Byte hacking
2014-02-02 17:03:36.274644+01 by
Dan Lyke
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RT Avi Drissman @avidrissman:
A fun flashback to the days when a 4E71 in the right place solved every problem in the world.
http://avi.drissman.com/2014/02/lobotomizing-quicken-2007.html
Link is to an article about changing two bytes in the Mac Quicken 2007 so that he could import QFX files from financial services companies that have only paid the Windows tax to Intuit.
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