Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: daniel@reichardt.ch (Daniel Hartmeier) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: New Yaroze Dev FAQ Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:44:32 GMT Organization: Reichardt Informatik AG Lines: 47 Message-ID: <35a00ab9.18206439@news.playstation.co.uk> References: <6n71c1$4at1@scea> NNTP-Posting-Host: empty176.magnet.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 03:28:13 GMT, in scea.yaroze.announce, jamin1@psu.edu (Jamin Frederick) wrote: > ) Is there any way to read from a CD other than the Yaroze boot disk, and is > it allowed? > ) Can I run yaroze programs on a regular playstation? Do I still need to > download? Any black PlayStation disc can be read on the Net Yaroze. On a regular gray PlayStation that has the copy protection removed by a MOD chip, any CD-ROM XA Mode2 with a ISO9660 compatible file system and proper boot blocks can be read, including CD-R's. It is possible to create a bootable CD-R that runs any Net Yaroze program including the possibility to load data files from that disc on a regular gray PlayStation without copy protection. The procedure isn't terribly complicated, I've done it. The description would make an interesting part of your FAQ. I'd even like to write it. But since it requires extracting the runtime library and the boot blocks from the original boot disc and copying this data to a CD-R, it might be a violation of the license agreement we signed. I'm not sure whether it's already illegal to do this for personal use (to save downloading time during development). But certainly Sony doesn't want these CD-R's be disclosed to third parties (as would be the case if I gave a copy of my latest demo to a friend, who is not a Net Yaroze member). So what will happen if we include this information in the FAQ? Will Sony expel misbehaving members? There is already a lively underground scene of people developing for Net Yaroze with Action Replay modules and pirated compilers. It's kind of sad if a legitimate Net Yaroze member has to search underground sources for documentation for his platform. I think there is no harm done if a Net Yaroze member writes his large data files to a CD-R to save downloading time. We could agree that it is unethical to disclose such material to any non-member but that strictly personal use is tolerated. What is Sony's policy for dealing with this situation? Regards, -- Daniel Hartmeier PGP 6A3A7409 ICQ# 12742482 "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And lines to code before I sleep, And lines to code before I sleep."