Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:45:25 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) | From | "W. Reilly Cooley" <> | Subject | FireWire Support? {Was: Re: Strange keyboard problem} |
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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
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