Re: Non-6502 ROM used for software key?

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:12:04 -0400
Message-ID: <CAALmimnvouW=rOQ8D_xpN6W01q+kendanfiF_vfhOx4SQB4bXA@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 7:40 AM, Michał Pleban <lists@michau.name> wrote:
> Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
>> ... I think it's more likely to be code for a
>> different processor architecture.
>
> I would suggest downloading a disassembler which can handle multiple
> architectures (such as IDA) and throw the binary at it to see if one of
> the architectures produces a meaningful disassembly.

I don't recognize IDA as a product name.  I've tried a couple of
web-based disassemblers to no success yet.

> Why does the dump start at 0002 not 0000?

Because the first two bytes are the load address (being a save file
from a PET).  I shaved them off so my disassembly attempts didn't try
to treat them as part of the instruction stream.

-ethan
Received on 2018-03-27 16:00:02

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