Re: Firmware reverse compile

2004-09-22 Thread Gonz
Wow. The MLU idea is a great one and probably pretty simple to do also. rg Rob Studdert wrote: On 22 Sep 2004 at 14:18, Steve Jolly wrote: This is pure speculation, but I suspect that what Pentax have done is performed the Bayer interpolation with 16-bit precision and then kept the extra

Re: Firmware reverse compile

2004-09-22 Thread Peter J. Alling
Kodak used to supply a deevelopment kit for their digital cameras. (I down loaded it once, it seemed to be quite primitive). Graywolf wrote: Why not just download the firmware update and browse through it? I would bet you could figure out enough from it to hack the camera. Calculators allow

Firmware reverse compile

2004-09-21 Thread Gonz
Anyone know what type of processor Pentax is using in the *istD? I want to see if I could reverse compile the firmware to take a look under the hood. I'm very interested in playing around with the firmware and seeing what it would take to add incremental functionality. Its too bad they dont

Re: Firmware reverse compile

2004-09-21 Thread Gonz
Thanks, I had not seen that one yet. rg David Dixon wrote: Gonz wrote: Anyone know what type of processor Pentax is using in the *istD? I want to see if I could reverse compile the firmware to take a look under the hood. I'm very interested in playing around with the firmware and seeing what

Re: Firmware reverse compile

2004-09-21 Thread Gonz
Actually, they do allow you to do just about anything that can be put into the R/W memory. The ROM is off limits for obvious reasons. But there is enough functionality in the R/W to replace much of the ROM if you really want. PDA's are another area where you can pretty much convert it to

Re: Firmware reverse compile

2004-09-21 Thread Cotty
On 21/9/04, Gonz, discombobulated, unleashed: Actually, they do allow you to do just about anything that can be put into the R/W memory. The ROM is off limits for obvious reasons. But there is enough functionality in the R/W to replace much of the ROM if you really want. PDA's are another