> > > > Is this the first time the original people behind a piece of hardware have > > > contributed to the emulation of that hardware? > > > > > > No. > > > > Really? For PCBs maybe not. For a single silicon chip? For a single chip this might > > be the first time. It's the first one I remember, anyways. > > > > - Stiletto > > I believe Gaelco contributed information on how the VRAM encryption worked on World > Rally (and of course, the internal MCU rom) > > We'd already mostly figured the VRAM stuff out for Squash, but it definitely helped > improve the code. > > Of course, maybe you don't count that, because it was a chip they'd programmed to do > something, rather than the manufacturer of a chip.
Yeah, to go off jonwil's question, that would be software, not hardware.
So no, I can't think of any hardware cases (specifically individual chips). Maybe someone else will.
- Stiletto
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