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Re:JTAG 'Hacking' the Original Xbox in 2023 by hn3er1q on Monday January 20, 2025 @02:25PM (#42772122)
"Seamus Blackley apologized on Twitter to the AMD engineers who worked with Microsoft to create the prototype Xbox consoles that the company used in the lead-up to the OG Xbox's release in November 2001. To AMD CEO Lisa Su, Blackley said, "I beg mercy."

"I was standing there on the stage for the announcement, with [Bill Gates], and there they were right there, front row, looking so sad," he said of AMD engineers in the room. "I'll never forget it. They had helped so much with the prototypes. Prototypes that were literally running the launch announcement demos ON AMD HARDWARE."

"I felt like such an ass," Blackley said."

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/20-years-later-xbox-creato...

Wow. I mean there's a colloquial "last minute" but that sounds like a literal, last minute.

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Re:JTAG 'Hacking' the Original Xbox in 2023 by iforgotpassword on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @02:13AM (#42777364)
> Wow. I mean there's a colloquial "last minute" but that sounds like a literal, last minute.

Man, indeed. Must've really sucked if that guy still thought about it 20 years later. But well, at least amd is in those consoles today. :)

Still wonder where those AMD prototypes are today. Seems there's a non-zero chance to get them working with release titles.

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