[XCSSA] Neat Hack In Progress: CVS $30 "One Time Use" DV cam

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

On Tuesday 29 April 2008 05:13:48 pm X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio 
wrote:
> The hack was successfully completed however it wasn't a complete success.
> The Model 230 camera I had initially purchased contained an algorithm not
> previously encountered.  An attempt to desolder and extract the firmware
> from the memory resulted in a brick. :(

You probably could have just desoldered just the power pins, wired it up and 
pulled the image off that way...  Was it just a flash ROM you were trying to 
copy off?


> A purchase of an older model (the 200) resulted in a successful hack and
> now I have a reusable DV cam.   Look for a write up within the next week or
> so.

Cool....


Tweeks