HEX File - QKLSVEG.BIN

[Nick-o10]

I understand the "Procedure" but it isn't working. Any hints or suggestions?

[Nick-o10]

I did get through this eventually, so email if you need suggestions.

[rbeiter]

@Nick-o10 Is this part past obtaining the firmware from https://www.sparkfun.com/pages/SP250Firmware ? I'm having a hard time discovering the Revision Code from the pink BMP image, if you have any hints?

[Nick-o10]

SPOILERS***

Been a bit since I did this. Are you trying to do the bit with / after the hex editor? Did you get the picture to come up? If so, pick up the board and look through it at the picture. One place everything will click. You may need to make the picture bigger or smaller and move things around, but once you see it, you will see it.

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 7:59 AM Randy Beiter notifications@github.com wrote:

@Nick-o10 https://github.com/Nick-o10 Is this part past obtaining the firmware from https://www.sparkfun.com/pages/SP250Firmware ? I'm having a hard time discovering the Revision Code from the pink BMP image, if you have any hints?

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[rbeiter]

Do you recall if any manipulations, math, or byte conversions were necessary or was it straight from the text in the image? I've lined up the board many ways and noticed things line up in the RC1, RC2, and notch above and tried many combinations and interpretations of the info in the photo from the eeprom on the website to no avail. I'm convinced I'm overthinking this :)

[Nick-o10]

Both RC1 and RC2 holes will be filled at the same time. That's how you know it is lined up right. Like the doubloon in Goonies, hence the hint.

https://goonies.fandom.com/wiki/Doubloon

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Do you recall if any manipulations, math, or byte conversions were necessary or was it straight from the text in the image? I've lined up the board many ways and noticed things line up in the RC1, RC2, and notch above and tried many combinations and interpretations of the info in the photo from the eeprom on the website to no avail. I'm convinced I'm overthinking this :)

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[Nick-o10]

Randy,

Any luck with this?

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 1:26 PM Nick Logan nick.logan@gmail.com wrote:

Both RC1 and RC2 holes will be filled at the same time. That's how you know it is lined up right. Like the doubloon in Goonies, hence the hint.

https://goonies.fandom.com/wiki/Doubloon

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Do you recall if any manipulations, math, or byte conversions were necessary or was it straight from the text in the image? I've lined up the board many ways and noticed things line up in the RC1, RC2, and notch above and tried many combinations and interpretations of the info in the photo from the eeprom on the website to no avail. I'm convinced I'm overthinking this :)

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[rbeiter]

Hi Nick,

Unfortunately no. I have filled the RC1 and RC2 boxes in a number of different orientations on the image and tried many combinations of input on the form to no avail.

There is one spot where RC1 and RC2 reflect the same value and I’ve tried doing something with what comes in the notch at the top, following the example from “Willy” and the scene in Goonies but I just can’t seem to find the right input to feed the form. I’m still not sure if the value(s?) need manipulation after finding the right one or if I’m over-thinking this.

Thank you for the help, Randy

[Nick-o10]

SPOILERS

https://www.sparkfun.com/pages/SP250Firmware [I have to use IE / Edge for this to work, there is a web error of some type. Looking for am email to submit a trouble ticket on it]

2e32017 (2e3 is in the RC1 and 2017 in the RC2 slot, lines up perfectly.)

I get an error "This content can’t be shown in a frame", but I can click on Open in a new window, which takes me to:

https://www.sparkfun.com/pages/SP250FirmwareDL [You can just start here] and bypass the error and then you have to enter a serial number, any number will work.

Nick

On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 4:12 AM Randy Beiter notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi Nick,

Unfortunately no. I have filled the RC1 and RC2 boxes in a number of different orientations on the image and tried many combinations of input on the form to no avail.

There is one spot where RC1 and RC2 reflect the same value and I’ve tried doing something with what comes in the notch at the top, following the example from “Willy” and the scene in Goonies but I just can’t seem to find the right input to feed the form. I’m still not sure if the value(s?) need manipulation after finding the right one or if I’m over-thinking this.

