RE: Waiting for a good Control Program

[Ron Wickersham <rjw@alembic.com>]

hi Chris,

i can provide 27/7 connectivity and a machine for testing/collaboration
that is dedicated to this work (so you don't have to be careful, etc.)

-ron

On Mon, 6 May 2002, Chris Albertson wrote:

> Rob,
> 
> I can test but first...
> Put your stuff on Source Forge then I can test against it and check
> any change back into CVS.  E-mailing patches and updating FTP
> servers is to slow and error prone.  CVS works in real-time.
> You can use my Source Forge Account if need be.  We can clear
> out whatever is in there
> 
> I intended to put my Mk IV board set on line.  I actually did but
> there were no takers back then  Later my DSL company
> went broke and the new company has their price set above my threshold.
> 
> If someone has a PC that is on-line 24x7 and will make me a log-on
> account on it I'll send the board out.  This should be a Linux PC
> that is not used for important work.  A P100 is fast enough but
> it does need at least 64MB RAM and a decent hard drive.  You can
> power the board from the PC by exending a disk drive cable out of
> the PC box.  You will also need a free serial port on the PC.
> 
> --- Tom Droege <tdroege2@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Rob and all,
> > 
> > I am struggling with what to do about this.  I had hopes that Rob
> > could 
> > send me code that I could test on ROB before he came and got it.  I
> > now 
> > think that will not work very well.
> > 
> > What might work is for one of the system owners to put their system
> > on 
> > line.  The hope is that then everyone will be able to get at it and
> > test 
> > code.  This was part of the purpose of sending the test boards to 
> > Chris.  But this did not really work out.
> > 
> > Once ROB gets shipped, then there will be 4 field locations.  ARNE, 
> > MICHAEL, MIKE and ROB.  I really hope that one of these locations
> > will be 
> > able to put their system on line.  I suspect that this is not
> > possible for 
> > ARNE.  Possibly it is also awkward for MICHAEL.  So the prime
> > candidate is 
> > probably ROB, since Mike is running Windows on MIKE.
> > 
> > What do you all think?
> > 
> > Tom Droege
> > 
> > At 10:47 AM 5/6/02 -0600, you wrote:
> > 
> > Hey Tom,
> > 
> > I hate to disillusion you, but the last time I wrote assembly was in
> > college.  With linux, they even wrap the common assembly instructions
> > in
> > macros and functions.
> > 
> > What I will use is C, or inline C (you can put C inside your Perl
> > programs,
> > with the appropriate CPAN module of course) to accomplish some of the
> > items
> > I need (like grabbing the data from the memory card).
> > 
> > If I can be of any assistance with the memory tester thing (like the
> > tester
> > interfaces with a pc), let me know.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Rob
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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