Re: Non-6502 ROM used for software key?

From: Spiro Trikaliotis <ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:18:24 +0200
Message-ID: <20180327201824.avo6mkxqf2rdam43@hermes.local.trikaliotis.net>
Hello,

* On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 03:21:08PM +0200 Anders Carlsson wrote:
> Ethan Dicks wrote:
> 
> > I don't recognize IDA as a product name.
> 
> I believe MichaƂ refers to this commercial product, which starts at 739 USD
> for the most basic license!!
> 
> https://www.hex-rays.com/products/ida/order.shtml
> 
> Seems a little excessive to spend so much money to determine if an anonymous
> ROM chip contains code or just random data.

IDA was available in free variants some years ago. That is, an older
version than available at that moment was available.

There were restrictions, however, in that the number of CPUs were
limited, or the length of the disassembly was limited, or such. However,
if one looks for it, you might find them (called idafree*, with a
version number where I have the "*").

As far as I know, IDA stopped this habbit because there were too many
pirated versions available. Because of this, they also stopped the
student's offer they had once.

Regards,
Spiro.

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Spiro R. Trikaliotis
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Received on 2018-03-27 23:00:03

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