Speaking of usb, I just had a startling realization. That usb
microcontroller I mentioned earlier could easily be used as a usb-IECserial
interface ;) Since its firmware is downloadable via usb, its easily
updatable, etc. Ideas anyone? ;)
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, [ISO-8859-1] Marko Mäkelä wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Baltissen, R (Ruud) wrote:
>
> > Is there a (Turbo) Pascal compiler for BeOS? If so, may be Joe could be
> > pesuaded to make a BeOS version.
>
> Even if there was, Tori didn't say which hardware she is using. The BeBox
> has two PowerPC processors (I forgot which number) running at some 60 MHz,
> I think. Most low-level stuff in Star Commander has been written in x86
> assembly language. On the other hand, my prlink program is written in C,
> with some optional (#ifdef) inline 68000 or 80x86 machine language code.
>
> > And for Cameron, couldnt this be done on the MAC as well?
>
> No, since the Mac doesn't have a PC-style printer port. On the Mac, the
> only viable option is RS-232 or RS-422 (via a USB adapter on the newer
> Macs). Luckily, RS-422 can be converted to RS-232 with a simple cable (no
> electronics needed).
>
> Marko
>
>
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