Re: Woody on 486 problem
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On 02/16/07 17:14, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>
>> You really aren't a geek, are you?
>
> I forgot to mention another use for that machine:
> I read the IR pulses from remote controls and figure out
> the protocols they use. For that, I need microsecond
> level timing resolution, which I can get with MSDOS,
Well, that's one good use for a simple single-process OS.
> but I doubt that Linux can provide that. It needs
Never know until you try... The RT variants should do the trick.
OS/2 in text-only mode might also do it.
> immediate and direct hardware access for that.
> Still not geeky?
A little. :0
> I'll be glad to provide some software to do that, along
> with the circuit diagrams for the IR receiver, if you
> like, off-list.
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