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Sir68k

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  1. comment
    Comment #46944172

    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 ve…

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    Comment #46943854

    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 …

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    Comment #46943668

    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 c…

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    Comment #46942828

    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 …

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    Comment #37823895

    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 …

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    Comment #37823514

    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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    Comment #37817260

    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 MiniD…