Post #2928765
2025-01-01 22:59 UTC
@jschwart@mas.to @moira@mastodon.murkworks.net i did some binary hacking to see how the date validation works. it's just one function, and takes a 4 byte change in sunpcbinary to replace the call with a nop. where that call is depends on what version of the software you have
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@jschwart@mas.to 2025-01-01 23:06
@nil@furry.engineer @moira@mastodon.murkworks.net many thanks for looking into this. I won't be able to try it soon, but when I do and run into this, I'll be sure to reach out!! You seem to be using the program for the SunPCi III whereas I have a SunPCi II. Possibly they are different. I still had the Ultra 5 on my desk in 2010-2011, so possibly the check isn't in that version or I indeed didn't boot up the card after 2009. There is relatively little point in emulating that card btw. (A 2nd QEMU x86 instance will help more.)