This idea doesn't work either since (look below)
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>Okay, a checksum on a single byte of FF yeilds an FF
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>I found this to be interesting......
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>Byte 0 = F3 Sig = FE
>Byte 1 = 3E Sig = 1EE8
>Byte 2 = 00 Sig = 1EE8
>Byte 3 = ED Sig = 225A
>Byte 4 = 47 Sig = 56B6
Byte 12 = ?? Sig =910E
Byte 13 = 00 Sig = 20F6
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>It isn't using the last read byte as the divisor is it?
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>Kev
>
>>
>>"Rom Signature is a four-digit HEXADECIMAL number that is a shorthand
>>representation of the data obtained in an area of ROM memory. The ROM
>>signature is obtained by successively dividing the data in ROM by a binary
>>number (they DON't say what the @!$%#$@% number is! - JR). The resulting
>>signature identifies the data from which it is obtained, and provides a
>>convenient way of" (....blah blah, no other description of the process)."
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