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Week of September 25, 2005
Xbox Manufacturing Process Pictures Explained
>> Michael Steil of Team Xbox-Linux posted a new article explaining the Xbox Manufacturing Process. The pictures used have been posted here on the news long time ago already, but Xbox-Linux included some interesting comments/info next to some pictures explaining the Xbox manufacturing process and how the factory operates:
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The purpose of this page is to comment and explain what can be seen on these pictures. The pictures have obviously been taken at the Flextronics factory in Hungary, which produced 1.0 Xboxes from October 2001 to April 2002.
This is the factury in Sarvar/Hungary, which manufactured everything except for the actual board logic, which had been made in the Zalaegerszeg factory. The TSOP has probably already been flashed at Zalaegerszeg; but the EEPROM will be written by XMTAXBOX during hard disk duplication.
There are at least these four rooms:
* case manufacturing
* four assembly lines
* hard disk duplication
* component storage
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Check out the full article on xbox-linux.org (If you can help with additional info you can use the 'edit' links on the page.)
Itagaki Speaks: X360 pricing, hard disks, wide screen support and LCD hate
>> Famitsu Xbox 360 (the #1 magazine in Japan) has a new interview with Tomonobu Itagaki, the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden developer of Team Ninja.
The guys over at xbox360.ign.com have an english article of what he said:
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Itagaki is first asked to comment on the Xbox 360's Japanese price, which, with tax, just manages to squeeze in under the 400 dollar mark. Itagaki states that he wishes the price were a little lower, but this is his stance as a game maker and not a gamer. For the gamers, who play games as a hobby, any price would be okay if the system's capabilities and software lineup are good. Given a lineup that appeals to gamers, the overseas price of the system and the price of past systems don't matter.
He suggests standard CRT over other types, devoting a lengthy rant to his displeasure with LCD televisions. Itagaki states that Team Ninja has "flagship class" LCD televisions throughout its offices, and he's not impressed with any of them. The problem, he states, isn't so much with response time, but with inaccurate color. Combine that with the high prices, and he comes to the conclusion: "buying a CRT is, as a gamer, a wise choice."
"Without a hard disk," he explains, "it's difficult to do things like the Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack. There are also problems with caching." He suggests that smooth startup sequences for games would be difficult. Also regrettable, he states, is that, minus a hard disk, he won't be able to manage sound in the way Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball does now, where music is copied over from the game disk.
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Read More: xbox360.ign.com.
1up also has an lengthy interview with him here, certainly check page 4 where he talks about the Xbox 360 hardware.
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(Friday 30 September 2005 20:18 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Blu-Ray Attacks Microsoft, Microsoft Bites Back
>> From slashdot.org:
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"Ars Technica has been following this week's next-gen DVD dramas closely. First, there's extensive coverage of the reasons why Microsoft backed HD-DVD, which was primarily inspired by mandatory support for copying discs to computers. The BDA, however, countered with an attack on Microsoft's reasons, and Microsoft returned fire. Richard E. Doherty, Microsoft's head of the media entertainment technology convergence group, said that 50GB Blu-ray disc are in fact many years away. Is MS playing games, or is Sony misrepresenting just how far along BD-ROM really is?" From the article: "HD DVD is proven to deliver 30GB capacity today, with the potential to deliver even greater capacity. The 50GB claim for BD-ROM discs is unproven and will not be available for many years to come, based on discussions with major Japanese and US replicators. Replicators not only do not have test lines running, they cannot even pre-order the equipment to begin evaluating this disc. They cannot judge the cost of these discs, or even whether they can be manufactured at all. Major replicators can mass manufacture 30GB HD DVD discs today and it's well understood that these discs will cost significantly less to manufacture than the lower-capacity 25GB BD discs."
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News-Source: slashdot.org, arstechnica.com(1), arstechnica.com(2).
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(Friday 30 September 2005 16:24 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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GameStop at it again ... 4500 USD Bundle
>> GameStop already had the "Omega bundle" selling at 2000 USD. But it looks like being #1 on the "most expensive Xbox 360 bundles list" wasn't enough for GameStop ... today they go one step further: a 4500 USD (yes, four thousand five hundred!) "Omega Dell" bundle.
