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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:3 Sep 2001 at 09:27:08
Subject:Re: [amigactive] PPCUpdates

Steven said,

> Browsing AA24's CD I went into the PPCUpdates dir and saw one for
> April 2000... I was of the understanding that the last official
> released flashrom update was the 19032000 archive. I seem to remember
> hearing about a faked "new" one, and wondered whether the one on the
> CD was this so called faked one.

The file comments on the readmes show that these came from
ftp.meanmachine.ch. This is the nearest thing to an official site for
ppc.library updates. There's little danger of fakes getting on here as
only a few developers have access.

> (Especially in light of the fact
> there are 3 dated docs in there....the readme for 09042000 says it is
> v46.28 of the PPC lib,

It looks like Ralph Schmidt forgot to update the top line of the readme.

> To to say this release is a
> little suspect would be an understatement.

Given the source of the files, I'd trust it.

Cheers

Neil



Neil Bothwick - New Media Editor, Amiga Active Magazine

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