I used to be very active with small electronic computing devices produced by Parallax. One was the “Basic Stamp”. A small microcomputer that was programmed with “micro-BASIC” programming language. These computers are not what we now call “personal computers” but rather hardware control computers. I.E. Control system or embedded application computers. Their control application use is only limited by human imagination. But these computers are used to control hardware. Not send emails in social media....
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My thoughts and experiences working and playing with a wide variety of personal computing systems and software.
My LINUX Story
I am a pro-Linux supporter. I started using Linux back in my early DOS experience days. I was at the edge of CPM. But never had a need to play with it. DOS was all the rage. But then an amateur radio (ham) friend clued me into Linux in year 1993 or so… Linux needed to be compiled from source code (Slackware Distro) and could be exactly configured to match hardware. This of course made...
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Keyboard problems here. I broke the charging USB port on my Logitech MX Keys S for Mac. My fault. It is because of the way I support the keyboard on my desk drawer. No problem when not charging. But the USB plug gets forced a bit when plugged in for charging. I just re-designed my support ramps to prevent the problem. I should have done that 10 months ago… Lesson learned. This was a chance...
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Purchased a second Elecrow 10.1” video display a couple of days ago from Amazon. My identical first one has been operating flawlessly for more than a year and a two thirds. (Ordered Dec 25, 2020) One day delivery from Amazon. Identical unit. Great! Except it didn’t operate. Bad vertical sync. It’s not a perfect world. Exchange was extremely easy. A few questions on-line and free shipping return and immediate shipping (next day) of another monitor. ...
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