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I blame Stern for bothering to zip a tiny file and confusing people
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Quoted from markmon:This is a silly comment. Anyone that can't figure out how to unzip a download in this day and age will have problems regardless. The zip file serves a valid purpose. It prevents the download from being partial or corrupted. If the download is not complete and intact, it will not unzip. The same would not be true if it were not zipped. This saves a lot of time allowing you to skip the verification phase before programming in the machine.
The machine should have it's own checksum, I don't think relying on the zip file's is a robust solution.
Quoted from conserx:If Stern was to let anyone start programming their own code it would open up a can of worms.
Imagine someone mistakenly writing an error in the code which caused a coil to lock on & potentialy burn up, Lot of liability there.
Ted Estes (former WMS software developer) wrote a post on RGP back in 1999 about end users modifiying game roms & why he & WMS were against the idea. I'd say with absolute certainty Stern thinks the same way.
This seems like silly fear. The os could put a timeout on the coil to prevent this. You think cell phones couldn't be damaged by using the radio incorrectly? They can. But the os prevents developers from doing damage.
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