The package includes the same 20 games and accessoires as the normal Omega bundle and a Dell 42-Inch Plasma TV.
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(Friday 30 September 2005 14:04 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Bach: Half of 360 users will use Xbox Live
>> From gamespot.com:
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Bach confirmed that currently, only 10 percent of Xbox owners--some 2 million users--subscribe to Xbox Live. With the addition of the free "Silver" version of Xbox Live, Bach believes that about 50 percent of the console's owners will go online via the 360. However, they will still have to pay to play games online via the new Xbox Live Gold.
In terms of games, Bach confirmed that Microsoft will be announcing its launch titles for Europe in the "very near future."
Bach revealed that Microsoft and Square Enix are planning an extremely large-scale beta test for FFXI. It will be so large, in fact, that Bach said anyone that buys an Xbox 360 should be able to participate.
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Read More: gamespot.com
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(Thursday 29 September 2005 18:11 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Piper Jaffray: PS3 to outsell Xbox 360 and Revolution by 2008
>> From punchjump.com/next-gen.biz:
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Piper Jaffray, a financial consulting firm, estimates that the Playstation 3 will outsell the Xbox 360 and Revolution by 2008.
While the Xbox 360 is expected to have a 5 million unit lead on the PS3 in 2006, it is estimated to drop to 500,000 in 2007, and be eclipsed by 2.5 million units in 2008.
The market research firm estimates Nintendo's Revolution to sell three million units by 2008.
Overall, Piper Jaffray expects video game software to grow from $7B in 2005 to $10B in 2008. Overall hardware unit sales are predicted to grow 30% from 2006 to 2011.
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Read More: punchjump.com, next-gen.biz, gamedaily.com.
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(Thursday 29 September 2005 16:48 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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X-Changer v2.2 Manual
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(Thursday 29 September 2005 13:00 EST) - (Category: Xbox) - (Posted by::
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Confirmed: Toshiba Delays US Launch of HD DVD
>> From TeamXbox.com:
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Early this month, Toshiba revealed its intentions to the delay the launch of HD DVD in the US but did not specify the exact timing. Today, Toshiba announced that it is delaying its launch of next-generation HD DVD players in the U.S. market to around February or March, revising its plan for a year-end start date.
Toshiba said it still plans to introduce HD DVD players in the Japanese market by the year-end.
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Read More: TeamXbox.com
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(Thursday 29 September 2005 11:02 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Team Xecuter X3IR Update
>> From Teamxecuter.com:
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Quick update: The X3IR is 100% working now - we are just working on a final universal design so it fits nicely into both the X3 pro Switch and the X3 Control Panel without having to have 2 different versions.
No more news to report - just waiting patiently to get our hands on an Xbox 360!
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(Thursday 29 September 2005 00:15 EST) - (Category: Xbox) - (Posted by::
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Xbox 360 Hitting Japanese Colleges and Osaka Games Festa
>> From 1up.com/1up.com:
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* The Games Japan Festa 2005 in Osaka event (November 12th and 13th) hopes to pave a smooth path towards the upcoming Japanese Xbox 360 launch on December 10th. At the show, there will be a total of 80 playable games, though obviously the entire lineup isn't Xbox 360.
The reason Games Festa will be a more important show for the Xbox 360 than TGS is two-fold. For one, with the launch looming, it will be Microsoft's last chance to reach out to the Japanese media and public. Secondly, many displayed games should be in near-finished states. At E3 and TGS, next-generation games have been tough to judge.
* Hoping to inform college students and the public about Xbox 360 next-generation gaming, executive officer of Microsoft Japan Yoshihiro Maruyama will be giving a free lecture on October 7th at the Tama Campus of Chu-ou College in Tokyo.
The theme of Maruyama's lecture is "Xbox 360 and HD Entertainment." In the lecture, Maruyama will discuss Microsoft's vision of the three pillars of HD Entertainment: Hi-Def, Online, and Customization. In addition, Maruyama will also be speaking about Xbox 360 and Microsoft's future post-launch vision.
