Re: A89: Overwriting ROM (was Re: Linux Port)
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Re: A89: Overwriting ROM (was Re: Linux Port)
So, where did you get the source from? And the linux "program" is for
fun mainly. (Or thats what I gathered)
- Matt
Scott Noveck wrote:
>
> I got the source to one of the programs that uses it. For the record, I
> don't understand it at all either, but I'm not going to give it out =)
>
> > You say that you wont share the knowledge, then can I ask how you came
> >to acquire this knowledge?
> > - Matt
> >
> >> The secret of overwriting portions of the ROM will probably never be
> shared
> >> by those of us who know it - it's too powerful. Wormhole (one of the
> French
> >> guys) actually DID write a successful virus, and tested it himself - he
> >> couldn't FLASH over his calc. And his antivirus didn't work, so he
> actually
> >> had to go into his ROM hex editor (I want one of those =) and fix it. . .
> >> then again, I'm sure that he could have just screwed it up worse and sent
> in
> >> to TI to fix it =)
> >>
> >> Speaking of which, FYI, my calc should be down in Fort Worth now, being
> >> repaired by TI. . . the graphlink broke and got stuck in the linkport. I
> >> convinced them to send me a new calc to calc cable, too =)
> >>
> >> There's no point in porting Linux to a TI - name one feature worth having
> on
> >> the calculator. No Linux programs would be compatible with the calc
> becuase
> >> NOTHING is meant to work on a small 2-color LCD screen with such a weird
> >> input system. The kernel doesn't have anything that would benefit a calc
> >> with less than 400k of RAM. . .
> >>
> >> Also, I believe that to write an entire new ROM you must write it to be
> >> compatible with the bootloader. A new ROM would have to be Flashed in,
> not
> >> sent via a program to overwrite the ROM. . .
> >>
> >> -Scott
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