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BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« on: November 20, 2011, 11:53:05 pm »
After releasing tools to jailbreak a Playstation 3 using a TI-84 Plus and a TI-89 Titanium last year, BrandonW has now released another amazing tool for console owners that involves a TI-84 Plus calculator, this time for Xbox 360 users: Salamax!

http://brandonw.net/360bridge/

Salamax is an Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/Silver Edition. As mentionned on BrandonW's software page, "the Xbox 360 employs a security mechanism that prevents people from just attaching any USB peripheral they want to it and using it. This means no aftermarket/third-party controllers, no USB keyboards/mice, and no automation of controller functions."

Basically, with this, you can bypass that protection and you can use, for example, a Wiimote with your Xbox 360. More information are found on Salamax page above.

Brandon Wilson showcased a video of Salamax on HCWP last wednesday, but he has made an updated one yesterday:


This once again proves that calculators have more uses than maths and gaming!
« Last Edit: November 20, 2011, 11:53:37 pm by DJ_O »
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2011, 01:12:59 am »
Nice! USB hax FTW :P
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2011, 05:28:26 am »
Hope this doesn't get shut down like almost ALL his other projects :P . Love it!
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2011, 07:11:20 am »
Another epic creation from Brandonw.  Wow.
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2011, 10:45:04 am »
Awsome, of anything I have seen,... just... awsome...
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2011, 10:52:38 am »
Quote from: NanoWar on November 21, 2011, 05:28:26 am
Hope this doesn't get shut down like almost ALL his other projects :P . Love it!

Actually, the only one to be truly shut down (with no hope of revival) is the Skylanders portal -- and even though I can't release it, I accomplished everything I wanted to before they put a stop to it.
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2011, 11:07:45 am »
I meant, it's likely that many lawyers visit your site frequently :P on behalf of e.g. TI.
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2011, 06:37:02 pm »
Awesome!  Great achievement! :)
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2011, 06:45:34 pm »
Quote from: BrandonW on November 21, 2011, 10:52:38 am
Quote from: NanoWar on November 21, 2011, 05:28:26 am
Hope this doesn't get shut down like almost ALL his other projects :P . Love it!

Actually, the only one to be truly shut down (with no hope of revival) is the Skylanders portal -- and even though I can't release it, I accomplished everything I wanted to before they put a stop to it.

What did the Skylanders portal do?
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2011, 08:11:26 pm »
Quote from: ztrumpet on November 21, 2011, 06:45:34 pm
Quote from: BrandonW on November 21, 2011, 10:52:38 am
Quote from: NanoWar on November 21, 2011, 05:28:26 am
Hope this doesn't get shut down like almost ALL his other projects :P . Love it!

Actually, the only one to be truly shut down (with no hope of revival) is the Skylanders portal -- and even though I can't release it, I accomplished everything I wanted to before they put a stop to it.

What did the Skylanders portal do?

It was documentation and code to communicate with the Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure USB "Portal of Power" accessory, reading and writing decrypted character data to/from it as well as emulating the portal from a graphing calculator. Activision felt it necessary to hire a law firm and send somebody to my door to hand-deliver a cease-and-desist notice telling me to stop (and to not release anything else, and take down what I did release -- which was crippled documentation (lacking the encryption key)).
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2011, 09:33:38 pm »
Can he use the calculator to control it?
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2011, 12:41:09 am »
Quote from: epic7 on November 21, 2011, 09:33:38 pm
Can he use the calculator to control it?

Yes, but I didn't really bother to flesh that out. I think I left in some testing code that presses UP if you hold down [2nd] or something wacky like that.
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2011, 04:30:38 am »
I always enjoy seeing the cool things you produce. It's a shame all the companies hate people doing awesome stuff with the hardware. You should be able to attach and use whatever device you want to as a controller. Honestly...
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2011, 04:47:27 am »
It got in the news of ticalc.org :D
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Re: BrandonW releases Xbox 360 Controller Bridge for PC and TI-84 Plus/SE
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2011, 12:31:57 pm »
Brando just keeps surprising us, amazing!
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