Thank you for the help, Randy

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[rbeiter]

Thank you, Nick - the issue ended up being a corrupted image I read off the EEPROM making it impossible to solve the riddle. For anyone else struggling with this, if the image isn't a clear, non-repeating B&W image it's not right. Still trying to see if it's my EEPROM or my extraction but this gets me moving again. Thank you!

[FunkeCoder23]

@rbeiter kind of a necro, but were you doing the procedure forward or in reverse? That turned out to by my issue. Doesn't seem to help though, I'm still at the forever countdown, not sure where to go from here

[rbeiter]

Hi @FunkeCoder23 I apologize for the late response! If it's the timer I'm thinking of, I think I found the clue to what to do to interrupt the timer in the data sheets. Is the message from the AI saying you have to "try harder"? If so, the carrier board is susceptible to cold temperatures.

[FunkeCoder23]

Thanks for the reply. No problem, I've had other things occupying my time. I did try throwing the board in the freezer for a while, and even blasting it with an upside down duster can 😂 Maybe it's a different timer? I'll have to try it again when I get the time.

[warrenm]

This is a long-shot, but since all of the relevant URLs have since turned into 404s, does anyone still have a copy of the appropriate firmware file and corresponding instructions?

[rbeiter]

Hi Warren! I do still have the artifacts from this, are you looking for the end-game bundle or a piece earlier in the game? I'll hunt down the files this week and I just reached out to Sparkfun support just to ensure it's ok to share. I'll also hunt the archive to see if there's a license in there which answers this as well.

[warrenm]

Hey Randy, at the moment I'm just looking for the file(s) that would have been found at the link mentioned by the AI at this stage:

There's one last piece you'll need before you can download the firmware from sparkfun.com/prototypeFirmware. 
Only Bob knew the revision code but luckily the BioS EEPROM contains images from Bob's memory. This is a tall 
order but can you get the memory imprint off the EEPROM and see the revision code? Please remember, Goonies
never say die. Especially at Haystack rock.
Remove my memory card and go load the firmware. I'll make sure SparkX never knows where you live and never
sees the light of tomorrow.

I have the revision code, just not the bits themselves.

I am aware of the existence of the endgame files and will almost certainly want them eventually, since it seems that the endgame webpage is also offline (I can see it on archive.org, but the Google Drive link is dead). Thanks in advance for any further assistance!

[Nick-o10]

I looked and could not find my files. I remember this as not being a nice part of the challenge, I maybe used a hex editor, but I'm trying to remember what the Goonies reference was for as well.

Nick

On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 2:47 PM Warren Moore @.***> wrote:

Hey Randy, at the moment I'm just looking for the file(s) that would have been found at the link mentioned by the AI at this stage:

There's one last piece you'll need before you can download the firmware from sparkfun.com/prototypeFirmware. Only Bob knew the revision code but luckily the BioS EEPROM contains images from Bob's memory. This is a tall order but can you get the memory imprint off the EEPROM and see the revision code? Please remember, Goonies never say die. Especially at Haystack rock. Remove my memory card and go load the firmware. I'll make sure SparkX never knows where you live and never sees the light of tomorrow.

I have the revision code, just not the bits themselves.

But I am aware of the existence of the endgame files and will almost certainly want them eventually, since it seems that the endgame webpage is also offline (I can see it on archive.org, but the Google Drive link is dead).

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[rbeiter]

Hi Warren, Nick's post reminds me of which part you are at. The original website had a form where you had to enter revision numbers. That revision number is determined by things you already have. Once you have a revision number to submit, I can play the part of the http form.

[warrenm]

I'm pleased to report that (at least as of now) the URLs referenced above are back online and fully functional, thanks to SparkFun staff on the forum.

Due to this (and thanks to Randy in the meantime for being my Web form surrogate), I now have some firmware files (spx_v52.bin and spx_v54.bin). However, I haven't had any luck in getting the AI to recognize them. I get a different message based on whether or not one of these files is present on the SD card, which feels like a small bit of progress. But regardless of whether or not I try to apply the scrambling/unscrambling procedure, I'm not able to progress. (I wrote a small C program to do the procedure in both directions, but I'm not certain that it's working because of ambiguity in the instructions and possible endianness concerns). My problems were due to differences in macOS and Windows file handling; I've now been able to move forward.