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Read More: 1up.com(1), 1up.com(2)
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(Wednesday 28 September 2005 22:30 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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China will get Xbox 360 in 2006 - Microsoft expects sales growth
>> From reuters.com:
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Microsoft Corp. expects to chalk up another year of more than 30 percent sales growth in China and plans to sell its new Xbox 360 game console there next year, a senior executive said on Wednesday. The world's top software firm, which engineered a series of strategic acquisitions in the world's seventh-largest economy this year, aims to carve out a bigger slice of a $20 billion software market that has grown almost 40 percent annually between 1999 and 2003.
Chen said he hoped to start selling the console in China in 2006, but stressed that the timing of its launch was not set in stone.
Sony and Microsoft now manufacture many of their game consoles in China, taking advantage of lower labor costs. Microsoft bought more than $1 billion worth of Xboxes from contract manufacturers in China last year.
But the country has yet to take off as a market for game consoles.
Sony began selling its PS2 in China in 2004, acknowledging piracy issues but arguing that someone had to take the lead.
Yet the technology giant has said little on the subject since, with analysts saying their plans have been waylaid partly by pirated games that sell for as little as 10 yuan apiece. Nintendo never bothered to launch its own console in the country.
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Read More: reuters.com, gamasutra.com.
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(Wednesday 28 September 2005 19:24 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Quazal Supports Microsoft Xbox 360 Platform
>> From the pressrelease:
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Quazal, makers of the Net-Z and Rendez-Vous online multiplayer middleware technologies, announced today that Quazal Net-Z and Quazal Rendez-Vous will fully support the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
"Quazal has established a strong reputation in the games industry, providing cutting-edge multiplayer technologies to triple-A titles such as Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory on the Xbox " said Tracey Frankcom, program manager, Xbox Tools and Middleware. "We are delighted to have Quazal on board for Xbox 360 to ensure that game developers producing online titles for the platform will be able to depend on Quazal's award-winning products."
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Read the whole pressrelease here.
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(Wednesday 28 September 2005 15:33 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Origen Xbox 360 More Than Meets the Eye
>> From TeamXbox.com:
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After some tinkering around TeamXbox has uncovered what Microsoft really has in store for Europe, and it's much more than 2 spots at Origen. The game has just begun, round one anyway.
Over the course of the weeks to come in October gamers in Europe will have at least four more chances at a trip to Origen, as the game plays out through rounds two and three. Furthermore, it seems as though there will be one lucky grand prize winner taking home the gaming rig of all gaming rigs, worth 10 grand! The 10 grand could be dollars, euros or franks for all we know, but a gaming rig worth 10 thousand anything sounds like a nice deal. At the least we expect an Xbox 360, an HDTV, and a 5.1 surround system.
After looking through http requests made by the flash that makes up the Origen Xbox 360 website, it became clear that all the dialog between the rabbits is stored in an xml file. The xml is very long, and some of it consists of error messages, link titles, and a lot of other very useless text. Instead of making you sift through all of it, we've summarized all the good stuff ... [read more]
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Read More: TeamXbox.com.
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(Wednesday 28 September 2005 12:41 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 2005-09-27 CVS build
>> A new CVS compile (by T3CH) of XboxMediaCenter(info) has been released.
This T3CH-compile is a BAREBONE package (with just a few thirdparty scripts and with just the default skin) compiled with XDK v5849.
Here's the added features, for all the fixed, changed and updated stuff check the full changelog since the 2005-09-21 CVS release:
* added: GYM (Genesis music file) codec to paplayer. Based on gens' apu.
* added: rar files can now be extracted using filemanager.
* added: dlls load referenced dlls when a dll is loaded
* added: SPC (Super NES sound file) codec for paplayer. Based on snes9x's APU.
* added: New Screensaver: "Slideshow"! You can define the folder, where your pictures are. Recursive Slideshow! [GeminiServer]
* added: support for prefix and suffix in regexp matching. (specific matches without removing what was matched from displayed name)
* added: parameter validation for logpath
... check the full changelog here.
