JTAG 'Hacking' the Original Xbox in 2023

https://blog.ret2.io/2023/08/09/jtag-hacking-the-original-xbox-2023/

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

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clyne@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 3y

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.

kjo@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 3y