Re: [stella] 16K cartridge boards

Subject: Re: [stella] 16K cartridge boards
From: Chris Wilkson <cwilkson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 11:03:12 -0800 (PST)
> Hmm..  Scrambling the address and/or data lines so that if I pop the
> EPROM out and read it "normally" with an eprom programmer I'll get
> gibberish.  
> 
> But I have a Bruce Tomlin (r)(p)(tm) Cart-o-matic 7800 and a 6502/7 ICE
> so it'll take me what? Hmm 16K at 2.3chars/byte @ 10 bits/char.   With
> the Cart-o-matic it'll take me 157 seconds (at 2400 baud) or 2 minutes,
> 37 seconds to get a dump.  Dang, that's tough!  I'd better use the ICE
> as it connects at 9600 baud, so It'll take 40 seconds to dump 16K, plus
> time to trigger the banks.. call it a minute flat.     I think Kevin
> Horton's cart-dumper would put my meager tools to shame though. :(
> 
> ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)  ;-)
> 
> I don't really understand why go to the bother.

Exactly.  I put it in because the support was available for free.  Like I said,
it would be possible to crack it.  But it would discourage the casual pirates.

-Chris

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