Anyone using Toucam NO-RAW mod?

One feature of the Toucam that has sometimes bothered me
is the in-camera image sharpening. It sometimes generates
over-shoot artifacts where the image suddenly
goes from bright to dark (stars, planet limb, etc.).
Over on the Cloudy Nights forum I noticed some discussion
of a firm-ware mod on the Toucam to shut off the
image sharpening. It seems to be called "NO-RAW mod"
or "optimized color mod." There was some discussion
about it roughly 9 months ago, but not much since.
Is anyone using this or tried it?

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10/Number/256719/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1

Hi John,

I'm using the modification and it works wonderfully. There is much less noise in the frames, the color seems more accurate and the sensitivity is increased. It makes a big difference in the image quality, I highly recommend it.

Regards,
Ed Roach

Hi John,

I can also second Ed. I use my color ToUcam only in optimized non-raw mode for the last years. The raw mode produces even better results but the hassle of additional processing efforts and the restriction to 5fps only pays off in excellent seeing.

Best regards & clear skies,
Oliver

Edit: I meant optimized non-raw above, just changed it...