| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: Paper (Was Re: Hacking) |
| Date: | Tue, 15 Jul 1997 22:00:15 +0100 |
> My take on the book chips is a basic optical chip with the book burned into
> it, but no file system, and the book itself can't be loaded onto any normal
> computer, to prevent basic means of piracy. The chip would have to be
> copied completely to pirate it.
All you need is an adapter to slot the book-chip into a computer, then you
can copy it onto another (normal) chip, a CD, or whatever. Now use a
disassembler to see how the custom reader does what it does, and you're
ready to write a reader or an emulator for your everyday computer...
Compare it to Nintendo games: you can't run them on a PC because the
cartridges won't fit into the PC anywhere. But put the right type of
connector onto the PC (from an old and/or broken Nintendo, for example),
then write an emulator for the actual computer that's in the Nintendo
system, and you can play the games on your PC.
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