Liberal with the check-markslaurie_robeyMay 31 2003, 14:18:35 UTC
I went the opposite way. I *didn't* check off stuff that I wasn't *currently* doing. Otherwise, I think my score would be much higher. Maybe I should go back and take it again...
LCD programmable remotehantamouseMay 31 2003, 22:43:32 UTC
Some of the best money I've ever spent. Each button independantly programmable, it can remember several sequences, and play them any time during the week. And its also my primary clock.
Once Radio Shack sold infrared diodes and detectors. I managed to rig the detector to the joystick port of my old Apple IIe and figured out how to read the signal from TV remotes, but it only worked in a pitch black room. I tried to make a remote controlled who-cares-I'll-think-of-some-good-use-later, but never got it to work.
If PDAs and wireless keyboards/mice use IR to talk... is there any good reason they can't be bent to remote control the TV? thats too obvious an idea. Someones had to have thought of that alread, and why didn't I? Hmmm...
Re: LCD programmable remoteelektronJune 1 2003, 00:02:23 UTC
Because it may not be easy to access the LED directly, in the same way that you can't broadcast whatever you want to a wireless network, or packet-write to a CD-RW that doesn't support it, or send random bits from your USB port. Something handles whatever protocol somewhere, and it's not the CPU.
You tell the serial controller to send 'hello world' and it adds in the start and stop and (possibly) parity bits for you. Of course, if the serial port is fast enough, you can approximate things and hope it doesn't notice the start and stop bits.
Otherwise, the closest you can get (AFAIK) is the 8 data pins on a parallel port, or (analogue) sound out.
The most I've seen of the old radio shack is a 1983 catalogue.
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Envy =-)
I'll have to try coding it into a PDA once (that would be fun).
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Once Radio Shack sold infrared diodes and detectors. I managed to rig the detector to the joystick port of my old Apple IIe and figured out how to read the signal from TV remotes, but it only worked in a pitch black room. I tried to make a remote controlled who-cares-I'll-think-of-some-good-use-later, but never got it to work.
If PDAs and wireless keyboards/mice use IR to talk... is there any good reason they can't be bent to remote control the TV? thats too obvious an idea. Someones had to have thought of that alread, and why didn't I? Hmmm...
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You tell the serial controller to send 'hello world' and it adds in the start and stop and (possibly) parity bits for you. Of course, if the serial port is fast enough, you can approximate things and hope it doesn't notice the start and stop bits.
Otherwise, the closest you can get (AFAIK) is the 8 data pins on a parallel port, or (analogue) sound out.
The most I've seen of the old radio shack is a 1983 catalogue.
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http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=46448
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