// build logs
Build Logs
The detail behind the videos: what worked, what didn't, and the notes I'd want if I were doing it from scratch.
What Actually Runs on the Xbox Alpha Tower
Compiling software with the period XDK for the Alpha I prototype, and a tour of what's been tested: ClassiCube, WinQuake, Doom, SNES emulation, and the original E3 demos.
read log →The Alpha Tower Still Boots After 25 Years
The Xbox Alpha I development kit is a pre-retail prototype Microsoft used to build the original Xbox, and this one still powers on, 25 years later.
read log →The Dolphin Demo Running on the Alpha Tower
Watching an early Xbox 'Dolphin' tech demo run on the Alpha I prototype, a glimpse of what pre-launch Xbox graphics looked like before the console shipped.
read log →Welcome to the Workbench
HyphaStorm is a build log for prototype hardware, retro computing oddities, and whatever else ends up on the workbench, accompanying the YouTube channel.
read log →Printing in Clay on a Zcorp Powder Printer
What happens when you try to run clay through a Zcorp powder binder-jetting printer, pushing the machine somewhere it was never designed to go.
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