From 245ba8244e8bb6fe6e2fa25173564a6e67407337 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ClawGrip Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:32:11 +0200 Subject: funword/photoply.cpp: Added notes about security dongles. (#10260) --- src/mame/funworld/photoply.cpp | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/mame/funworld/photoply.cpp b/src/mame/funworld/photoply.cpp index 61d9f4ebada..930651757a6 100644 --- a/src/mame/funworld/photoply.cpp +++ b/src/mame/funworld/photoply.cpp @@ -17,6 +17,41 @@ TODO: - EEPROM timings are hacked (writes mostly fail otherwise); - Eventually needs AudioDrive ES688 / ES1688 / ES1788 & ES1868 devices and serial ports "for linking" before actually booting; +INFO ABOUT SECURITY DONGLES: + +Photo Play machines were found with different types of security dongles. They weren't really +dependant on the version, and you can find the same game version with different dongle type. + +Dongle types found on 486 machines: + +Blue parallel (without passthrough) dongle with the following components under expoxy resin: + -Atmel AT89C2051 MCU + -Xtal 11.05MHz + -24C08W6 SEEPROM + -HC132 + +Blue or black Aladdin parallel dongle (with passthrough) with the following components: + -Aladdin Marvin2 MCU (unknown core) + -Custom Aladdin chip marked as ALDN1 V28 (serial EEPROM?) + +Yellow Marx CBN/CBV parallel dongle (with passthrough) with the following components: + -Marx CBN/CBV/CBS MCU (unknown core) + -74HC00 + +Yellow serial dongle (with passthrough) with the following components: + -Smartcard (SAM, ID-000 size), with ATR "3B8281317643C002C5" (probably Siemens CardOS/M2 V2.01 with SLE44CxxS MCU) + -AT90S2313 MCU + -3.6864 Xtal + -3 x 74HC14D + +On newer models (Pentium and better), other kinds of dongles can also be found: + +Parallel (without passthrough) dongle with the following components: + -SX28AC/DP MCU (different manufacturers: Parallax, Ubicom, etc.) + -On some versions there's also a SEEPROM (93C46LN, etc.) + +USB Dongle + -GNT FNW USB Token (http://www.softidea.sk/doc/gnt_datasheet_en.pdf) *******************************************************************************************************/ -- cgit v1.2.3