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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:44:25 +0900
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Subject: Re: [THS:20180] Re: Opening a locked container or: guessing ASCII sequences
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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_Printer_Cable.jpg
>
> 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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<div dir=3D"ltr">And there is no serial port.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote">On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:44 PM, dualdrinker <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:dualdrin...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">dualdrin...@gmail.c=
om</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-=
color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Kalin: Clever thinking. So there wou=
ld 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 maste=
r 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.<=
/div>

<div>=A0</div><div>To be clear: I am talking about this: <a href=3D"http://=
www.justanswer.com/uploads/Claws224/2009-04-15_010433_Parallel_Printer_Cabl=
e.jpg" target=3D"_blank">http://www.justanswer.com/uploads/Claws224/2009-04=
-15_010433_Parallel_Printer_Cable.jpg</a><br>

<br></div><div><div class=3D"h5"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 10,=
 2012 at 2:07 PM, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
me.ka...@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">me.ka...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wro=
te:<br>
<blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-=
color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class=
=3D"gmail_quote">
<div>On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Nava Whiteford &lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:n...@sgenomics.org" target=3D"_blank">n...@sgenomics.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Your best bet is to try attaching something to the serial port first.<=
br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The parallel port seems a bit odd. It looks like a Centronics port<br>
&gt; which would indicate that it functions as a printer. Though why that<b=
r>
&gt; would be the case I don&#39;t know.<br>
&gt;<br>
</div>I bet it is a line printer to keep track of encoded cards.<br>
<br>
You need a master card (not Master Card, LoL) that is read (think of<br>
it as old punch cards - it stores the code/data), then you start<br>
swiping blanks to encode whatever was programmed on the master card.<br>
<br>
No idea about the format of the master card though.<br>
<span><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
Kalin.<br>
</font></span><div><div><br>
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