[nylug-talk] Linux and small operating areas

[Kevin Mark]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 06:42:58PM -0500, Gregg Levine wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2007 5:27 PM, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta at gmail.com> wrote:
> > No worries. Remind us all what you are trying to do here. (The subject is
> > not explicit enough).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > On Dec 5, 2007 5:13 PM, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!
> > > Yes all of you saw the subject correctly. Right now I am endeavoring
> > > to assemble a system to talk to hardware via a parallel port. (Printer
> > > port at the moment.) Currently the intended kernel is one of the 2.2.x
> > > series ones.
> > >
> > > If this works, and by the end of the winter looks to be a working
> > > idea, then it might become a Spring candidate for the NYLUG session on
> > > that month's turnout.
> > >
> > > My only problem is that of getting my chosen distribution to install
> > > itself properly and actually want to work there.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately Brian my idea to do the same with Open Solaris has
> > > chosen to be a non-starter. It looks as if I can't at the moment find
> > > hardware who's interested.
> > > --
> > > Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
> > > "This signature was once found posting rude
> > >  messages in English in the Moscow subway."
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > - Brian Gupta
> >
> > http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
> 
> Hello!
> Well it was chosen for someone to ask that very same question.
> 
> Not so long ago, I bought a book on Linux and robotics. Its purpose
> was to help me sort out how to apply the methods behind how Linux does
> its thing on computer hardware to the outside world, that is
> controlling other external logic. Part of that problem is that the
> ability to have Linux manage a robot, is still covered in scarce
> information. (There's not much out there!)
> 
> In this case it would be a deliberately chosen older release of
> Slackware Linux running on a laptop and managing this hardware via its
> parallel port.

I recently attended the 3 meeting of makenyc (makenyc.org). Have you
considered the arduino? Also there is a sig at www.nycresistor.com that
may be useful.
-k
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