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Date: 27 Feb 2002 22:42:21 GMT
From: davehinznopsamcop.net
Subject: Re: 9-5 2.3L chip tuning


Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >> >> EricL <elaw-NO-SPAM-nopsamsinc.com> pressed random keys until the following was produced: >> > Gee, you don't think $700 is a reasonable price for a $3 EPROM chip and 5 >> > but c'mon. >> >> So, the engineers and software developers that come up with the engine >> management software should donate their time, because the media that it >> is installed on is cheap? > AFAIK, the eprom chip contain numerical maps or tables. The software > is already in the ECU. The lookup table is obviously an integral part of the system; it's still software, it's just not executable code. The fact remains, that significant R&D money went into designing which bits on that chip are set, and to steal the maps by just duping an eprom is less than ethical. Any attempt to pretend it's different by saying it's just a lookup table, not executable code, is skirting the issue.

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