Sir68k

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by Sir68k 7mo ago
The firmware in a sense does not change anything regarding connectivity (for now). If you want to record normal MD, just use Web MiniDisc Pro. For HiMD, I recommend the Electron version of Web MiniDisc Pro, but it's not yet as stable a
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by Sir68k 7mo ago
Thanks! The main problem I had was conflicts with the 'patch' peripheral during the erase/write. This peripheral allows for a small virtual overlay in memory space. It was used in previous devices to fix small bugs by overwri
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by Sir68k 7mo ago
Finding the memory area involves running code on the device that scans the entire memory range (catching data aborts where needed). As for figuring out what the code does, it's a combination of staring at the hex, disassembly and semi
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by Sir68k 7mo ago
A lot of reverse engineering and guesswork actually! One of the parts when writing a extensions for a device from which you've only extract a firmware blob from memory space is to understand as much as possible from the memory layout,
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by Sir68k 3y ago
Not yet. There have been some experiments with this in mind, but nothing practical yet that allows dumping data discs. Considering that we have large control over the firmware, it should become possible with more work (and time).
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by Sir68k 3y ago
Minor note: ATRAC extraction on non-RH1 models and Hi-MD support is only available on the fork at web.minidisc.wiki (Web MiniDisc Pro).
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by Sir68k 3y ago
Yes, it is now possible on many Sony Portables thanks to firmware reverse engineering efforts and custom homebrew code. Most of the functionality is available directly in Web MiniDisc Pro. See https://github.com/MiniDisc-wik