Beta live debug xbox

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The photo below shows the fate of about 98% of the Xbox Alpha Dev Kit's...

...The picture isn't that clear but it was taken in a Game Development Studio showing an Alpha smashed into a thousand pieces as a sign of triumph moving away from Alpha Dev Kit's to Beta Consoles!

...The other 1.5% of Alpha Dev Kits were converted to 'regular' P.C's, thus rendering them usless as Xbox Dev Kit's :(

...About 0.5% of Alpha Dev Kit's managed to survive into preservation :(

Dude, how do Dev systems and kits and stuff even get into the hands of the public?

...Some people are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.

[Paulo]

thats wrong! plaing wrong! Dont these people know what they are doing!

[bigsexyolli]

damn, that pic is sad :(

[PhreQuencYViii]

wahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Borman]

Just think, thats happening to the 360 ones right now.

[the_steadster]

Just think, thats happening to the 360 ones right now.

Not too much of a tragedy though, as with the beta/alpha 360 kits, the important bit is the software - the hardware is mac G5's

[Paulo]

Umm you dont know if its just plain G5s though. Also the GFX cards!

[Calpis]

*Oh nos*

lol I for one could care less 'bout Alphas.

[Topic Archive]

Not too much of a tragedy though, as with the beta/alpha 360 kits, the important bit is the software - the hardware is mac G5's

The hardware BIOS is critical on the 360 Dev Kit's just like it is on the Alpha Xbox Dev Kits...

...In other words the hardware is important.

[the_steadster]

so the dev-kits and std G5's contain different bios's? interesting.

[Topic Archive]

Also the GFX cards!

That reminds me, talking of rare graphics cards here's the BIOS of the NV20 on the Alpha Dev Kit loading up...

[hl718]

That reminds me, talking of rare graphics cards here's the BIOS of the NV20 on the Alpha Dev Kit loading up...

Granted it's not specifically Xbox related, but how many of you have an NV1 card?

Seeing that BIOS screen reminded me of it for some reason, heh.

-hl718

[AntiPasta]

Granted it's not specifically Xbox related, but how many of you have an NV1 card?

Me! kekekekekeke :smt033
That BIOS text is interesting, though - does that NV20 have its own memory, unlike the Xbox with its UMA?

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Me! kekekekekeke :smt033
That BIOS text is interesting, though - does that NV20 have its own memory, unlike the Xbox with its UMA?

Yes it has 64MB RAM on a traditional plug in GF3 'type' AGP board, flashed with a Prototype Engineering BIOS.

...The UMA part is 'emulated' on the Alpha Dev Kit's to simulate the final console UMA.