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I think most people familiar with the original Xbox hw (like people working on xemu :)) take offense when you say it's just a PC. It's PC hardware, but nothing
by iforgotpassword 3y ago
I think most people familiar with the original Xbox hw (like people working on xemu :)) take offense when you say it's just a PC. It's PC hardware, but nothing much is shared with the "IBM PC" architecture-wise. Even the software side is very different. It's not running a customized version of Windows, but the Windows kernel. One stripped down to 256kb, including the boot up animation and sound. That design for example required that a lot of things get linked into a game's executable, like network drivers and the entire TCP/IP stack.
If it were that easy, we'd have had a wine pendant for Xbox binaries 20 years ago. Cxbx is pretty much the wine approach to Xbox emulation and it's far from perfect.
- anthk 3y agoLinux would ran on that with ease. And, yes, Wine ran, but just Win32 PE binaries, not XBE ones. OFC it was an "IBM PC". Some people could run ReactOS on it.
- Dwedit 3y ago> nothing much is shared with the "IBM PC" architecture-wise Gate A20 begs to differ.
- fps_doug 3y agoIt's built into the CPU, what did you expect them to do, burn it with a laser? .... well in hindsight that might've been a smart thing to do :o)
- Dwedit 3y agoGate A20 famously was responsible for the original XBOX getting hacked. It redirected execution from the special hidden ROM into ordinary flash ROM, bypassing all security.