Side I/O: proprietary connector for removable hard drive.Front I/O: two USB ports, two proprietary memory card slots.Rear I/O: power port (external power supply), proprietary A/V port (supported composite, component, VGA), Ethernet, one USB port (HDMI was available in the Elite, and later added to the standard console).It was almost nine inches long, three inches wide, and two inches thick.
Its size could be likened to a literal brick, but perhaps a little lighter.
Perhaps worse than that, the external power brick was a pain to lug around. On the downside, the rear USB port was designed to accommodate a $99 dongle that enabled Wi-Fi connectivity. The USB ports eventually allowed for the use of USB drives and devices for storage and media playback. It moved the memory card slots from those original Xbox controllers onto the console itself, and it made the hard drives hot-swappable. It ditched wired controllers for wireless ones. The Xbox 360 kicked off a lot of new ideas for Microsoft. Front I/O: four proprietary controller ports.Rear I/O: power port (internal power supply), proprietary A/V port, Ethernet.Who could forget, though, that in order to watch DVDs with the Xbox, you needed to purchase the remote and IR receiver that plugged into a controller port? Microsoft got off to a good start in the console race with an internal power supply and an Ethernet port. Image: Microsoft XboxĪ simple port layout for simpler times.
#Xbox 360 s power supply pinout series#
And now, since Microsoft has shown off more of the Xbox Series X, we’re going to give the same retrospective treatment to the ports.
#Xbox 360 s power supply pinout software#
It was fun to pick apart the software to see how Microsoft evolved with the times. We recently explored the history of the Xbox dashboard, the ever-changing software used to navigate the consoles.
On the other hand, the Kinect auxiliary port was unique, but it never really went anywhere. In the case of the Xbox that released in 2003, having an Ethernet jack was evolutionary and helped to popularize online gaming for consoles. From the original Xbox to the Xbox One, and soon, the Xbox Series X, Microsoft has upheld the tradition of implementing an I/O panel filled with all of the standards as well as a few ports that enable some unique features. If you need proof that the Xbox has always been different from other consoles, look at the ports and plugs.
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