Re: Lombard DVD Region Fix... Maybe

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From: Helix Energy
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:00

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> Daytona
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> P.S. BTW, did anyone comfirmed that the DVDack really works??

It "seems" to have worked.  I switched between Region 1 and Region 4 disks
multiple times, but the odd thing is the Apple DVD Player didn't report it
was changing between regions.  I changed between disks more than the 3
times I was left to change regions, so thats why it seems to have worked.

A PC owning friend of mine found quite a different "crack" for the the
DVD-ROM in the new G3s.  Its a firmware patch, which directly updates the
firmware on the drive to ignore regions altogether, and according to the
page it works.  The problem is, according to that page, is that you need
to install the DVD-ROM drive from your Mac into a PC, because the software
to update the firmware is only available on the PC.  I'm going to try it
out one day, when I've got the time to tinker round with it.  The page is
located at: www2.datatestlab.com/regionhacks

LaTeR!

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From: helix@hunter.apana.org.au (Helix Energy)
Subject: Re: Lombard DVD Region Fix... Maybe
Date: 1999/07/21
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