I happily own the book since the begining of the week and I have currently read three fourth.
I have never been involved in hardware, electronic or architecture, neither with my personal projects nor with my education. IMHO, this book is well named when it says "Introduction to reverse engineering". The guy talk a langage I can understand and I became aware of fields that I had not a clue (there is only a few book that had this chilling effect to me). For example, I would never have thought that you could "read" a motherboard only with your brain and eyes (The author's expression) but his explanation and the short examples he gave does give a sense to the expression. You get the general idea.
It is an overview, the book is quite short (and quite cheap), the first chapters are really basic and you need some background to take full advantage of the last chapters. Concepts are named, websites, tools and books are cited for further study : "Mais que demande le peuple?".
My opinion : a golden nugget.
PS: For sure, I wouldn't trade it against last wizard's adventures. And the chapter on finding the ROM is a real thriller when... (Oups, no spoilers:D)
Just to tell you that the picture in the BBC article is somehow a bit out dated and that our french third wonder (after Sophie Marceau and la baguette) has been re-styled with the utmost "french touch" to suit even the highest standards of modern technological societies.
Here is what is really looks like at this time: http://www.com1.fr/images/ph_atmax_iminitel.jpg
I wonder if we could boot a linux kernel out of this baby...:)
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I happily own the book since the begining of the week and I have currently read three fourth.
... (Oups, no spoilers :D)
I have never been involved in hardware, electronic or architecture, neither with my personal projects nor with my education. IMHO, this book is well named when it says "Introduction to reverse engineering". The guy talk a langage I can understand and I became aware of fields that I had not a clue (there is only a few book that had this chilling effect to me). For example, I would never have thought that you could "read" a motherboard only with your brain and eyes (The author's expression) but his explanation and the short examples he gave does give a sense to the expression. You get the general idea.
It is an overview, the book is quite short (and quite cheap), the first chapters are really basic and you need some background to take full advantage of the last chapters. Concepts are named, websites, tools and books are cited for further study : "Mais que demande le peuple?".
My opinion : a golden nugget.
PS: For sure, I wouldn't trade it against last wizard's adventures. And the chapter on finding the ROM is a real thriller when
Just to tell you that the picture in the BBC article is somehow a bit out dated and that our french third wonder (after Sophie Marceau and la baguette) has been re-styled with the utmost "french touch" to suit even the highest standards of modern technological societies.
:)
Here is what is really looks like at this time: http://www.com1.fr/images/ph_atmax_iminitel.jpg
I wonder if we could boot a linux kernel out of this baby...