Attack of the Mod Squads

Attack of the Mod Squads
Mark Rasch, 2002-10-28

Game console mod chips can be used for everything from watching movies to installing Linux on your X-Box. But under goofy copyright laws, the piracy app kills all the others.

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ModChips and X-box 2002-10-28
Nicholas Weaver

You missed part of the point 2002-10-28
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: You missed part of the point 2002-11-07
Anonymous

So did you -- some of the XBOX mod chips ship without any bios, software or anything loaded -- just an empty chip. You have to download the open-source software separately from an unrelated website and flash it yourself.

Should that make the device legal?

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