F8 and a GPS -OT
Gene Heskett
gene.heskett at verizon.net
Tue Jul 8 03:40:34 UTC 2008
On Monday 07 July 2008, Simon Slater wrote:
>On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 19:03 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >Regards,
>> >Les H
>> >ANother OLD RS232 and other serial buss Factually Accurate but often
>> >Retarded Technician.
>>
>> There are times Les, when that description is too accurate. :-(
>
>I don't suppose someone of your ilk could point a young bloke to some
>reading on serial comms with linux boxes? I have a box of odd things
>I'd like to get going to save some manual data input (microchip reader,
>barcode scanners etc). Might even be useful when I get a GPS next year.
>I keep putting it off for a rainy day, but the drought hasn't broken
>yet. About 20 years ago did a bit with minicom and remote weather
>stations, but can't recall how I got started.
>
>--
>Hooroo,
>Simon
Put on your green suit and jump right in Les. I've forgotten at least half of
what I ever knew about serial.
--
Cheers, Gene
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"I don't know."
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