Xbox 360 Development Kit

Eh, there's nothing wrong with helping other collectors and giving them a heads-up.

A lot of dev hardware simply comes one-off, from developers that go under, people that quit their jobs and take shit home or things of that sort. Net forums like Assembler and Xbox-Scene (if you're looking for Xbox stuff) are good places to poke your head around.

Normally you won't see stuff posted directly for sale (at least not most of the time) but if you're an active member and noticed by other users you simply make it known what you are looking for. Usually the seller will find you. Once you have a relationship with a seller, you can typically buy more stuff in the future a whole lot easier.

If you live near an area with dev houses, it's always a good idea to check the local classified ads, craigslist and hell, if you're hardcore, go dumpster diving. Sometimes prime stuff is simply thrown out.

eBay is another often overlooked resource. Lots of dev hardware cycles through eBay and if you keep an eye on it, you can sometimes turn up exactly what you want.

-hl718

 

For a premium usually, I bet. I should probably check and see if there are any devs aroung here.

 

Thanks for the insightful info hl718,much appreciated.

 

Being up in Scotland, UK (won't mention exactly where) we are not exactly surrounded by Dev houses. A few companies originated from here, developing some pretty well known titles (GTA for example), but NONE of this stuff EVER ends up in the rubbish on this side of the pond! I wish!

I have found consoles lying in the street ready for the bin, but never development equipment sadly.

hl718 is correct however in saying that once you begin to post to this (and other forums) and meet people that these things have a tendancy to just 'occur'. Naming NO names, but I bought a piece of incredibly rare (and ancient) development kit after posting a query about something related. Someone popped up out of the woodwork and made an offer.

What I will say however is that you'll be surprised at where this material turns up. I live 5mins from a pretty bog standard, small family run console repair business. In having my Debug repaired the owner discussed development kits with me. He owns several. Someone behind me in the queue had a PS2 Test, which is now for sale, plus he has other bits and pieces. Your bog standard retailers might only sell retail units, but the independents tend to know a bit more in my opinion.

I'm practically a noob to Dev Kit, but I do have 20 odd years of computer and console collecting under my belt. It is a completely different kettle of fish and I've been learning SO much more about a subject I thought I already knew!

Despite that I have met some great, well established collectors and you can trade / sell / swap and ask for tips. Frankly this is one of the better forums on this subject and a few of the collectors on here could only be described as hard-core experts in their chosen subject. There can't be that many other places where you can expect a reply so quickly with so much accurate information.

You might want to also poke your nose into your local independent retail and repair shops / stores. I live 5 mins from a very small family run business, but the owner is a huge dev kit fan. A few of his customers have traded with him and bits pieces turn up locally or even when you are standing in the queue waiting to be served (which is how I almost bought a new PS2 Test a week ago).

 

You might. You might not.

What's your current XDK version?

-hl718

 

Do you mean flash version,its 2.0.1888.0 Beta What is there a way to upgrade a hdd on a dev kit without using the 360 recovery disc.Also Im getting a hdd already formatted with the 360 recovery disc.

 

Thx for sharing =)

Now learn C++ and DirectX and show us some dev!!

 

you mean C.net?

 

isn't it C# ? or was that for MS Home Development, that XNA thing or what it was called...

 

C# for home dev. 2003/2005 for pro dev

 

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Must resist :flamethrower:... >_<

Anyways, yes you can, but you need more posts before you can participate in the market place I think. Please don't spam the board in order to get them tho, actually try to contribute.

 

Wow,would never of thought someone would revive this thread.