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is there a way to find out a stamps code....

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2004-03-18 11:34 in General Discussion
hi all...

is there a way to find out a stamps code? maybe by placing the chip
or board in a special holder that will show the code on your computer
screen?

-tom

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-03-17 15:50
    The current Stamp modules provide NO WAY
    to 'dump' the eeprom tokens over the serial
    port.

    IF you had an OEM version, and IF you had
    a socketed EEPROM, and IF you had an off-line
    reader for the EEPROM, you could dump
    the 'Basic Tokens' to your PC.

    You'd then have to write a decompiler for the
    tokens -- since the tokenization and all is
    parallax proprietary information, this might
    be hard to do. A decompiler does not exist
    currently, and Parallax would take a dim
    view of creating one.

    So NO, 'reverse engineering' a Stamp's code
    is really not practical. Note this protects
    people's intellectual property when they
    deliver a project using a Stamp, as well as
    Parallax's intellectual property.


    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <tbardash@b...> wrote:
    > hi all...
    >
    > is there a way to find out a stamps code? maybe by placing the
    chip
    > or board in a special holder that will show the code on your
    computer
    > screen?
    >
    > -tom
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-03-17 16:06
    No. Once it's in your BASIC Stamp the only thing you can [noparse][[/noparse]practically]
    do is infer the code from the operation of the program.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office


    Original Message
    From: Tom [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=qTXhwumIE16GSXHWrmFVURzhKF_Yre_GrVbHYATz4efuw58CpE-p2M8irq_cJPeKQnwwWEOhKOUatgTyFwI]tbardash@b...[/url
    Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 4:45 AM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] is there a way to find out a stamps code....


    hi all...

    is there a way to find out a stamps code? maybe by placing the chip
    or board in a special holder that will show the code on your computer
    screen?

    -tom
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-03-17 18:36
    ok good ...thanks
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-03-18 04:30
    Tom-

    See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/basicstamps/message/24776 from
    2002. Don't bet the farm that your Stamp's code is safely out of
    reach of others. To my knowledge, there is no widely available
    facility for doing this, however, if that is the point of your
    question.

    Regards,

    Steve

    On 17 Mar 04 at 10:45, Tom wrote:

    > hi all...
    >
    > is there a way to find out a stamps code? maybe by placing the chip
    > or board in a special holder that will show the code on your
    > computer screen?
    >
    > -tom
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-03-18 11:34
    yeah i was hoping the stamp's program code can't be hacked. but it
    sounds like it would be difficult for the average hobbyist. thanks
    for the link.
    -tom



    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "S Parkis" <parkiss@e...> wrote:
    > Tom-
    >
    > See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/basicstamps/message/24776 from
    > 2002. Don't bet the farm that your Stamp's code is safely out of
    > reach of others. To my knowledge, there is no widely available
    > facility for doing this, however, if that is the point of your
    > question.
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Steve
    >
    > On 17 Mar 04 at 10:45, Tom wrote:
    >
    > > hi all...
    > >
    > > is there a way to find out a stamps code? maybe by placing the
    chip
    > > or board in a special holder that will show the code on your
    > > computer screen?
    > >
    > > -tom
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
    > > basicstamps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
    > > from the same email address that you subscribed. Text in the
    > > Subject and Body of the message will be ignored.
    > >
    > > Yahoo! Groups Links
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
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