"Simon Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What is it about what I hear on the minidiscorg site about > > scms that makes this certain kind of resister put into the remote > > input that some how pops up a menu that lets you shut off scms? > > Why did the companies make this feature built-in, just for this > > purpose, or does the resister specifically have something to do > > with it that the companies never knew. > > This worked on early revisions of the Sony MZ-R50. As far as I know, it was > part of the test proceedures for them - it involved using a tool that > slotted in the remote slot. > > I'm pretty sure Sony knew about it - although once the end users found out > about it, they removed it to avoid any legal complications. I'm fairly certain it was a goof-up on Sony's part -- they accidentally used the development lab's version of the MZ-R50 firmware in manufacturing. Inadvertent perhaps, but for once at least the developers left a little present for the hackers. Rick ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
