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Tangential: back in the day, installing a modchip in the original Xbox to boot Linux was a nice way to get a cheap Linux box. 64MB RAM were a bit tight when 256
by Cockbrand 3y ago
Tangential: back in the day, installing a modchip in the original Xbox to boot Linux was a nice way to get a cheap Linux box. 64MB RAM were a bit tight when 256MB were pretty much the norm, but otherwise the machine was quite powerful for its price.
- xen2xen1 3y agoGentooX was fun. Still miss it a bit.
- znpy 3y agoah, fun times. i remember interviewing the guy behind the project, a very nice person. also i remember there was a modified boot loader (chromwell, iirc?) and some person had managed to solder an additional 64mb chip to bring the total memory to a whopping 128MB.
- IntelMiner 3y ago128MB RAM upgrades are quite common in the origina Xbox scene, especially these days Some mad scientists (read: enterprising individuals) have even figured out how to gain 256MB or 512MB of memory in their units