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From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: skillsoft chips
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:35:08 +0100
According to Adam J, at 4:30 on 21 Feb 99, the word on
the street was...

> The rules aren't going to change because the media changes. Which is why
> some CD-ROMs, like the ones for Playstation, have bad sectors burned into
> them (I believe this is how it's done), and the console knows to expect bad
> sectors at a certain spot. If they aren't there, it won't play the CD. And
> while you can solder a mod chip into your playstation, I don't think you
> want to be doing that to your skillwires.. :-)

Although the street doc could do that before you get the wires
installed... (illegally, of course).

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