Released in November 2001, the original Xbox was Microsoft’s first venture into the game console industry. With its hardware closely resembling a cheap but v...

Using Intel CPU JTAG to dump the secret bootrom in Microsoft’s original Xbox. Disclaimer: not my blog.

  • clyneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Amazing read, thanks for sharing. It’s fascinating to see that it is now hobbyist-accessible to design and order a PCB that intercepts BGA connections, something that at the time was Microsoft’s sure-fire trick to disable JTAG.