Original XBOX collecting and backwards compatibility issues...

[Melf]

I <3 my soft modded Xbox. I have around 50 original games for it and love it. There are a lot of great exclusives there.

The only problem I ever had with it was the original Thompson DVD drive that crapped out on me about a year and a half in. I got that fixed and haven't had a problem since.

[chinitosoccer]

I <3 my soft modded Xbox. I have around 50 original games for it and love it. There are a lot of great exclusives there.

The only problem I ever had with it was the original Thompson DVD drive that crapped out on me about a year and a half in. I got that fixed and haven't had a problem since.

The original xbox is great for use as an emulator center, I use mine mostly for NES and PC Engine,
It is the best way to play the NES in its native resolution with RGB quality without having to gut a Nintendo Palychoice-10



Scanlines!, I love them!!

[MarbleMagic]

I had the original X-Box, but I didn't use it for anything, so I sold it again.

One thing I always liked about it was the controller. Especially the old, big one.
I now have a 360 controller for my PC and I love it. Although the only PC game I currently play is Fallout 3. I usually don't care for anything post-PS1.

I don't have the console anymore, but I still got two games for it lying around. They're FSK18 rated, so I'm not allowed to sell them on eBay - if anybody is interested in PAL versions of "Riddick" and "Brothers in Arms - Earned in Blood"...

[gamevet]

Yes, I mentioned that, and again, it seems to be 1/2 way between the Coppermarine Celeron and PIII, with the 128 kB L2 cache of the Celeron and 133 MT/s FSB of the full PIII. (Celeron 733 used a 66 MT/s FSB)

Actually, it is a Coppermine Celeron......mobile.

http://www.search.com/reference/Pentium_III

A common misconception is that a modified version of the Coppermine was developed for Microsoft's Xbox game console. The Xbox does not actually use a Pentium III processor per se. It runs a Mobile Celeron 733 (Coppermine-128) in a Micro-PGA2 package. Given the fact that the Mobile Celeron 733 has the same 8-way associative cache used in Pentium III chips, it isn't a stretch to just call the Xbox CPU a "Pentium III with half the cache." Still, that statement isn't entirely correct.

That's Gekko.

Just a 15 minute call....

[old man]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArtX

[kool kitty89]

Actually, it is a Coppermine Celeron......mobile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...e.2C_180_nm.29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...icroprocessors

Huh, I was going to point again to the slower bus value, but the I looked at wiki's page and indeed, the Celeron 733 mobile has a 133 MHz FSB, which is 2x the Celeron 733's speed and equal to the PIII 733 (also faster than the mobile PIII 133 with 100 MHz FSB).
On top of that, the Celeron 733 mobile has a TDP of 24 W compared to 19.1W for the desktop Celeron 733 (and similar for PIII), weird... So it seems like it's not a special low-power version, just a small package for embedded/portable usage. (grated the whole PIII line is pretty efficient, especially compared to Netburst chips...) AMD's duron mobile line is a bit lower power than the standard durons though. There's a separate group of contemporary low voltage and ultra low voltage mobile celerons with much lower power consumption, those were probably the "real" mobile processors. (the more expensive ones)

Furthermore, wiki lists the Celeron 733 mobile as being released in october 2001, only a month prior to the Xbox's release!

[WarmSignal]

So, does anyone have an idea of what I should pay for original Xbox?

I'm not considering online, so Ebay, Amazon etc... out of the question. I went into a pawn shop the other day and they wanted $65 for one, I thought that was outrageous.

[Waterfaller]

You can get a refurbished one from Gamestop for $50.

[gamevet]

Most places sell them for around $60. I saw a Halo Edition Xbox selling for the same price as the standard Xbox, at one store.

[WarmSignal]

Wow, that's pretty steep. I've seen them in pawn shops for $30 before, when I wasn't looking. Just checked a local one that has one for $40.

[kool kitty89]

At good will I seem them loose, no cable, controllers, etc for $40. I don't think they know the difference between the Xbox and the 360... (though, at a thrift store I'd make damn sure that 360 wasn't red-ringed)

Especially considering they post GCs for $15. (PS2s $20-30)