[RANT] An alternative would be to use a hacked BIOS (EvolutionX or others) but I don't really like that idea so I've pretty much given up on making this XBox useful in the short term. Hacked BIOS's are great for kids playing games but it's my opinion, and only my opinion, that adults shouldn't go down that path. I *think* you could make a new XBox work with EvoX but I decided not to spend my time on it and am now looking into some sort of mini/micro-ATX platform as a quiet frontend only machine.[/RANT]
I understand that your views on IP rights differ from mine, but they're not so far apart as you might think. My view is that using a hacked bios isn't wrong because I have the right to use the original bios that was hacked in the first place (know what I mean?) Yes, the people who hacked it broke the DMCA or whatever law to modify the thing, but honestly, I paid for the hardware, I paid for the bios, why can't I use a modified version of that bios. I think that is only fair.
That's not to say that I support a lot of the things that hacked bioses are used for - game piracy and the like. Those things are wrong wrong wrong. I don't use my xbox for that, even though it's technically able with the bios that's installed. I suspect there are a lot of people out there in the same boat as me, though we're clearly in the minority on the "xbox-scene"
It would be great to be able to use cromwell, and avoid all the potential pitfalls, but as you know, that's not an option for those of us with 1.6 boxen.
I don't view using my hardware to do the legal things I want it to do as illegal, immoral or childish.
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