[A83] Re: Checksums


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[A83] Re: Checksums



PBC Guild writes:
> How are checksums calculated, anyway?  If I could calculate checksums
> for some of my favorite shareware games, I might be able to make new
> maps.

I wasn't aware there were any "shareware" games for the TI-83.  If you are
talking about the format of .83p files, then see this reference:

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~tsinger/link/TI-83/

As for checksums in general, there are lots of algorithms.  Popular
algorithms include CRC-32, MD5 and SHA1.

http://www.faqs.org/rfc/rfc1321.txt
http://www.faqs.org/rfc/rfc3174.txt
http://cr.yp.to/hash127.html

-- 
David Phillips <david@acz.org>
http://david.acz.org/




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