You can add more scripts and skins yourself if desired. You can download them from allxboxskins.com, xbox-skins.net and xbmcscripts.com.
Keep in mind this is a CVS snapshot of the current development tree. It's not a official (stable) point release. Use only if you know what you are doing.
Official Site: http://www.xboxmediacenter.com / http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc
Full Changelog/Xbox-Scene Discussion Thread: forums.xbox-scene.com
Download Binaries: n/a (built with XDK)
Download SourceCode: here
Faceoff 2005: design your own Xbox 360 faceplate
>> From joystiq.com:
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As you may or may not know by now, the Xbox 360 is customizable. You can swap faceplates out to fit your needs. Faceoff 2005 is a contest where graphic design wizards can shine. According to the website, "download the best template this side of Microsoft. It's time to let your creativity bleed onto today's latest canvas."
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Official Site: http://www.faceoff.co.nr
News-Source: joystiq.com
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(Tuesday 27 September 2005 20:21 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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DXpatch v1.0 - make games compatible with DreamX 1480
>> From los93sol1 on forums.xbox-scene.com/readme:
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A few days ago Elupus was doing some debugging to figure out why XBMC's DVD Player was having issues with my DX-1480. In the process of debugging we got to talking about the box and Elupus inadvertantly discovered a hack to make games compatible with the DX-1480. I've tested it with all the games I have and it has worked with a 98% success rate.
Thanks to Lysip for helping out with the patch utility built with CodeFusion's generic byte patching engine. If any developer's would like to experiment more with this hack, please get in touch with Elupus or me...I'd love an option to enable this hack in the final X3 bios, I think it would compliment my chip nicely wink.gif At any rate I will host the file on my personal FTP server for now, but if anyone would like to host this for me...that would be cool.
* What is this: A patch to make games compatible with the DreamX 1480.
* Why do you need it: To patch games for the faster processor so they run at normal speed and playback smoothly.
* Overview: For those of you wondering what a DreamX 1480 is, it is a modded Xbox from Friendtech with 1.4Ghz processor and 128Mb RAM upgrades. These boxes were originally created to run Linux and things of that nature, they yielded some serious compatibility issues for playing games. Basically game developers hardcode the games to the internal clock speed of the original processor (733.33Mhz) since they know every Xbox manufactured will have the same hardware components. The problem here is that the DreamX is twice as fast so when games are hardcoded for the slower processor, they will run twice as fast, have choppy video, etc. Lots and lots of problems result because of this. Until now owners of these Xboxes haven't been able to play most of their games due to this problem plaguing the DreamX. this patch fixes that. Testing showed that 98% of games tested played normal after applying this patch.
The best implementation of this hack would be at bios level so it could patch xbe's on-the-fly and from discs. I have hopes that some of the modchip teams will pick this up and run with it since it is a fairly simple hack. If any developers have an interest in going a little further with this please contact Elupus or me and we can supply you the details of what the patch actually does.
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Official Site: n/a, by Elupus, los93sol1, Lysip.
Xbox-Scene Forums Discussion Thread: forums.xbox-scene.com
Download: here
Origen Xbox 360 Mystery Ends
>> From TeamXbox.com:
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The mystery has finally come to an end as the Origen Xbox 360 countdown to September 27th finally concluded. Origen is a Microsoft-organized contest for some lucky gamers from the Old Continent to win one of two places to an event celebrating the launch of the Xbox 360 in the United States for three nights in November 2005 .
Origen will ask you three randomly-generated test questions that'll test how good you are at sorting the hard facts from the wild rumors. Get each question right and complete their Fact or Fiction tie-breaker and you could win. Get a question wrong and you're out.
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Check it out on http://www.origenxbox360.com
News-Source: TeamXbox.com
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(Tuesday 27 September 2005 11:45 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Microsoft and Intel to Support HD-DVD
>> From betanews.com/nytimes.com:
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Microsoft and Intel are expected on Tuesday to pledge their support for HD-DVD, the next-generation DVD format created by Toshiba. Microsoft had previously remained neutral in the standards war between HD-DVD and Sony-backed Blu-ray, as the company's VC-1 Windows Media Video codec will be included with both formats.
