The Elite Hackers Toolkit/TheEliteHackersToolkitVolume1_1998.rar/HACKERS.BIN/appcraks/PIX112B_.ZIP/WHATS.NEW

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If you email me success or failures with PiX, please
add info of which programmer, computer, Cpu, speed and O.S.
you're using !!
Those lines are written  March  1st 1998.

Latest news:

A user with a PII processor reports a trick for Pix:
  On m/b like (ASUS P2L97)
  'CPU fast string' in Cmos must be set to OFF for PIX to work.

Introducing  Pix112B.


This version supports "Through pic eeprom programming"
needed for the new MM2 wafers. A new menu, MultiMac,
is added. You must have a Phoenix / SmartMouse interface to
access it. First program the pic with it's software
e.g. My_2147.h16  This file is needed as a driver,
but when finished you have a working MM214 card.
If you don't use it, you can't read or verify the eeprom.
Most wafers with 16F84 must have fuses = 3FF9 and Rb=7
Then move the card to Phoenix / SmartMouse interface,
goto MultiMac Menu (Ctl-F6 + 'M') load ee_214.bin and
blow it with F9. To be sure, press F5 and verify your writings.

To run the Phoenix programs you MUST be in Dos. A W95 dos window
doesn't work. And do not load any mouse driver.
You may not use same port for Phoenix and Ludi.If you do so
you will be told and must exit program.

Notice writing to an external eeprom through a Pic and
through a Cop is without error checking. Test with an empty
eeprom socket if you can. So after a F9 command do
a verify with F5 to be sure it is OK.

You can now save current Pic values as  Internal Code (Alt-F4)

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Added is support for Phoenix and SmartMouse Interfaces.
It will let you read and write the eeprom on cop cards.
The port for the interface is choosed by editing the
Phoenix line in Pix.cfg, Phoenix=3 means that com port 3
is used for the interface. Phoenix=0 means disabled.
Enter the cop menu with Ctrl F6, and press 'P',
and you are in Phoenix menu. Esc brings you down one level.
If problems, increase byte delay by pressing '+'.
I hope you now easy can see in which menu you are.

The new features are tested as standalone dos programs
and also works with NT 4.00
If there are any requests for it I can think of releasing those
programs.

There is also a hidden trick in Cop and Phoenix menues I have
forgotten to explain.
If you want to edit a line in the left window press F10 twice.
You now have the values unscrambled. Edit the line, press enter
to keep or Esc when done. Esc again to leave edit mode.
Notice, don't edit a line with key values.

I have tested Pix in W95 on a P100 and it works with Com
and Lpt proggers. But to use the phoenix interface I must go
to Dos.
Pix in NT might work with Com proggers.
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PiX has celebrated 1 year birthday.
Starting with Pixxer_x and Pix105
It's time to change from  version 1.09  to 1.10 now for experimenting.
Both versions will be on my homepage.
If some severe bugs will be found in 1.09, it will be upgraded.

In 1.10 a screen capture is implemented, and a try
to support more Pic chips has started.
16F84, 12c50x and 16c622 in the first round.
To not destroy any windowed Pics, all code protection is
disabled for 16c5x,12c50x,16c7x,16c6x chips.

Many of the new Chip types are only sketched,
but 16c84 and 16f84 should be reliable.

Any software for this project and chips and whatever
hardware are welcome.

Key group Z Y P V and O has got 'I' too. In Eeprom/Copmenu a key might
be white but been put on a wrong place. Investigate with 'I'.

No version of Pix can be run with a LPT progger in NT X.xx,
but Com proggers are working.

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Pix109b and 110b contains no internal MultiMac / Nordic code.
For legal reasons you have to put it there yourself.
This version number is always 1.11 , but BEFORE running PiX
the first time, date stamp shows compiling time.
Don't download Pix from a site that has stored  Pix on their site.
Some sites has copies of PiX from last year !


External Eeprom area is now not blanked when reentering it.
Cop menu now supports upgrade values for USA cards to add a new Id.

Some LPT proggers may have a busting function.
This is now partly supported (Not PicBuster III yet).
Only one mounted pic have been successful for me.
Read the Pic84 with F4. The Fuses line shows 0061 if protected.
Set Busting power on. Press Ctrl+F3 and the busting starts.
Follow instructions on bottom lines. If not busted, pic might have not
cooled off properly. Wait some more and test with F4 again.
The fuses line should show 3FF1. If not, retry the procedure.
It's very important that the busting voltage is Ok.

