04-09-2003, 12:37 PM
Dreamcast comes out, being the first CD-based 64 bit system. Before long, people were running Linux and Windows on their Dreamcasts. Why? "Just because we can." It was good enough reason for them, and good enough reason for me.
X-Box comes out, and things are a little different this time around (from what I hear). In order to put Linux, et al on an X-Box, you have to have a mod chip of some sort. Before, it was a simple boot loader. Not quite with an X-Box, though. Some minor hardware modifications (which, in effect, kill any chance for you to play on Live!, as modded X-Boxes aren't allowed on Live!), and you can run Linux on an X-Box. Why? Again, "just cause we can". And, "just to prove it can be done." Same reasons why consoles eventually got ported (emulated) to computers, so too will computers get ported (emulated) to consoles. It's the great cycle of computer hardware being. ;)
X-Box comes out, and things are a little different this time around (from what I hear). In order to put Linux, et al on an X-Box, you have to have a mod chip of some sort. Before, it was a simple boot loader. Not quite with an X-Box, though. Some minor hardware modifications (which, in effect, kill any chance for you to play on Live!, as modded X-Boxes aren't allowed on Live!), and you can run Linux on an X-Box. Why? Again, "just cause we can". And, "just to prove it can be done." Same reasons why consoles eventually got ported (emulated) to computers, so too will computers get ported (emulated) to consoles. It's the great cycle of computer hardware being. ;)
Roland *The Gunslinger*