The companies said they had not ruled out incorporating Blu-ray technology in their operating systems and on their chips in the future. But they are convinced that as of now, the HD-DVD format discs can be produced more cheaply and more quickly than the Blu-ray discs, and are therefore likely to become the dominant technology.
"We were neutral for a long time," Jordi Ribas, the director of technical strategy for Windows at Microsoft, said. "But we're approaching the time when this has to come to market and from our standpoint, the earlier the better."
In the end, copyright controls may have been the deciding factor for Microsoft and Intel. As the two companies push out more Media Center enabled PCs, the movement of protected content around the home becomes an important factor.
Blu-ray will include advanced watermarking technology that favors standalone consumer electronics devices by requiring authorization codes built into the hardware to access content. Such security features could make it difficult for consumers bouncing video from a PC to a TV, or those streaming content between networked computers.
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Read More: betanews.com, nytimes.com.
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(Tuesday 27 September 2005 00:00 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Alternate Xbox 360 Colours Sighted?
>> Gaming-360.com reports that ScoopeX, a member of the Official Xbox Forums, posted an image of 3 different coloured Xbox 360 consoles.
There's a black, a light grey-ish and dark grey version. While the retail version we'll see in November/December will be the white/silver mix we all know, special editions of the Xbox 360 might very well be released in the future.
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News-Source: gaming-360.com, joystiq.com.
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(Monday 26 September 2005 22:18 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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SpiderGX Released: Final Features and New Pictures
>> Divineo.com/Divineo.cn informed us the SpiderGX is now in stock and they sent us information and new pictures of the SpiderGX solderless modchip for Xbox v1.0-v1.6b, a new modchip announced back in August.
The SpiderGX is provided in its protective package and contains:
- One SpiderGX Main Board
- One SpiderWires Board
- One SpiderFront Board
- Two cables
- One transparent plastic cache to ease installation of wires
- One ring
- One screw
Size of package: 14 x 9.5 x 2.6 cm
Weight of package: 0.095kg
More Pictures:
* SpiderGX connected with cables
* SpiderGX and external adapter
* External adapter
* SpiderGX closed package/box
These are the final features:
* Hardware specs:
[-] Full solderless solution for Xbox 1.0 to 1.6b
[-] Running on one full speed CPLD with low power consumption.
[-] 16Mb Flash Memory: (OS)+(BIOS)+(SETTINGS)+(EEPROM Backup)
[-] New Pogo-Pins with High electric conductivity metal.
[-] 5v connector for xbox case and/or customizing light.
[-] LCD Connector, full software controlling.
[-] LCD Backlight engine control. (can be controlled manually or by software).
[-] Front panel connector (with build-in real speed programmer connector).
[-] Connector for add-on and free plugging.
[-] Status control LED.
[-] Programmation Status LED
[-] Flash In Progress LED
[-] Hard Enable/Disable the modchip.
[-] Power LED.
[-] Full manual modchip management.
[-] External LCD light control.
[-] Installation LED Control for each wires of the Spider Wires board. Ease and safe your installation.
* Software Specs:
[-] Easy to use OS and fully upgradable
[-] All xbox version compatible "v1.0 to v1.6b"
[-] Full software management
[-] Network management
[-] Compatible with all the actual bios
[-] Display and change the Video standard
[-] Display and change the DVD Region
[-] Display and change the Game Region
[-] Display the Serial Number
[-] Display and change the Mac Address
[-] Diplay the full network informations
[-] Enable/Disable the embedded HTTP Server
[-] Choose the Bank to use for the Autoboot
[-] Add bios from CD/DVD
[-] Add bios from HDD
[-] Add bios from network
[-] Enable/Disable function "AutoBoot On..."
[-] Allow the user to lock the HDD
[-] Can unlock the HDD
[-] LCD light control
[-] Case light control
[-] Flash SpiderGX'OS from CD/DVD
[-] Flash SpiderGX'OS from HDD
[-] Flash SpiderGX'OS from network
[-] Security file for SpiderGX'OS was choose to avoid against bad OS flash.