Support for Old keys added. If you in Program or Internal Eeprom areas
find an old key and want to know if it is in database section [Old],
just put the cursor on the first byte and press 'O' and you get
the info on line 23.

PicBuster III now supported.
Card Types maybe are not right, some guesses made.
Don't be confused that Master & Slave are swapped.
I treat it as a Picbuster III bug.
PiX has those labels that's used by JM's Prog.com programmer.
When using PicBuster the labels must be the same.
So if one Pic is mounted on a two pic card it has to have the
same label whatever programmer beeing used.
Please report your tests.
No Buster function for PB_III yet.
Hot keys, 1 2 3 for card type, Tab for master/slave.

Access to all keys loaded from Dmac.key in all menus
by hotkey Z.

Thanks to John MacDonald and Hjsoft now more cop cards and some
remote update routines for 24c16 are supported in Cop Menu.

I got so tired of reading one key from one cop menu,
writing it on a paper, loading another file or reading another eeprom,
edit the key with the value from paper .. so i added Y and P as hotkeys.
In the cop menu, go to the desired key line, press R or G.
If you press Y (copY) the value is transfered to edit buffer.
Pressing P pastes the buffer value to screen. If you press Enter
and get Ok you can save or blow with this new value.
If you are in another menu, make sure that you put the cursor
on the first byte of the key, then copy/paste works.
Use V to view contents of buffer.
Also now shows the name of the last loaded file in all menus.
To allow easy saving of the last loaded file after editing,
Ctrl F2 also added for this function.

Toggle of Ext. Eeprom to Ascii screen added. Hotkey 'T'
Saving of files outside 'Home' directory now possible.
External Eeprom and proggers type Cprommer now supported.

Com port programmers type Cprommer.pcx may now work with PiX.
I tested one on a very weak RS232 and it worked.
But I had to disconnect the led, it took too much power itself.
Sometimes you get a modem varning, but it's only to continue.
MK10 programs without problems.
Some speeding up in programm is performed.
Command line option now supported like: PiX Myfile.h16
Cop menues also updated. Added reversed key input,
(You have the key and want the value to put into Ext. Eeprom)
In the right Cop window now 8 bytes are written.
Only the first seven are needed for a Pic card.

Old news:

There was a bug in Pix108, when using Shaer programmer and external
Eeproms..now fixed.
Keyboard problems reported, didn't get them myself but keyboard
routines rewritten.

To you serial programmers using this bad Com84.exe driver for
using Pip-02, I give you Jens D. Madsen's excellent Jdm84.exe.
Same command line syntax as for Com84 and Pic84. It is a small
difference between jdm84 and com84 when programming EEPROM's.
Most serial programmers need TxD high. Jdm84 programmer need TxD low.
It is possible to use the jdm84.exe with programmers that need txd
high when programming EEPROM's. Just add 'high' as parameter.

Put the file Dmac.key in the working directory,
or in any directory in your path there you also have Pix.exe
(Needed to build the Issuer/Index Data base)

Added Key to/from Multimac format.
Alt-F10 to goto Edit internal Eeprom.
Every key is displayed with issuer name and used Index,
and the MM code for that key.
Type the new code and corresponding MM is displayed.
Up arrow may be needed.
If you have the MM code and want the hex code then press M
type the numbers and when ready press Esc or Enter.

To find a key in the program area press F10 and with arrow down or up
go through the code. If a key is found it will be displayed in
different colors and issuer/index at bottom lines.
Keys found on one line and wrapped to next is only reported on
the first line. Next key is displayed with different colors.
Depending of how the keys are handled, there might be empty space
for a new key or the old/wrong key must be over typed.
Test it on Wgtbeta and fill in the new keys.

Ctrl-F6 takes you to the external Eeprom Menu. Press F10 and scroll
through the areas. If Quadra's or MM20x Eeprom files are loaded
then issuer/Index is displayed as before if found.
Remember  that searching for keys need some time, this makes it look slow.

From Eeprom Menu you can press C to come to the Cop Menu.
Hex values in the left window are translated to keys in the right one.
Note that not many values are valid due to unknown master management
keys. This part is still under construction, more info needed.
This part is written from source by John MacDonald. Load his
Cop.h08 and you get the best response. Values written with white
color shows that key exists in data base, yellow that it doesn't.
JC's *.dat format is supported but the extension must be 'dat'.
Dat files converted to *.hex and *.bin do NOT work.
You can't do this conversion !

Cheers,

Bengt