Hall of Fame

This page attempts to list accomplishments and those responsible for them. If anything is incorrect or missing please update it or provide me feedback at sam@bingner.com

• Terry
  • First to swap a non-PhatNoise drive into a DMS by modifying the drive serial / model string using a proprietary utility

• spin
  • Discovered that plsign can be used to sign players, so we can run arbitrary code on the PhatBox

• judb
  • Mapped out initial phatbox pinouts including jtag and serial interfaces

• sbingner
  • Made first working serial cable connection using cell phone USB cable
  • Installed second drive into PhatBox and validated that it can be used to play music

• bushing
  • First to disassemble all of the PhatBox utils and document how all of the pieces work together
  • Determined the location of the hard-drive signature check (the flashrom bootloader), disassembled it, and documented it

• bushing or sbingner
  • First to compile binaries to run on the PB

• (step right up!)
  • First to write a player to play a new audio format on the phatbox

• bushing / sbingner / RobM (aka rmini) / judb
  • Cracked the PB drive signature protection wide open and made the world a better place! :)

• judb / RobM
  • Created DMS Hack and Repair CD

• para
  • Created platform-independent Phat4X media manager

• VorTechS
  • Created the Windows PhatHack DMS Tools to allow non-technical users to apply the hack, repair the DMS and perform firmware updates for both original, and hacked DMS'
  • Created PhatHack Media Manager (replacement Windows media manager)