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- From: engb@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Ben Eng)
- Subject: Re: Attn Commodore: You are making a Big Mistake (Hardware
- Message-ID: <Bzus3J.70n@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
- Organization: Jet Penguin Lavatories
- References: <38039@cbmvax.commodore.com> <38m5VB4w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us> <38111@cbmvax.commodore.com> <BzqqyC.M1o@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <38130@cbmvax.commodore.com> <92359.214301LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <38140@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:16:30 GMT
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- In <38140@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes:
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- >In article <92359.214301LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA writes:
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- >>A hardware hacker would replace the PAL with a ispGAL
-
- >>Now all the hacker has to do is to download the JEDEC fuse map to
- >>'emulate' the ID that the software was written for.
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- >I know; its fairly easy to defeat.
-
- It's easy to defeat, but it is impractical or at least inconvenient.
- As if everyone and his dog, who can only afford to purchase an A500
- or A1200, has the know-how to reprogram little pieces of hardware
- whose acronym they don't even understand. Perhaps with the aid of
- some brilliant pirate organization's hardware/software blackmarket
- add-on. All the more reason to make the process as inconvenient
- as possible. Solder that darn PAL down. Heck, mold it into the
- motherboard. :-) :-)
-
- Ben
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