IBM LPFK reverse engineering

[Dave McGuire]

On Aug 17, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> Or as my friend just pointed out, the "brute force method" would be  
> to remove the 8051 in the LPFK and replace it with an 8051  
> derivative running different software. That would involve buzzing  
> out the entire circuit of the LPFK and writing an alternative  
> firmware that *does* accept the Codeninja command set. But is it  
> worth it?

   I live and breathe 8051s...I was considering doing exactly that.   
How complex is the board?  (I've not yet opened mine)

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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