Of course, as the story goes… the Xbox went on to be a hit. This should allow game developers to create titles that would not face as many limitations as they did in existing game consoles. Ultimately the DirectX team at Microsoft decided to make a video game console that was more similar to the hardware and software environment of a personal computer. “Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms." - Wikipedia. The foundation of the Xbox was based around Microsoft’s DirectX (you get why the name is “Xbox now?).įor those of us who have heard that name a million times, but never knew what it was: as in the Battle of Midway where the United States defeats Japan in epic battle. The original codename for the Xbox was “Midway”. They then approached Nintendo to potentially purchase the company. Microsoft approached Sony and offered to help develop the software for the PlayStation 2. Like any good villain origin story, Microsoft’s entry into the video game market began with a rejection from their peers (future competition)… There is also an IDC Script and information about the firmware which was recovered from / old forum posts.The story of all Xbox consoles in order is one of rejection and revenge-fueled success. On 30 January 2006 TheSpecialist posted at that he successfully flashed a Hitachi drive to boot a copied game on an unmodded xbox: breakthrough: XBOX 1 firmware hacked ! With this firmware and modified hardware for Eject and traystate, a LG GDR-8163B or LG DRD-8160B might act as a drop in replacement after altering either case. The latest manufacture for the DVDrom drive probably used a Panasonic MN103S89FDA for its main controler, appears to have no external flashrom. This DVD-rom drive, most commonly found in Xbox 1.6 and 1.6b is capable of reading DVD-+R, DVD-RW and CDRW media, but fails to boot most CD-R discs source: Hitachi-LG GDR-8050L DVD Drive In Xbox. There should be a tutorial on how to convert a PC DVD-ROM drive Pioneer 500M with the Philips firmware to be an Xbox DVD-ROM drive. The laser ribbon cable connector is different for its various revisions, a detail one must take into account when swapping controller boards. Original firmware for the similar PC drive SD-616F (F105).Īlso named: VAD6011/21 appears to have no brand or part number on its large main controller, might be Cirrus Logic based on its size and use of a Philips secondary smaller MCU. The firmwares are not linked here for legal reasons. There is also a "0800" firmware for this drive which allows to dump the entire SS. If the firmware from this drive is applied to a SAMSUNG 616T or 616F PC dvd drive it will behave as a Xbox one, modified hardware will allow for tray state and eject to work.Ĭommodore4Eva released a hacked firmware for this drive which enables modified backups to work. The DVDrom drive is using the MT1358E (MT1359E is the 360 Sata version) from Mediatek, and has a 39SF020A flashrom. There are 2 mayor revisions found for this manufacturer The Samsung drive is a very popular DVDrom drive for its compatibility for most media types and better quality laser. Unkown sofar if there is external flash or if its inside the Cirrus Logic IC.Ī news article officially announcing Thomson to be producing the DVD drive for the original Xbox back in 20 Juli of 2000 SAMSUNG SDG605 It has a Cirrus Logic CL-CR3710-60EC-F as its main controller and a 8/3062 HD 64F3062F25 16bit H8/300H secondary samller MPU,at 25Mhz The first manufacture is sadly also the worst of all Dvdrom drives manufactured for the original Xbox. There are four retail drives known to be used by Microsoft in the retail version of the console.Īny Xbox DVD drive can be used in any retail Xbox. Note, this table contradicts the previous table.
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