Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Apr 1997 19:22:27 -0700 | From | Jeffrey Wiegley <> | Subject | Re: FireWire Support? {Was: Re: Strange keyboard problem} |
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Heck, if nobody else has begun to do this I'ld be willing to start up a team of people to explore this and implement it.
I'm not familiar with FireWire or USB though at this time.
But I do want to "talk" to my house, my wife has already learned to ignore me :-)
- Jeff
W. Reilly Cooley wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Jeffrey Wiegley wrote: > > >when can I hook up my refrigerator to linux and get it to deliver me a > >cold soda on demand? I don't think an interrupt would be neccessary, I > >think polling the refrigerator would be sufficient :-) Would that make > >it a block device or a character device? (or maybe an ice block device > >or a cola device) > > Just wait for USB and FireWire support, then you'll be able, well, almost, > to do this. How about a computer-telephony app that calls the pizza place > with a pre-recorded message to order pizza and beer, so you don't have to > take your headphones off to dial? > > Speaking of FireWire, has anyone begun to develop drivers for it? > > Wil > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > W. Reilly Cooley > NakedApe Consulting & Navi.Net representative > 1509 NE 10th Ave., #104 Portland, OR 97232 > 503 287-2165 wcooley@navi.net > www.navi.net/~wcooley www.navi.net/~nakedape > > As a service, I provide analysis for viruses and poor grammar to senders > of unsolicited commercial e-mail at a rate of US$250 per hour. Delivery of > said correspondence constitutes a request for the aforementioned services > at said price.
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