Monthly Archives: September 2008
Router I/O Bus Cable Problem
I am going to have to re-wire the router I/O Bus connection. I opened the router case to investigate giving the I/O Bus it’s own 5v line – the little 78L05 regulator is really only capable of supplying 1 usb … Continue reading
Blassic I2C Mains Remote Control
Using the Remote Control Unit with the Pic I2C Slave connected to the Midge Router, it is possible to use Blassic to control regular mains devices via the the network. Here is a sample.
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Tagged 16F876A, Blassic, I2C, Mains Control, Midge
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EeePC, Portable Hdd & 3G Phone – On The Road!
Last week, I got a chance to use the system live, I was away for a week with only the EeePC system and a three.co.uk 3G phone from Sony for a modem. All did not go well!
A VPS in the Home/Office
If a VMWare Server/Workstation or VMWare Player make life easy when mixing Linux and Windows on a single system, then a VPS will wipe the floor with them if you need to run several Linux environments and are not worried … Continue reading
(Portable) Virtual Machines
I have used VMWare Workstation and more recently VMWare Player to both allow me to run Linux and Windows on the same computer and run several instances of Linux - to keep projects seperate from each other and to allow new versions … Continue reading