what about the bios?

Sir Key · August 12th, 2003

i know that commercial games and magazine demos don't work yet or show just small results but how about the xbox bios? does it already show anything? and if yes how do you run it?

AnyJoe · August 12th, 2003

CXBX isnt trying to emulate the hardware so you will not be able to run the BIOS.

thedark · August 12th, 2003

i think he meant the dashboard... the dashboard is an xbe so i think it should be able to be emulated. but there must be some hardware (bios) specific variables or registers... like time and that stuff... don't know how the dashboard works..

fastlance · August 12th, 2003

the bios is a win2k kernal?

thedark · August 12th, 2003

did i talk about the bios? NO!
i only said that he maybe wanted to say dashboard, and the dashboard is an xbe file that maybe could be emulated!

and the bios isn't a kernel, the bios loads the kernel, like in the PC world.
anybody else who knows it correctly should answere here please!

**shadow_tj** · August 12th, 2003

the MSDashboard is yust a xbe file like all other xbe files from games and demo`s.
its not a badd idea to test cxbx with the msDashboard or EvoX dashboard. its has a lot into it play dvd music discs acces to the saved games and much more.

mmm i haven`t my computer at home.
pitty. but can someone place screenshots of MSDashboard or EvoX ..

prehaps prologic can place a section into the xdk tracker.

DC_daNMan · August 12th, 2003

Ive tried all the dashboards that I can gind (including the original one) and they dont work. My guess is, they have been compiled with a later/earlier version of the XDK (i.e not 4627), and therefore, fundamently will never work, unless: they are recompiled to 4627, or
cxbx ever emulates that particular XDK...

thedark · August 12th, 2003

i tried the original one... cxbx said that it could not converted into a *.exe file... don't know why... maybe caustik knows something about that problem. (i tried it with the 0.7.8-Pre1)

DC_daNMan · August 13th, 2003

is evox open source? or is the source available? if it is, I'll try to recompile it to 4627...

PentiumPro · August 13th, 2003

Yeah caustik. Why does the shell fail? I've noticed that from the beginning.

August 12th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Sir Key Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Nirvana Posts: 1,945	what about the bios? i know that commercial games and magazine demos don't work yet or show just small results but how about the xbox bios? does it already show anything? and if yes how do you run it?

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thedark Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3	Re: what about the bios? i think he meant the dashboard... the dashboard is an xbe so i think it should be able to be emulated. but there must be some hardware (bios) specific variables or registers... like time and that stuff... don't know how the dashboard works..

August 12th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
fastlance Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 80	Re: what about the bios? the bios is a win2k kernal? __________________

August 12th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
shadow_tj Emu author Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 535	Re: what about the bios? the MSDashboard is yust a xbe file like all other xbe files from games and demo`s. its not a badd idea to test cxbx with the msDashboard or EvoX dashboard. its has a lot into it play dvd music discs acces to the saved games and much more. mmm i haven`t my computer at home. pitty. but can someone place screenshots of MSDashboard or EvoX .. prehaps prologic can place a section into the xdk tracker.

August 12th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
DC_daNMan Evading Death +the Taxman Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: GMT +0 Posts: 327	Re: what about the bios? Ive tried all the dashboards that I can gind (including the original one) and they dont work. My guess is, they have been compiled with a later/earlier version of the XDK (i.e not 4627), and therefore, fundamently will never work, unless: they are recompiled to 4627, or cxbx ever emulates that particular XDK... __________________ Thanks, :microwave DC_

August 12th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
AnyJoe Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 16	CXBX isnt trying to emulate the hardware so you will not be able to run the BIOS.

August 12th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
thedark Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3	did i talk about the bios? NO! i only said that he maybe wanted to say dashboard, and the dashboard is an xbe file that maybe could be emulated! and the bios isn't a kernel, the bios loads the kernel, like in the PC world. anybody else who knows it correctly should answere here please!

August 12th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
thedark Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3	Re: what about the bios? i tried the original one... cxbx said that it could not converted into a *.exe file... don't know why... maybe caustik knows something about that problem. (i tried it with the 0.7.8-Pre1)

August 13th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
DC_daNMan Evading Death +the Taxman Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: GMT +0 Posts: 327	Re: what about the bios? is evox open source? or is the source available? if it is, I'll try to recompile it to 4627... __________________ Thanks, :microwave DC_

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