[rescue] OK, step one of the purge in New Jersey...

[Linc Fessenden]

> Another popular player is the Apex 500w.  This is what I have (and I
> really like it, and it costs only $98 at walmart).  The region is stored
> on an eprom (or is that eeprom?), so you can download new images, and make
> a prom for whatever region you want.  One interesting thing though is that
> apparently the proper size is no longer available.  The closest is twice
> the capacity, and it does this by having an extra addressing line going
> into the chip.  So, if you make a custom prom image, you can make region 1
> the lower half (for compatibility with anti multi region players), and
> region 0 the upper half.  Then, you can hardware a switch to the high
> address line to select between the two on reboots of the machine.

Careful Josh, I am on my second Apex 500w.  Good player for the most part
but there seems to be a cruddy PS in them which boogers us the player.  I
have seen several other people comment similarly on this model as well.

-Linc Fessenden

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