducing the margins. And that we will be taking an inventory write off in Q2 related to the amount of Xbox MCPs that were made obsolete when MSFT transitioned to a new security code (by way of the MIT hacker) and excess in nForce chipsets that we built in anticipation of higher demand of Athlon-based PCs.

Derek Perez
PR Director
Nvidia

Hmm, "MIT hacker." Perhaps Microsoft is more on the ball than we all realize; simply changing keys would mean we just need to aquire the new one. Perhaps they patched up their scheme a bit more than that, perhaps not. For sure, changing keys will at least make getting compatible modchips more tricky; programmable mods should not have much problem though.

Here's a clip from Bunnie's paper for a refresher:

A compromise solution to the problem is to simply not trust any bus in the system.
In this case, the secret boot block might employ a digital signature protocol, such as
Authenticode R , using public key algorithms and one-way hashes. [10] Then, all secu-rity
rests in the secrecy of the private key, and the strength of the public key algorithm.
In order to prevent employee leaks from spreading a private key, a system similar to the
BBN SignAssure TM could be used to manage the key so that no human ever has knowl-edge
of the private key. The principal drawback of this method is that it requires extra
silicon area to be spent on storing a larger secret boot block, as it is probably difficult,
if not impossible, to code a full public key encryption algorithm plus key storage and
hardware initialization code within 512 bytes.

The above suggestion does not prevent someone from eavesdropping and obtaining
the plaintext of the operating system code, but it does effectively defeat any attempt
to run original code. The public key scheme could be defeated, however, by a mech-anism
that snoops the main memory bus and patches plaintext in main memory. As
discussed previously, this approach is possible, but difficult; however, the tenacity of
an attacker should not be underestimated. For example, a known attack on the Sony
Playstation2 console was developed that is rumored to work by dynamically patching
its high-performance RAMBUS memory system. The difficulty of a memory patch at-tack
could be increased by using a simple periodic hash and check of the critical code
regions in memory.

Buffer overrun exploits are also a point of weakness, and they work regardless of
the secret boot protocol. An attacker sniffing an insecure bus could obtain the de-crypted
kernel code and analyze it for weaknesses. However, any machine architecture
that employs guarded pointers [11] is much more difficult, if not impossible, to attack
using buffer overruns. A fast, efficient guarded pointer scheme with a simple hardware
implementation is described in [12]. This scheme can easily be adapted to work in a
64-bit architecture.

Source: The Inquirer

New WXstream   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 09:44 PM

Here is the new wxstream for Xbox Media Player b5.

It has some new features:

- Catalogue support
- Multithread (more than 1 clients at the same time)
- File extension include/exclude
- xmp b5 support

This version does not support Xmp b4 anymore.

Get it Here