| From: | Ken KSchrader@********.net |
|---|---|
| Subject: | skillsoft chips |
| Date: | Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:00:00 -0500 |
real up on the whole thing yet but there used to be a degradation in quality
when you made a copy of something. Nothing too noticeable on the first copy
but if you took that copy and copied it and so on things'll start looking
pretty nasty. If that's still the case lets go back to the level 7 Russian
language sim that you want to share with the rest of the group. Say 5
copies of that level 7 sim...would the level go down? Or would you have
like a lisp or something?
Just a thought
Ken
Carpe Jugulum
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[mailto:shadowrn-admin@*********.org]On Behalf Of Iridios
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 1999 10:34 PM
To: shadowrn@*********.org
Subject: Re: skillsoft chips
Mongoose wrote:
>
> :>> #3- How do you make a chip?
> :>
> :>Using a chip-burner, there is some basic information in the SR3, but for
> more
> :>detailed information you should get your hands on a VR2.
> :
> :Note that this information isn't for burning skillsofts, but for burning
> :MPCP, Persona, and other deck related tasks. Directly copying a
> skillsoft
> :from a chip you've bought to a blank chip (To share that Russian
> Knowledge
> :7 with your teams samurai) is probably fairly similar, although bear in
> :mind that skillsofts probably have some sort of anti-tampering measures,
> :both to discourage piracy and to prevent the signals being modified.
>
> I don't think you can burn a chip (of any kind) without its source
> code. Unless you somehow got the source code for a skillsoft (which the
> price of the chip probaly does not include), you are out of luck as far as
> making more goes. Anti-tamper measures are not really needed.
I would say that the source code isn't needed, just the proper
equipment and software. I personally have two cd-roms that are direct
copies of the originals, made with a cd writer using a direct copy
method. Having the source code would allow for tweaking but isn't IMO
necessary for a simple copy. Of course there still may be a problem
if the original chip includes anti-tamper/anti-copy measures.
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