Diacom plus on Pentium laptops

[John Hess]

I am certain that Ed Rinda would not be the slightest bit interested in an
interface that did not require his hardware adapter.  This is also a method
of copy protection, similar to a dongle, to prevent unpurchased usage.

At 05:05 PM 7/28/98 +0000, you wrote:
>jdzura at csc.com wrote:
>> 
>> >Ludis Langens did have a clever idea for using a serial port to talk to
>> >both, maybe someone should forward the idea to Diacom...
>> 
>> I'm interested, What was the clever idea.
>> 
>> Joe
>
>Well, here's the link to Ludis' post:
>
>http://efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu/diy_efi/archive/archive_num_94;lines=8695-
8786
>
>The whole thread was called "GM ALDL interface", you should be able to
>find it in subject line search.
>
>The way 160 baud ALDL works has been posted many times, here's a link:
>
>http://efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu/diy_efi/archive/archive_num_77;lines=5733-
5824
>
>I posted a longer explanation myself a long time ago, but I can't seem
>to find it in the archives.
>
>--steve
>
>--
>Steve Ravet
>International Meta Systems
>http://www.imes.com
>steve at imes.com
>
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