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by cassiel
Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:55 am
Forum: Purchasing and Trading
Topic: Pulsar 2 for sale, UK £250
Replies: 3
Views: 1289

Can't make it work with my PC and can't get tech support from Creamware so out it goes
Has it worked on other machines/configurations? (In other words, is the card itself OK?)
by cassiel
Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:16 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: Complete newbie: how does activation/registration work?
Replies: 23
Views: 2411

Thanks again for all the information.

I've just bought a Pulsar II from eBay, and will see what arrives with it. (A "massive software bundle" it says here.)

The whole EEPROM thing sounds interesting, shall we say. As has been commented, the problem with transfers is that it's much easier to ...
by cassiel
Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:42 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: Complete newbie: how does activation/registration work?
Replies: 23
Views: 2411

The SW and the plugins are registered to the HW serial number of your scope card.


Ah, OK: so, for each product, the registration key is some kind of encrypted hash generated from the card's serial number? (i.e. the card is acting as a dongle.)

If you buy one second hand you get the ...
by cassiel
Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:50 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: Complete newbie: how does activation/registration work?
Replies: 23
Views: 2411

Complete newbie: how does activation/registration work?

I'm looking into getting a Pulsar (I or II) - or maybe two - off eBay, to hook up to my OasysPCI cards. I've hunted around on Planet Z and the CreamWare site, but don't yet understand how the whole software registration thing works.

So, we've gone from the "Pulsar software" up through Scope to 4.5 ...