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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by p0w3n3d on Friday January 31, 2025 @01:54AM (#42885227)
I believe it is not firmware. Because of many reasons, one would be issuing firmware release for every machine would be impossible. It is probably lying so low in the hardware layer, one cannot simply remove or alter it without desoldering etc.
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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by beardyw on Friday January 31, 2025 @03:28AM (#42885712)
Many microprocessors are capable of having selective updates and it may be the same processor which is fetching the update. You might think of their internals to be more like a crude file system.
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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by nialv7 on Friday January 31, 2025 @03:00AM (#42885544)
What if you print a page with a slightly yellow background? Would it know to use a different color for the tracking dots?
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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by bobim on Friday January 31, 2025 @02:16AM (#42885344)
Ok, next to impossible then. Maybe printing tiny white text on solid black background could help obfuscate the dots. Or using a pen plotter...
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