> I've found schematics and a lot of other interesting > information on the web, but what's strange is that > I didn't see ROM dumps or much information on the > firmware... I can't believe that the source for > the ROMs or the PAL equations etc have never been > leaked from Apple... strange :-) > > Why would I want to know? Well, with source code > for the ROMs and an idea of what's in the PALs > I'm sure I can stretch a Plus to about 12MB > RAM :-)
It's not so strange that they've never been leaked. They're protected very, very well. And Apple has a *lot* of lawyers. Many. Tons. More than one. Reverse-engineering the PALs is simple, but the ROMs are another story! The Apple team used some very clever, and complex hacks for compressing and encrypting. And the Plus might be stretchable to 8MB with only modest effort, but 12MB would be far more painful than it's worth. Come to think of it, even 8MB is more trouble than it's worth... --Cheers, Tom -- Prof. Thomas H. Lee Center for Integrated Systems, CIS-205 420 Via Palou Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4070 http://www-smirc.stanford.edu 650-725-3709 voice, -3383 fax -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