[-] Backup the EEPROM inside the SpiderGX
[-] Restore the EEPROM from the SpiderGX
[-] Display of all the content of the EEProm.
[-] Can backup the EEprom from the web'os
[-] Can backup the EEprom from the web'os
[-] Auto backup of the EEprom to the SpiderGX at the first time installation
[-] Auto configuration of the SpiderGX at the first time installatin
[-] Support direct boot of all media.
[-] Support all game regions USA / JAP / EUR
[-] Free DVD Zone
[-] Support direct boot for backup and homebrow
[-] Compatible MP3 (with xbmc)
[-] Compatible Divx
[-] Compatible picture jpg
Official Site: http://www.spidergx.com
Buy Now: Divineo.com/Divineo.cn
What is Origen?
>> From the pressrelease:
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The forthcoming launch of the next-generation-defining console, the Xbox 360, is the most hotly anticipated launch this year.
Origen. Xbox promises a gamers paradise. What is paradise for gamers? We think we know. What do you think?
The internet is already buzzing with rumours. Is Origen the announcement of Halo 3? Is it an Xbox 360 shop on Times Square, is it the announcement on an Unreal Engine 3-powered Fable sequel.......?
Origen is? The debut of next generation gaming. A real place dedicated to gaming pleasures. A place to play Xbox 360 before anyone else. A place to play all the Xbox 360 launch titles. A place to take on other gamers.
How do you get to Origen? Over 600,000 gamers have already tried to find out. They find a page at www.origenxbox360.com, but paradise is not there yet. The gates of Origen open soon. The European race for entry into Origen starts on 27 September 2005.
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News-Source: teamxbox.com
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(Monday 26 September 2005 12:35 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Canada Gets Xbox 360 Promotion Too: Be First To Play
>> In USA on Aug. 28th the Every10Minutes promotion started where Pepsi/Mountain Dew give away a free Xbox 360 system every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for nine weeks straight .
And now Canada gets it's own Xbox 360 Promotion. Specially marked Pepsi and Doritos products will get a pincode on the package that will give you a chance to win an Xbox 360 video game and entertainment. They'll give away one system every hour.
Just like the US promotion winner will get the system before they hit retail stores across Canada!
The 'BeTheFirstToPlay' give-away is starting October 2nd.
Official Site: http://www.bethefirsttoplay.com
Xbox-Scene Forums Discussion: forums.xbox-scene.com
Thanks to devz3ro for the news/link.
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(Monday 26 September 2005 00:22 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Microsft Newsletters Hint at OrigenXbox360
>> Another update about the origenxbox360.com teaser site.
Microsoft Europe has been sending a newsletter over the weekend with information like launch date and price of the Xbox 360 in the EU.
At the bottom of the mail there's a small image showing 2 rabbits ... and it's linking to origenxbox360.com - another hint to this teaser website operated by Microsoft, but there are still no real details about what this website is actually about.
It does not link directly though, but via a server (xbox.vmteu.com) of vertisinc.co.uk, what looks like the advertising company behind this 'viral marketing campaign'.
The links looks like this:
http://xbox.vmteu.com/xbox/live.asp?e=2290&l=67835&r=xxxxxxxx
From a quick look at the several newletters people forwarded us the e-variable stands for the country, the l-variable for the language and the r-variable seems unique in each mail (probably something like Xbox newsletter registration number).
 Click image for full view
Also note that the timer on the website is coming to an end tomorrow - September 27th at twelve o'clock; midday. As the timer uses local PC time it's unknown when the site will exactly update, but we should know more during the day.
Xbox-Scene Forum Discussion: forums.xbox-scene.com.
Thanks goes to everyone who forwarded this newsletter.
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(Sunday 25 September 2005 19:49 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Xbox 360 controller up on eBay
>> In an auction that ended yesterday, a seller named "tukiz7" was selling a wired Xbox 360 controller. He claimed he "got" it when he attended a game developer's conference hosted by Microsoft.
The auction ended after 22 bids at 91.00USD.
Check out the auction: ebay.com
News-Source: joystiq.com
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(Sunday 25 September 2005 11:11 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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