>they did not know how far they would go with it. Mopar computers, as I
>understand it, are ancient compared to other manufactures but they still
>can't crack them ?????????????????
Chrysler is (was at least up to the OBD II) still using 8-bit microcontrollers.
Ford is using 16-bit, and PowerPC-based (64-bit internal) on their upcoming
controllers. GM has been using 32-bit controllers, at least on the higher-
profit, higher performance applications [I don't think Chevy trucks rank].
Using an 8-bit controller, and meeting the engine management demands of
'94 and later emissions, means using machine code that's very, very, tightly
coded, and tuned. Hand-coded assembly can't readily by reverse-engineered
by automated means -- there's none of the structure that a 'C' compiler
might leave behind to help a disassembler program. In computer geek terms,
what you generally have is spaghetti code.
Jim
Inferior languages cannot compete and will succumb in the end.
Assimilate now and reap the benefits of the collective.
I am Java of Borg, resistance is futile.
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