From:	Mongoose m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	skillsoft chips
Date:	Sun, 21 Feb 1999 03:42:09 -0600

:> 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.


In SR so far, you can't make copy's of (certain kinds of) chips
without the source-code. There are certain analogues today- it is (as far
as I know) much easier to duplicate a neural net given its description
than given a "black box" status of neural net input / output. Holographic
processes also are much easier to reproduce given the original setup info.
Given that Skillsofts appear to (perhaps) be holographic memory
representations operated on a neural net...

Mongoose