A daft idea about using a printerserver to import video . . .

Luis luis at anachreon.co.uk
Sat May 5 19:16:14 EDT 2007


On 5 May 2007, at 10:41, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

> Luis:
>
> I just had a wonderful idea: do you think you could
> attach a USB port to a haggis and then assign it an IP
> address by routing it through a USB server?
>

First, I'd check to see if some odd shaped mushrooms have gotten in  
with the usual batch.
Second, I wouldn't try unless it's USB 2. At the rate haggis offloads  
you need to be able to cope with that amount of deballasting.

> I mean, wouldn't it be fantastic if you could stream
> chopped entrails, fat and spices into a RunRev stack
> without having to use haggisGrabber?

Right there the name sounds a little dodgy... :)

>
> [err . . . Oh Dear . . . I've given away the name of
> my next great contribution to the wonderful world of
> Revolution programming]

It's taken, have a look at www.haggisgrabber.com
(made you look! :)

>
> The thing that annoyed me about Stephen Barncard's
> last post was the implication that everybody had $250
> to spare, and that seriously outdated computers were
> no use anymore.
>
> One thing that is worth remembering is that RunRev 2.0
> runs very well on an LC 475 and can be used to deliver
> educational content. Obviously when one develops
> educational software for older computers one has to
> extremely careful not to get "drunk on graphics" and
> so on - but an old LC III running System 7.5.5 is
> virtually kid-proof, cheap and easy to maintain; and,
> unlike running old Pentiums with Linux (which is what
> I am doing at the moment) demands almost no specialist
> computer know-how.
>
> In parts of Africa (and elsewhere) there are kids who
> have access to an electricity supply and not much
> else. If folks like Stephen Barncard packed up their
> old Macs and donated them to many of the educational
> initiatives for Africa (Afghanistan, Iraq !!!!, and so
> on) I could find a wider audience for the EFL stacks I
> churn out at the moment - and the poor African kids
> would be welcome to have them for nothing!
>
> And, with a name like Luis (despite posting from the
> UK) my answer to funny remarks about Haggis is:
>
> Bung on the Salsa!!!

:) I'm actually a quarter Scot!

Cheers,

Luis.


>
> Love and muffled noises, Richmond Mathewson
>
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