steveo it's over in the flashhack thread [link].
I'm at the office today so won't be able to test anything until this evening.
I didn't mean to make it sound like I was checking out on the project. I do intend to build an .xdf for these. From what I've been able to gather, the 94-96 models are interchangeable. I might try buying a used one for a 90-91 and 92-93 just to verify the location of the reman pin.
I also intend to figure out the vats authentication so the key code can be read on the test bench. I suspect the unit wants to see the key in pin go off at the same time the two ign inputs go high before it checks the adc count. I just haven't taken the time to locate some dpdt switches and make some additional test leads.
I think I need to give some thought to whether to disclose the location or not. Frankly, it's pretty obvious and I'd hate to be the guy that started an avalanche of stupid. On the other hand I think as long as we omit the odometer from the .xdf that should raise the difficulty level enough to keep things sane. People should have to do some work if they want to enjoy the free stuff. What do you guys think?
I will make a suggestion on the write / erase routines steveo. There's so little that needs to be written and the eeprom block is so small, I'd suggest reading the whole thing to memory and diffing with the .bin, then only erasing / writing the necessary bytes. I know it complicates things, but I don't think we want to overwrite the erase counter on a used unit. Just my $0.02.
Edit: after thinking a bit more, it may make sense to only write $b600-$b66c (odometer), $b67f-$b6ca (oil life, vats, option bytes, lockout bit) and the VIN at $b7ef until we know more about what the 33 bytes at $b6cb are.
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