Roger: Right now, the scoreboards at the US Open (there are 68, of 6 different types) are for the most part slaved to notebook PCs (Thinkpads) on a LAN, and are tasked via IPX packet. However, I have written several serial diagnostic programs for Palm Vx to help our technicians diagnose scoreboard hardware problems when the scoreboards fail. Since a lot of the scoreboards are hanging up in the air on the sides of various stadiums, and have to be repaired via crane or bucket truck, the technicians can carry the Palm in a shirt pocket rather that having to take a ThinkPad up with them. It's a lot more convenient, and a lot safer. The Palm-based diagnostic solution has been such a success that for next year, I have some Palm software in the works that may result in the majority of the less-complex oncourt scoreboards running via Palm. I'm going to be doing a lot of Palm testing at the Australian Open in January, and if the tests go well, I'll look at deploying more Palm apps at the US Open 2001. All the best, James "Roger Chaplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:23621@palm-dev-forum... > > "James Broder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > I'm a scoreboard programmer > > > > Here's a snippet of code from my software that's used to drive the > > scoreboards at the US Open tennis tournament. > > So somebody is sitting there at the US Open, using a Palm handheld to > run the scoreboard? This is too cool! > > -- > Roger Chaplin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
