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AW: [basicstamps] Reading code from stamp

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-06-07 17:08 in General Discussion
too bad...

do you think it is impossible or just nobody did it yet?

thanx and greetings, uli

www.raumschiff-interactive.de
Urspr

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-06-06 14:45
    Hi,

    hans got the point chris, it is so hard to keep track of backups and last
    verlions so it would be so easy for me to just travel to where my pieces are
    (say an exhibition) read out the code, modify it and send it back...
    I know, theoratically there is no need for it but in practice... ;-)

    If you can chose with the SX wether to secure or not, is there a chance to
    read it back from the SX? If not, what does protection mean then?

    curious, uli

    www.raumschiff-interactive.de
    Urspr
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-06-06 18:35
    Hey Rodent,

    the world cannot be full of geniuses like you that never lose a code...
    I am not one of them. Very sorry,

    Uli

    www.raumschiff-interactive.de
    Urspr
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-06-07 08:28
    hey chris, thanks for the hint, I will go hunting for that page tonight.

    www.raumschiff-interactive.de
    Urspr
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-06-07 08:28
    yes, I learned to be hygenic about the codes now as well...most of the time
    ;-) but there are a lot of old things like the TEDDY MACHINE, that works but
    noone knows how... TEDDY1.BS2 or TEDDY7.BS2 or NEWTEDDY.BS2....
    How comfortable it would be to just read it out now, but that seems to be a
    dream so far. I am not really into assembler or anything like that so I
    cannot try it myself but maybe someday there will be some nerd to find a
    way...

    Thanks a lot anyway,

    uli

    www.raumschiff-interactive.de
    Urspr
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-06-07 16:37
    The best reference for the bS2 is Brian Forbes' book,
    http://members.aol.com/stamp2book/
    Highly recommended if you are interested in how the Stamp does its
    thing, or if you want inside insights on efficient coding. With a
    lot of work, one could write a detokenizer.

    -- Tracy

    >If you want to find out about viewing code on a stamp, a long while ago I
    >found a web-page where a person supposedly had worked it all out. I don't
    >remember where it was, but it may still be out there somewhere.
    >
    >Regards,
    >Chris
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-06-07 17:08
    [font=arial,helvetica]On the subject of reading the code on a stamp, don't forget that some of us
    make a living using stamps. I manufacture a product that uses a stamp. If
    someone could read my code that I have developed over several years, the they
    could easily bootleg my product and take food off my table. ·I know that I
    have wished I could read a stamp sometimes, but in the wrong hands this is a
    very bad idea. ·Please keep this in mind before anyone makes this ability
    readily available. ·And yes I do have patent protection on my product, but
    every bootleg sell hurts. Just because it's illegal doesn't stop people from
    doing it. If you wrote it once you can write it again, it SUCKS but you can
    do it.[/font]
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