jetlib.sec » Hack a Day » Teletype machine from an electric typewriter

Feeds

267701 items (578 unread) in 27 feeds

• 0day.today (was: 1337day, Inj3ct0r, 1337db) (573 unread)
• OSVDB Vulnerabilities
• Exploit-DB
• SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities
• Bugtraq
• Full Disclosure
• XSSed
• Packet Storm Security Headlines (5 unread)
• Packet Storm Security Advisories
• Packet Storm Security Exploits
• Packet Storm Security Recent Files
• Packet Storm Security Tools
• Packet Storm Security Misc. Files
• Sophos security news
• Sophos product advisories
• Penetration Testing
• SecuriTeam
• BackTrack Linux Forums
• Threatpost
• SecDocs
• carnal0wnage.attackresearch.com
• Carnal0wnage
• Kernel Fun
• Darknet
• The Exploitant
• Hack a Day
• Wirevolution

Hack a Day

• February 11, 2010
• 

  Teletype machine from an electric typewriter

  Posted: February 11th, 2010, 2:00pm PST by Mike Szczys

  Tags:  teletype typewriter avr teletype-machine electric-typewriter serial-connection classic hacks  

  This project, by an unknown hacker, patches into an electric typewriter and uses it as a Teletype. An AVR ATmega168 microcontroller patches into the key matrix of the typewriter which allows it to artificially type. Now, data can be sent over a serial connection to the AVR for output on the typewriter. We’re not quite sure [...]