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I'm assuming you tried the archive.org Wayback Machine to access that website throughout various times in the past ...?
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/5887295/515656) | From: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jwz
Wed, 17-Jan-2007 12:15 PM (UTC)
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Yes.
The Wayback's a dead end anyway - even finding an older version of the support page doesn't help, because they've given the download directory the robots.txt treatment.
But think of how cool it will be to have your LJ user icon images on the ATM.
It's not an answer to your question, but are there any sample Tranax-format images provided? It's probably a dirt simple format.
| From: jwz
Wed, 17-Jan-2007 10:09 PM (UTC)
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Not that I've found; but even then, I'd still need the software that knows how to talk to the ATM's serial port. I'm gonna go out on a limb with the crazy-assed guess that it's some insane binary protocol. Certainly it's undocumented.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/2817972/688134) | From: omni_ferret
Thu, 18-Jan-2007 2:23 AM (UTC)
Skimming the manual... | (Link)
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It looks like you don't need the serial cable; you can "upload graphics via a phone connection directly to the ATM," using the software called "RMS Pro." [Insert RMS joke here.] It looks like that just needs a modem.
Tranax reports a few technicians in the area. They might be friendlier.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/1592923/100071) | From: jcurious
Wed, 17-Jan-2007 4:53 PM (UTC)
Become one.. | (Link)
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Could always investigate what is required to become a distributor or service tech so you can access the download portion of their site...
shrugs
Is this the type of dealie where you get the screen that has the little green meatball with legs doing somersaults? Can you replace it with some kind of other thing, cuz that guy really annoys me, for no sane reason. It just does.
PS I found the ATM snark at the DNA very amusing, even when I was paying $3.00 per transaction. Usually by that point I was too drunk to care.
$3 per transaction!
No wonder he can afford such neat toys..
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
Actually, I know somebody that went to one and it was $6!
| From: jwz
Wed, 17-Jan-2007 10:40 PM (UTC)
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It's a tax on people who are stupid enough to come to a bar without money.
Actually, how much of that $3 do you get?
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/26104787/6145587) | From: lohphat
Thu, 18-Jan-2007 9:29 PM (UTC)
Careful | (Link)
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If he tells you the DMCA thugs break in and throw him in a black sack for endangering national security.
Actually for me, it's usually when I don't have enough money to buy CD's from Christian if he has a booth set up, but sure insult your patrons.
(runs home crying)
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/52559758/2422) | From: pyrop
Thu, 18-Jan-2007 12:26 AM (UTC)
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Get one of the image files from the ATM and put it online and let all the weenies who read your journal reverse-engineer it?
How complicated can a 1-bit, 320x240 image file format be?
You're dealing with magic-wall money machines, the answer is often "very".
Example: I had a run in working on code dealing with logos that show up on counter-top credit car swippers so the store could personalize it, the image was a bitmap (RLL or something), 4 bit, so you'd think it was easy. You'd think that.
But because it was dealing with money it had to be complicated. It was the same data as a bitmap image, but then the header needed to be munged, the data had to be XOR'd to within an inch of it's life and grabage had to be inserted at special points, all in the name of security.
It wasn't encryption by any stretch and anyone with enough time to kill could unravel it, but it had to be there so the marketing people could say the system was "totally secure".
I quote the noble Benjamin Franklin who said "Mo money, mo problems."
have you tried GIMP? i was able to take a JPG and save it as a PCX file (lists it as Zsoft PCX image). that might work for you. i use the PortableApp version (Win32), but there is a Mac version as well. all i did was change the extension and GIMP saves it in that format. http://www.gimp.org
jwz doesn't need a pcx. he needs an internal atm bitmap format, which is undocumented.
| From: jwz
Thu, 18-Jan-2007 8:51 PM (UTC)
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You just told me what Gimp is, and told me to run it on Windows. And you did this without bothering to read any of the other comments here.
I can't tell any more whether you people are intentional or unintentional self-parodies.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/33964812/342279) | From: molius
Thu, 18-Jan-2007 11:29 PM (UTC)
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sorry, i missed the PCX to screwball format bit (which madfire graciously pointed out to me). sure, i run Gimp on Windows, but i am aware of your distaste of Windows, which is why i thought Gimp (a non-Win32 version, linux, Mac, unix? pick your poison) might help (again, missing the whole screwball format point which you clearly stated).
as for the intentional/unintentional self-parody, i like to flip a coin in the morning to see which it will be for the day. if i can't find a coin, i'll pour some froot loops on the counter and see if it is an odd or even number.
| From: lohphat
Thu, 18-Jan-2007 7:19 PM (UTC)
Who's the customer here? | (Link)
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Why isn't the ATM supplier helping you out?
Why not change vendors to someone who will?
Have you tried recompiling your kernel?
| From: jwz
Thu, 18-Jan-2007 9:03 PM (UTC)
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It's only ironic if it's not the expected response.
You still yell "Freebird" at concerts, don't you?
No, I'm all about "Stairway to Heaven".
Bill hicks ref +1
Not getting it -1
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Fri, 19-Jan-2007 12:09 PM (UTC)
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Totally off topic question: If people yell "Freebird" at your club, how often do the bands perform it (or a snippet thereof)?
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Fri, 19-Jan-2007 9:12 PM (UTC)
I Know of One | (Link)
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I was at a Guided by Voices show and they did the first verse. After they were finished the singer pointed to the guy who yelled "Freebird!" and said "thanks to that asshole, we've lost 2 minutes out of the show. Be sure to beat him before you leave tonight."
Never did see what happened to the guy.
Hey, this is just like that South Park episode!
The suggestion of contacting an actual atm repair rep off the record is probably the only workable under the table solution. The lazy web doesn't tend to cache software that is narrow spectrum, has no nostalgia associated with it, and can't be used to steal.
Wow even trying to upload a file not mangled by the shite software can actually lock the atm up rather than simply be rejected. (and I quote)
"You must use this utility. If you upload files created on your PC directly to
the ATM it will corrupt the memory and in some cases require the mainboard
to be re-flashed"
Quick question. Your bank is forcing this upgrade. Aforementioned bank probably has access to the downloads section. Why can't you s.e. them into giving you the ability to "advertise" on your atm, or even have there service tech upload the images you create?
Out of boredom I typed "Tranax Graphics Conversion Utility" into Google.
The top hit was the blog of some obscure bar owner.
Someone must have coined a word for this. Googlefart? | |
