Smart Card Software?

[Jonny M]

Sorry to post this in GD but I need all the help I can get.

I have a couple of SmartCards here, and a reader on my laptop, but no software to actually read the data on the cards.

Can someone point me in the right direction for software that will let me view / edit the details on the cards?

Thanks

[Angus]

Smart cards?

As in new style credit card kind of cards?

[Jonny M]

I guess so, but I'm not trying to read those.

[MiggyMan]

I guess so, but I'm not trying to read those.

Magswipe ?

If it's a wedge type reader (sits inbetween the keyboard and pc) it'll output the card datat directly into the keyboard stream.

Ie, swipe and type, otherwise most are read like dumb serial devices.

[Paul Adams]

Can't vouch for this at all as I've not played with smart cards (worked a little with reprogramming swipe cards in my previous job, that's fairly trivial by comparison though), but I found this on Google:

http://www.brothersoft.com/Software_..._Lite_157.html

This shareware version will allow a user to write simple application software while our Pro version support complex application. Hardware: NexSmart developer smart cards One PC/SC smart card reader Features: PC/SC compliant SDK in ActiveX control Two sample programs with source code in Visual Basic 6.0. Document: Programmers. Guide for VBSDK user.s guide Readme System requirements: Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000

Also found a couple of interesting articles on smart card technology principles, a lot more complex than just storing unencrypted data like magnetic strips:

http://www.lifl.fr/RD2P/CAMILLE/SmartCardTechno.html

http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Art...932/37932.html