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Re: DU Fundraiser: Taikyoku Baseball, Battlecry prototype and more
11/11/17 06:11 PM
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> > > > I don't have a list of important vs unimportant and the only one I know that is > > > > unimportant (1943) is for whatever reason at the top of Brian's want list, so > > don't > > > > expect some categorizing whatever. People can thank their lucky stars for any > > MCUs > > > we > > > > donate to be frank, or do the work themselves. > > > > > > yeah 1943 is the very definition of pointless, [...] and such should be > > > prioritized really [...] > > This is your POV and you might even be right within this view but, excuse me, i > think > > sometimes you behave like a "Bull in a China Shop" > > Yes, it's my point of view, but it's based on what has happened in the past and based > on a strong knowledge of the purpose of each of the protection chips. > > Dr. Decap ended up being sent a whole bunch of chips, a lot of them that he did > process were utterly pointless for emulation (things like Golden Tee serial number > providing chips, absolute waste of time) > > A lot of the ones that really needed processing to actually make a difference did not > get processed because in the end neither the capacity, nor funding was there to get > them all done. > > What this did was create a whole bunch of controversy with people who had sent chips > thinking they would be processed being left with nothing, while sorting out that mess > has taken until very recently; it took a huge effort to actually get everybody happy > again. The point where all the 68705s were added was (almost) the final step in that. > We were lucky to be able to recover the chips, but even then more money had to be > spent on replacing some of them that had been lost to bring about any level of > harmony. > > In the end, we want to see better emulation, or dumps of chips that are essential if > repairing a board because they handle critical tasks. Cases where the protection can > be easily simulated, or the code patched on a PCB to not care (or a substitute MCU > created that does exactly the same thing) might not be *ideal* but nothing major is > in danger of being lost. > > The people handling these tasks have limited capacity and are doing things often out > of their own pocket, because they want to do them. Neither time (their time, or > access to equipment) nor funding is unlimited. I'd say the more reckless behaviour > here is overloading such people with things that we can live without. > > I said the same things with the previous Decap project, and nobody listened.
Everyone one has an opinion and I understand exactly where haze is coming from and I tend to agree.
I appreciate ALL work added to mame and the time spent to do it. But I understand where haze is coming from. It would be nice to see a priority list and I understand that decapping some of them that are protection devices may do nothing to further the emulation but look at some of the amazing break thru`s in the last couple years. Some of those fell into the "never gonna happen" category.
Only here to annoy...
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