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- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!news.ccs.queensu.ca!qucdn!leek
- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 14:08:05 EST
- From: <LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <92361.140805LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Attn Commodore: You are making a Big Mistake (Hardware
- References: <38039@cbmvax.commodore.com> <38m5VB4w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- <38111@cbmvax.commodore.com> <BzqqyC.M1o@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
- <38130@cbmvax.commodore.com> <92359.214301LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- <38140@cbmvax.commodore.com> <Bzus3J.70n@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
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- In article <Bzus3J.70n@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, engb@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Ben
- Eng) says:
- >
- >It's easy to defeat, but it is impractical or at least inconvenient.
- >As if everyone and his dog, who can only afford to purchase an A500
- >or A1200, has the know-how to reprogram little pieces of hardware
- >whose acronym they don't even understand. Perhaps with the aid of
-
- Ooops. I guess the average folks have enough hard time to figure how
- to do the 1 Meg Agnus chip mods (or just removing it without costing
- any damages to the motherboard or old chip.)
-
- >some brilliant pirate organization's hardware/software blackmarket
- >add-on. All the more reason to make the process as inconvenient
-
- I heard there is/are game console add-ons that allows you to copy
- the games (on ROM) onto floppy disks and load back. Now that's some kind
- of pirate hardware add-on for you little game console. This type of
- things does happens.
-
- >as possible. Solder that darn PAL down. Heck, mold it into the
- >motherboard. :-) :-)
-
- Surface mount offers a little more protection and cost saving...
-
- >Ben
-
- K. C. Lee
- Elec. Eng. Grad. Student
-