On Sunday, April 14, 2002, at 01:07 , Gamba wrote:
> I have discovered (thanks pickle) that the DayStar adapters for IIsi and
> SE/30 both have a PLD (programable logic device) chip.
> PLD's are custom chips programed by equipment manufacturer.
> They are basically ROMs that program logic functions inside the chip.
> It may not be possible to reverse design the PLD.
> In that case the only alternative solution that I can see is to change
> the connector on a IIsi adapter from straight to right angle.
> The risk is that it appears, so far, that the 2 adapters are not
> electrically identical. Has one lister reported using the IIsi adapter 
> in
> the SE/30?
> Stay tuned.

I've long wondered about the problems with copying ROMs.  OK, I 
understand that there are legal issues, but are there technical problems 
too?  Shouldn't you be able to read each byte of the ROM and save it to 
a file, much like the programs that copy Mac ROMs.  Then, couldn' tyou 
take that ROM file and dump it to a new EPROM?

I'm no EE so maybe I just don't see the issue here.  Can someone explain?

Eagle


-- 
Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...

SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Replacement Apple CDROMs from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99
PPC 5400/200Mhz 16/1.6GB/CD/ENET/L2 $119, 5+ for $99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

      Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>

Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml>
The FAQ:                <http://macfaq.org/>
Send list messages to:  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To unsubscribe, email:  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/>

Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com

Reply via email to