[time-nuts] ad-hoc I/O

2009-08-28 Thread Christian Vogel
Hi Dave, Likewise, there are also versions of MCU's with TCP stacks available too, as well as things like this... http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-servers/xport.html ... Basically, an embedded TCP/IPSerial adapter, with bells on! So you can use existing device

Re: [time-nuts] ad-hoc I/O

2009-08-28 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
The XT-Nano-XXL looks very interesting, and the price is good. With these kinds of hardware devices, the question always arises as to what to use on the other end to talk to the device. I see that ak-nord has a virtual com port driver, which many vendors have. It would also be interesting to

Re: [time-nuts] ad-hoc I/O

2009-08-28 Thread Lux, Jim (337C)
On 8/28/09 7:43 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist rich...@karlquist.com wrote: The XT-Nano-XXL looks very interesting, and the price is good. With these kinds of hardware devices, the question always arises as to what to use on the other end to talk to the device. I see that ak-nord has a

Re: [time-nuts] ad-hoc I/O

2009-08-28 Thread Don Latham
Rick, and other interested time-nuts: I think the thing to use is Robot Basic: http://www.robotbasic.org/ It's simple, has useful simple graphics, runs on its own (no Windoze .net stuff) and best of all is free. There are examples to learn from etc. and a couple of inexpensive books for the

Re: [time-nuts] ad-hoc I/O

2009-08-28 Thread Lux, Jim (337C)
On 8/28/09 10:25 AM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote: Rick, and other interested time-nuts: I think the thing to use is Robot Basic: http://www.robotbasic.org/ It's simple, has useful simple graphics, runs on its own (no Windoze .net stuff) and best of all is free. Does it run under

Re: [time-nuts] ad-hoc I/O

2009-08-28 Thread Don Latham
AFIK, Jim. The website will have some mire info Freudian slip?). I've stopped at XP and have a W2k that I load on to unsuspecting bare machines... Don Lux, Jim (337C) On 8/28/09 10:25 AM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote: Rick, and other interested time-nuts: I think the thing to use is

Re: [time-nuts] ad-hoc I/O

2009-08-28 Thread Christian Vogel
Hi Rick, The other problem I have with these kinds of devices is what to do about software to talk to them. ... The tutorials assume the program talks only to the console (keyboard mouse and monitor). No discussion of connecting to the LAN and interfacing with the hardware. What I have seen

Re: [time-nuts] ad-hoc I/O

2009-08-28 Thread Rex
Don Latham wrote: AFIK, Jim. The website will have some mire info Freudian slip?). Too cryptic for me. I have no clue what you might mean. I've stopped at XP and have a W2k that I load on to unsuspecting bare machines... Don I agree that W2k is great to have around. It runs all but

Re: [time-nuts] ad-hoc I/O

2009-08-28 Thread Peter Vince
Hi Rick, Another program you might like to consider is BBC BASIC for Windows. Richard Russell, an ex engineer at the British Broadcasting Corporation's Research Department, has ported the original 6502 BASIC from the 1980's era BBC Micro. All versions of Windows (including Vista) are