Dale Mentzer wrote:
> On 16 Sep 00 at 0:00, Mark Willis wrote:
> >>Dead microwave? Hate it when that happens! <G>
>
> Got that puppy fixed! I had to replace 2 of the interlock switches
> also (per the recommendation of a label inside the oven) and it is
> working fine again.
Good <G> It is wise to have those working - Next you can smelt your own
silver or something (There's a "using a domestic microwave to smelt
metals at home" web page out there; Don't do this indoors, and buy a
backup machine to modify for this purpose <G>)
> >>The CueCat just dumps semi-encrypted data to the keyboard port. Driver
> >>should be pretty easy.
>
> What could you use it for if you had or wrote a driver?
Read most any barcode. Think Inventory tracking, as well as using a
laptop during my next bookstore trip. Or make a barcode reader for one
visually disabled friend that'd then tell her what was in that can
someone randomly dumped on a cupboard shelf.
> >>Did I mention http://www.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/cuecat/ or
> >>http://www.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/useofthingsyouownisnowillegal/? One of the
> >>links there gives you Perl, Python, JavaScript, TCL, and I forget how many
> >>other drivers. Think it's the second or third link in the 3rd-4th
> >>paragraph.
> >>
> >>JavaScript to C shouldn't be too hard a conversion <G>
>
> Thanks for the links.
<G> Enjoy!
> Regards,
> Dale Mentzer
>
> I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.
Mark
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