OK I have not had much time to to more testing with the 360 itself, but did have some success pulling information from the xbox itself.
I was able to get a digital clock action script to work that updates in real time. There is probably much more information available, but am lacking real time peers to debug with.
What is needed now is a way to initialize the xpad for input, that way a dev can have a menu system of sorts with the ability of selecting between multiple tests instead of using 1cdr per test. Imput will also allow amature game developers to make 360 compatable games.
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Wow Can you tell I've been celebrating ;! Happy New Yrs