04-02-2003, 07:51 PM
Speaking of X-Box. have any of you guys been watching The Screen Savers this week? Every day they've been discussing Mod-chips and modding one out. Monday was about the legality of such actions, last night was a brief intro to a specific mod chip (Executer 2 I think, I caught the end of it). Anyway, it was a cool mod chip because unlike most other ones, this one could be turned on or off with an outer switch - meaning if you wanted to play online you shut the chip off and you wont get banned from any online fun. This chip also came with a whole new OS for the box which provided all kinds of shit - a dvd player that didn't need the remote, allowed the X-Box to act as an FTP Server, etc. Tonight they're gonna show how to remove the 5 gig drive and install a 120 gig drive - oh, and this mod chip's software also allowed for ripping games and then storing them on the harddrive (hence the need for a 120 gig). It's interesting stuff, esp. considering that TechTV is in part owned by M$.