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highly illigal, but no ones perfect eh?
Has anyone had the mod chip & 80 Gig Hardrive upgrade fitted yet?
apparently you can dump entire games to the drive for faster accsess!
I need more speed! and room for the music i've dumped to disk, only got 32000 Blocks left now! anyone know how much is too much? before it affects the games your playing? may have to buy another XBOX! probably down to a ton by Xmas anyhow
Has anyone had the mod chip & 80 Gig Hardrive upgrade fitted yet?
apparently you can dump entire games to the drive for faster accsess!
I need more speed! and room for the music i've dumped to disk, only got 32000 Blocks left now! anyone know how much is too much? before it affects the games your playing? may have to buy another XBOX! probably down to a ton by Xmas anyhow
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I don't need to - I just know it.
Edgy wrote:
> The funny thing is, we know he's modifying his console to play games
> illegally.
>
> We know it is illegal in that sense.
>
> I think he knows we know too.
Prove it.
> The funny thing is, we know he's modifying his console to play games
> illegally.
>
> We know it is illegal in that sense.
>
> I think he knows we know too.
Prove it.
ROFFEL!!!!!!
hence the '...' :D
And you were spot-on.
I was expecting some utter nob to do that...
100
The funny thing is, we know he's modifying his console to play games illegally.
We know it is illegal in that sense.
I think he knows we know too.
Therefore, the only person he's trying to convince...is himself!
We know it is illegal in that sense.
I think he knows we know too.
Therefore, the only person he's trying to convince...is himself!
JimTopBloke wrote:
> Am I completely wrong about everything?
Well, yeah. What all this has to do with your Ford/gun/etc ranting I have no idea. It isn't illegal to modify your console; it is illegal to play pirated software. In the States it is illegal to modify your console in any way that facilitates piracy - this is a very attractive position for Sony/MS/etc, but they are struggling to get other countries to take the same strict stand point.
But then I've explained that already. And if you have the developer's dash on an Xbox you do still need a chip as your hardware is different. I expect there will also be differences in the BIOS. However, get yourself sorted and you have an amazing emulation system, as well as the more dodgy reasons. Then again, it is a ridiculous amount of agro, still illegal (even if it is "retro" gaming), and if you really want to go down that route a PC and MAME (or similar) will sort you out fine for retro titles.
> Am I completely wrong about everything?
Well, yeah. What all this has to do with your Ford/gun/etc ranting I have no idea. It isn't illegal to modify your console; it is illegal to play pirated software. In the States it is illegal to modify your console in any way that facilitates piracy - this is a very attractive position for Sony/MS/etc, but they are struggling to get other countries to take the same strict stand point.
But then I've explained that already. And if you have the developer's dash on an Xbox you do still need a chip as your hardware is different. I expect there will also be differences in the BIOS. However, get yourself sorted and you have an amazing emulation system, as well as the more dodgy reasons. Then again, it is a ridiculous amount of agro, still illegal (even if it is "retro" gaming), and if you really want to go down that route a PC and MAME (or similar) will sort you out fine for retro titles.
Edgy wrote:
After all, if it weren't the case, why would Sony shove a feature in their Minidisc hi-fi systems which allows you to copy CDs straight to Minidisc as well as taking the names of the tracks off the CD and placing them as the track names on the minidiscs also?
Someone also wrote:
SONY are one of the main companies involved in seeking to prosecute / sue… for the mass of copying that goes on… basically…
Therefore:
If I were making a product that was causing another part of my company to suffer then would it not be a good idea to stop?
They can’t of course because who would buy a product with limited uses when the technology would be implemented by a competitor? They would still lose out, but twice because they are not making the cash from the hardware sales & they are still being pirated too.
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT….
(getting back to the original topic)
Man has since the dawn of time sought to improve things, modifying things to work better, invention and that kinda of stuff.
Why Then is it frowned upon to modify consoles but not PC's?
No one gripes when you install a DVD burner... That with the right software enables copying of films etc.
Stick a chip (not fried or ovenBaked though) in an xbox or PS2 though? OOOOOH NOOOOO not ALLOWED (Legaly...)
Why? Disables copy protection? So?
Turns out that people are responsible for how they use things and no one else.
Like you say, FORD aren’t to blame if you speed and mow down a kid...
Smith & wesson aren’t to blame if you use a product they made in the wrong way? end up with a hole in something? nope...
(But they are to blame if a persistent fault is causing accidents.!!)
Let us modify things and take responsibility for how we use them!!
Who know how to upgrade the xbox hard drive? Where can I get the developers dashboard?
Why would it have to be chipped anyway? Surely the developer’s systems aren’t? Am I completely wrong about everything?
After all, if it weren't the case, why would Sony shove a feature in their Minidisc hi-fi systems which allows you to copy CDs straight to Minidisc as well as taking the names of the tracks off the CD and placing them as the track names on the minidiscs also?
Someone also wrote:
SONY are one of the main companies involved in seeking to prosecute / sue… for the mass of copying that goes on… basically…
Therefore:
If I were making a product that was causing another part of my company to suffer then would it not be a good idea to stop?
They can’t of course because who would buy a product with limited uses when the technology would be implemented by a competitor? They would still lose out, but twice because they are not making the cash from the hardware sales & they are still being pirated too.
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT….
(getting back to the original topic)
Man has since the dawn of time sought to improve things, modifying things to work better, invention and that kinda of stuff.
Why Then is it frowned upon to modify consoles but not PC's?
No one gripes when you install a DVD burner... That with the right software enables copying of films etc.
Stick a chip (not fried or ovenBaked though) in an xbox or PS2 though? OOOOOH NOOOOO not ALLOWED (Legaly...)
Why? Disables copy protection? So?
Turns out that people are responsible for how they use things and no one else.
Like you say, FORD aren’t to blame if you speed and mow down a kid...
Smith & wesson aren’t to blame if you use a product they made in the wrong way? end up with a hole in something? nope...
(But they are to blame if a persistent fault is causing accidents.!!)
Let us modify things and take responsibility for how we use them!!
Who know how to upgrade the xbox hard drive? Where can I get the developers dashboard?
Why would it have to be chipped anyway? Surely the developer’s systems aren’t? Am I completely wrong about everything?
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