RE: R/T SBEC (Computer) Rag session

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 23 1999 - 01:55:00 EST


At 01:09 PM 2/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I have thought about it a bit or two. If I could find a set of descent
>specs on the Mopar computers, sure.... I would work night and day to
>tweak those bits.... I hear Superchips basically does the same thing.
>They just hack and slash the manufactures computer. Once they learn how
>it works. They start producing plugins they way we want them. A
>coworker interviewed with Superchips a few years ago. They just know
>how to flip the right bits, and go with it.... It wouldn't be hard to
>get down and nasty with it. You just need a set of specs on how they
>wrote the darn thing. A descent emulator and or software debugger would
>help as well.... Cracking is not a toothpick operation sometimes, but
>certainly is pretty fun.... If the list knows of a spec source for the
>computers. I will investigate how to change it to perform to our
>liking.... I certainly want to mess with mine in a bad way....

  Aye, and therein lies the rub! If Ma Mopar released the specs on the
computer, everyone and their uncle would be able to build and sell
custom PCM's. You and I will be long gone before they'll ever
even consider releasing the specs though! :-(

                                               -Jon-

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