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| Thread ID: 33491 | 2003-05-17 11:01:00 | Legality of Mod Chips | Ashley Matthews (550) | Press F1 |
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| 145159 | 2003-05-19 02:52:00 | Interesting. There is a definite mod-chip piracy subculture out there, though. I was hanging around a local computer store and they had two people come in with their PSXs to have them chipped and the guy was doing CDRs with numerous games for about $6 each. There are some legit needs for mod-chips, but I am not sure that running linux on an x-box is really a legit need. They do sell them in the expectation that you will buy the games. I had an official Sony PS2 that could run CDR versions, it was a development rig, and was worth heaps (like over $10k). For what the Xbox is. can't you just chuck a new mobo in an old PC to get a similar spec? Not worth the bother to me (does it have card slots, etc?, I don't know, never looked). As for the solder on mod-chips, I would never risk it. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 145160 | 2003-05-19 04:16:00 | As far as I know it is fine to buy sell or own a mod chip, the probelms cames when you put in the chip and use it. depending on what you do once you have the chip in the system you might be getting in to legal issues. to fit the chip to the system you will be breaking the EULA and the DMCA (is the DCMA relavent in NZ? I think not....) also you will void any warranty. if you are backing up games you own and can prove you own then you should be ok, if you are backing up games you borrow or rent then you have a problem. as all ready pointed out look in the paper to find some one to fit the chip, most electrinic shops wont touch it. BTW if you mod chip an XBOX then you cant play online with it or MS will find you and be vary unhappy at you. being that this forum avoids talking of "pirate activities" you might be best to look for a mod chip forum and they will have better / more info than most of us can give you. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 145161 | 2003-05-19 06:01:00 | Running linux on an x-box not a "legitimate need" ? If I want to buy one as a doorstop, I'm entitled to do that. :D Once I've opened the carton, I can do what I like to it. I wouldn't be using their software. :D So I wouldn't be altering it. I know that Microsoft would like to prohibit anyone from running anything but MS software on any computer. They aren't going to be allowed to. :D And their software wouldn't run very well on an IBM s/390. Linux does. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 145162 | 2003-05-19 06:58:00 | > BTW if you mod chip an XBOX then you cant play online > with it or MS will find you and be vary unhappy at > you. > > being that this forum avoids talking of "pirate > activities" you might be best to look for a mod chip > forum and they will have better / more info than most > of us can give you. Not true... Would love to discuss, but agree this forum isn't the right place... Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 145163 | 2003-05-19 07:05:00 | > > BTW if you mod chip an XBOX then you cant play > > online with it or MS will find you and be vary unhappy at > > you. > Not true... Would love to discuss, but agree this > forum isn't the right place... I must admit I am just repeating what I have read on the net. just because you read it on the inter dont make it true :-) |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 145164 | 2003-05-19 07:41:00 | > depending on what you do once you have the chip in > the system you might be getting in to legal issues. > to fit the chip to the system you will be breaking > the EULA and the DMCA (is the DCMA relavent in NZ? I > think not....) > also you will void any warranty. I'm not going to disagree with you on your point about the DMCA, but Jon Johanson (the DeCSS guy) was taken to court *in Norway* under the DMCA. So it's quite possible for laws to be used outside of their own country. Don't ask me how, but it happened in the DeCSS case. |
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