Re: Xbox Mods/Dashboards

[Alan Shields <ha@xxxxxxx>]

Why don't you let him play with it for few weeks and then decide?

Alan Shields

On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 02:14  pm, Don McAllister wrote:

> Good timing!
>
> Just persuaded my son to get an xbox for his birthday :-)
>
> Is it advisable to mod it with Xecuter2 Lite and run Mediaplayer as
the
> dashboard without screwing up the ease of use or standard
> functionality.
>
>
> I don't want to spoil his birthday present.
>
> Cheers
> Don
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Johan Olde [mailto:johan.olde@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 09 March 2003 14:03
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Xbox Mods/Dashboards
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Tony!
>>
>> I use Xbox Mediaplayer as dashboard. Works like a treat, the later
>> versions
>> includes ftp-server and of course games and stuff could be started
> from it
>> as well - so for my use (primarily movies and pictures and some
> gaming)
>> the
>> mediaplayer is perfect..
>>
>> /Johan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tony Butler [mailto:roaming@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: den 14 februari 2003 11:54
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ukha_d] Xbox Mods/Dashboards
>>
>> I know some of you chaps have modded your xboxes, so perhaps you
can
> offer
>> some
>> advice:
>>
>> I just got the Xecuter2 Lite (Should have been pro, but finger
slipped
>> when
>> ordering :-() and have installed it okay (I think, had to squint
at
> solder
>> points - anyone know where I can get a magnifying glass on a stand
> kinda
>> thing?)
>>
>> The xbox boots and shows "Xectuter2" instead of
"Microsoft", so it
> seems
>> my
>> hit
>> and miss soldering worked :)
>>
>> I presume the next step is to get evoX or some such dashboard on
there
>> from
>> a
>> CD-RW or DVR-R/RW?
>> (Leaving aside the fact that all buring software hangs on my
machine
> ATM
>> :-(
>> )
>>
>> What is the best dashboard to get and which version?  There seems
to
> be a
>> million verions of evox/evolutionX (are they the same thing) and
> neXgen
>> out
>> there.
>>
>> The main reason for modding is to run xboxmediaplayer to stream
audio
> and,
>> maybe, video over the net (maybe I won't need that SLiMP3 after
> all...),
>> so
>> it's whatever works best with that....
>>
>> Also, are there any other "cool" uses of a hacked xbox
ppl are aware
> of?
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> --
>> Tony
>>
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