PS2 or XBox

Well both seem to be down around $400. But which can be most easily
"made" to do other things....? Divx ?

Eh ?

Lukagain

Lukagain wrote:
> Well both seem to be down around $400. But which can be most easily
> "made" to do other things....? Divx ?
>
> Eh ?
>
>
In terms of "hackability" you can't beat an XBOX. There's plenty of
sites around that are dedicated to both hardware and software mods.

http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net
http://www.xboxhackz.com

Because an XBOX issentially just a PC, there's not much you can't do
when you know how.

--
M.C.S.E :- Minesweeper Consultant & Solitaire Expert

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:47:39 +1200, Lukagain <> wrote:

>Well both seem to be down around $400. But which can be most easily
>"made" to do other things....? Divx ?
>
>Eh ?
>



Gee even a Idiot like me knows that..

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 20:20:03 +1200, Richard Malcolm-Smith <>
wrote:

>Lukagain wrote:
>
>> Well both seem to be down around $400. But which can be most easily
>> "made" to do other things....? Divx ?
>
>xbox. Free stuff for it. Can be reflashed with just soldering 2 points and
>messing around with a mem card and linux. Or get a replacement bios - piece of
>cake to install compared with the PS2 - dont fall for the no solder ones, the
>soldering doesnt come much easier, and the no solder ones come loose if you bump
>the box hard.



And the Software Hack is Free, & no Soldering.-

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10332

Link to it


http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/fu...ly/010895.html

From what I have read, that will not allow you to boot copied games on the xbox.

Would love to be proven wrong tho.

And its so nice to see microsofts sloppy code come back and bite them in the ass

Master Tech © wrote:


> And the Software Hack is Free, & no Soldering.-
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10332
>
> Link to it
>
> http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/fu...ly/010895.html

"Steve" <> wrote in message
news:6TTOa.3825$...
> Lukagain allegedly said:
>
> > Well both seem to be down around $400. But which can be most easily
> > "made" to do other things....? Divx ?
> >
> > Eh ?
>
> PS2 - by far.

I dont think so. Does a PS2 have a harddrive? Built in network port? No, but
the Xbox does.

>
> SONY even sell a version of Linux for it and a kit to support it.

Yeah and how many hundreds is that?

> Xbox is deliberately crippled for mod-ing. If you change it, you can't
play
> onlilne games on Microsoft's exclusive gaming platform

Xbox is in no way crippled for modding, what a silly answer. On my Xbox i've
put a mod chip in, can run any game from the 120gb hardrive installed in it.
Can watch avi's, mpgs etc through the telly with the media player. I can
plug my xbox into my switch and get online and play against others without
MS Live (which isn't even in NZ and probably never will).

> That why I play all games on a Linux PC. I prefer freedom to be milked
like
> an aphid by Bill Gates.
>
> Quake III
> UT2003
> Return to Castle Wolfenstien
> SimCity 3000 Unlimited
> Rune
> Tribes2
>
> Many more.....

Comparing a PS2 to an Xbox is like comparing a mini to the Merc, you can't.
BTW the PS2 graphics are nothing compared to the Xbox's.

StuM.

"StuM" <stum@_remove_this_dr.com> wrote in message
news:wh%Oa.74869$...
>
> "Steve" <> wrote in message
> news:6TTOa.3825$...
> > Lukagain allegedly said:
> >
> > > Well both seem to be down around $400. But which can be most easily
> > > "made" to do other things....? Divx ?
> > >
> > > Eh ?
> >
> > PS2 - by far.
>
> I dont think so. Does a PS2 have a harddrive? Built in network port? No,
but
> the Xbox does.
>
> >
> > SONY even sell a version of Linux for it and a kit to support it.
>
> Yeah and how many hundreds is that?
>
> > Xbox is deliberately crippled for mod-ing. If you change it, you can't
> play
> > onlilne games on Microsoft's exclusive gaming platform
>
> Xbox is in no way crippled for modding, what a silly answer. On my Xbox
i've
> put a mod chip in, can run any game from the 120gb hardrive installed in
it.
> Can watch avi's, mpgs etc through the telly with the media player. I can
> plug my xbox into my switch and get online and play against others without
> MS Live (which isn't even in NZ and probably never will).
>
> > That why I play all games on a Linux PC. I prefer freedom to be milked
> like
> > an aphid by Bill Gates.
> >
> > Quake III
> > UT2003
> > Return to Castle Wolfenstien
> > SimCity 3000 Unlimited
> > Rune
> > Tribes2
> >
> > Many more.....
>
> Comparing a PS2 to an Xbox is like comparing a mini to the Merc, you
can't.
> BTW the PS2 graphics are nothing compared to the Xbox's.
>
> StuM.
>
>

Interesting to note that I did a little survey as to which to buy with my
kids cause I was unsure so I hired an Xbox and a PS2 and guess which one
won?


Playstation hands down. The gfx were nice on the Xbox but I think the games
seemed to be aimed at the "older" gamer.

--
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."

cowboyz wrote:

>
> Interesting to note that I did a little survey as to which to buy with my
> kids cause I was unsure so I hired an Xbox and a PS2 and guess which one
> won?
>
>
> Playstation hands down. The gfx were nice on the Xbox but I think the games
> seemed to be aimed at the "older" gamer.


Agree with you there. My nephew finds the XboX controls too big for his
hands for a start, not to mention too complicated.


Personally I love the XboX, but those mates of mine who play GTA3: VC
Love the PS2.

Its a simple case of each to their own, and what console provides better
support for the games you like to play.

Jerry wrote:
>
> You can get a small controller for the Xbox
>
> Jerry


Which comes at an addtional expense.


I love my nephew, but not enough to buy him a controller of his own when
he comes over and jumps on my xbox

The Xbox has been shipping since May this year with the S model
controller.

In article <3f0cbe2d$>, m00se <>
wrote:

|Jerry wrote:
|>
|> You can get a small controller for the Xbox
|>
|> Jerry
|
|
|Which comes at an addtional expense.
|
|
|I love my nephew, but not enough to buy him a controller of his own when
|he comes over and jumps on my xbox
|