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From: dualdrinker <dualdrin...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:42:56 +0900
Local: Mon, Sep 10 2012 2:42 am
Subject: Re: [THS:20185] Re: Opening a locked container or: guessing ASCII sequences
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Good hunting, Nava. Will try to scavenge some tools from the lab and see if
I can open it. I hope they didn't of the words ''proprietary screw head" in
Japan back then....

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Nava Whiteford <n...@sgenomics.org> wrote:
> I was looking at this picture:

> http://auctions.c.yimg.jp/img329.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/2/9/2/7/m...

> Isn't that a 25D type female port next to the Centronics? I can't really
> tell from the low res picture. If it is, I'd
> assume it was a serial port:

> http://suntekpc.com/htm-2/cable-serial-cb-9dbf-25dbm-xxx-serial-at-mo...

> If there's a way of sending commands to this thing from a computer, I'd
> guess it's most likely serial. Could learn a lot
> by taking the top off and looking for a MAX232 or similar...

> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 02:44:25PM +0900, dualdrinker wrote:
> > And there is no serial port.

> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:44 PM, dualdrinker <dualdrin...@gmail.com>
> wrote:

> > > Kalin: Clever thinking. So there would have to be some sort init
> sequence
> > > on the card which identifies it as a master card...the thing is: this
> > > encoder has a keyboard - copying the master cards content does not make
> > > much sense fromn the versatility standpoint. THough I think it has a
> memory
> > > for reading of a card for copying purposes.

> > > To be clear: I am talking about this:

> http://www.justanswer.com/uploads/Claws224/2009-04-15_010433_Parallel...

> > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.ka...@gmail.com
> >wrote:

> > >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Nava Whiteford <n...@sgenomics.org>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > Your best bet is to try attaching something to the serial port
> first.

> > >> > The parallel port seems a bit odd. It looks like a Centronics port
> > >> > which would indicate that it functions as a printer. Though why that
> > >> > would be the case I don't know.

> > >> I bet it is a line printer to keep track of encoded cards.

> > >> You need a master card (not Master Card, LoL) that is read (think of
> > >> it as old punch cards - it stores the code/data), then you start
> > >> swiping blanks to encode whatever was programmed on the master card.

> > >> No idea about the format of the master card though.

> > >> Kalin.

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