One thing that interests me is that the comparison done on the checksum doesn't include every bit of result. To quite Bruce Tomlin's original post to RGVC:
>One important thing to note is that the 13 bits in the MSB end of the result >which are cleared before comparison *will be* different between the result of >the cartridge and checksum functions. This may have been due to a short-cut >to make the reverse algorithm computable within a reasonable amount of time.
Does this mean maybe you don't need to factor Z...maybe a slightly smaller number?
-Frank
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