Wait A minute......

Player-X · July 12th, 2002

Why can't you take the data from a console's "Boot Block" burn it to CD and boot your PC from that?(I can see a PC doing that to a XBoX due to the similaties(I Hope))

M.I.K.e7 · July 12th, 2002

Not again! We already had a thread about the topic...

To make it short:
The only console that resembles the PC in terms of hardware is the Xbox all others are totally different!
And even the Xbox has some modifications, which make it different from a PC, like additional instructions in the processor, unified memory, etc pp.

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Player-X · July 12th, 2002

I guess not......My mistake

**Exophase** · July 12th, 2002

XBox adds x86 instructions? What would these instructions be, pray tell?

Intel hasn't made a custom x86 processor for MS, as far as I'm aware. The only modification I'm aware of is a change in cache size, which is fairly trivial.

- Exo

M.I.K.e7 · July 15th, 2002

At least that's what I read.
But they certainly didn't just change the cache size, but also it's associativity and timing.

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**Exophase** · July 15th, 2002

It probably has the same associativity as the Celeron processors (4 way set associative). The way the cache is arranged cutting it in half probably would effectively half associativity rather than half available cache lines. Dunno about timings, it's likely, but the instructions part is almost definitely false.

- Exo

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Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,117	Wait A minute...... Why can't you take the data from a console's "Boot Block" burn it to CD and boot your PC from that?(I can see a PC doing that to a XBoX due to the similaties(I Hope))

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July 12th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
M.I.K.e7 King of Pain Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 485	Not again! We already had a thread about the topic... To make it short: The only console that resembles the PC in terms of hardware is the Xbox all others are totally different! And even the Xbox has some modifications, which make it different from a PC, like additional instructions in the processor, unified memory, etc pp. __________________ The crownless again shall be King

July 12th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,117	I guess not......My mistake

July 12th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Exophase Emu author Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Cleveland OH, USA Posts: 1,184	XBox adds x86 instructions? What would these instructions be, pray tell? Intel hasn't made a custom x86 processor for MS, as far as I'm aware. The only modification I'm aware of is a change in cache size, which is fairly trivial. - Exo

July 15th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
M.I.K.e7 King of Pain Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 485	At least that's what I read. But they certainly didn't just change the cache size, but also it's associativity and timing. __________________ The crownless again shall be King

July 15th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Exophase Emu author Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Cleveland OH, USA Posts: 1,184	It probably has the same associativity as the Celeron processors (4 way set associative). The way the cache is arranged cutting it in half probably would effectively half associativity rather than half available cache lines. Dunno about timings, it's likely, but the instructions part is almost definitely false. - Exo