> I believe some of the boards have an extra PAL kludged in there, which probably > provides the values. I can't find any examples, but I seem to recall it was something > like a sub-board in place of the 68k with the 68k and a PAL on it. (or something > similar with wire mods and a sub-board) > > Basically the people selling kits didn't want anybody bootlegging their kits, so they > had to do something more than make them a ROM swap.
Very interesting. Would love to see some photos of a board.
Disabling the protection would be a pretty straightforward change that I might submit to HBMAME soon.
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