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It's a fine line between the two. Why is there not an accompanying keyboard? Oh wait, KVM switches etc. On Wed, 27 May 2020 at 10:54, Russell Coker via luv-talk < luv-talk@luv.asn.au> wrote:
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On Wednesday, 27 May 2020 11:02:46 AM AEST Colin Fee via luv-talk wrote:
It's a fine line between the two.
Why is there not an accompanying keyboard? Oh wait, KVM switches etc.
I am clearly not smart or insane enough to work out why there isn't a keyboard with it. KVM switches work with mice. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
Russell Coker via luv-talk <luv-talk@luv.asn.au> writes:
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-cross-computer-file-sharing-wireless-port...
I bet it requires some sort of custom software not available for Linux... -- Brian May <brian@linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/
Windows and Mac only, needs drivers. Plus a USB slot on each computer for the receiver. On Wed, 27 May 2020 at 11:46, Brian May via luv-talk <luv-talk@luv.asn.au> wrote:
Russell Coker via luv-talk <luv-talk@luv.asn.au> writes:
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-cross-computer-file-sharing-wireless-port...
I bet it requires some sort of custom software not available for Linux... -- Brian May <brian@linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/ _______________________________________________ luv-talk mailing list luv-talk@luv.asn.au https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-talk
On Wednesday, 27 May 2020 12:15:31 PM AEST Keith Owens via luv-talk wrote:
Windows and Mac only, needs drivers. Plus a USB slot on each computer for the receiver.
On Wed, 27 May 2020 at 11:46, Brian May via luv-talk <luv-talk@luv.asn.au>
I bet it requires some sort of custom software not available for Linux...
That's what I expected. But if it's genius then I'm sure someone will write Linux drivers for it soon enough - or maybe produce some other implementation that gives equivalent results. We already have iSCSI and ATAoE, could iMouse be the next thing? http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Generic/Generic-GDI_Printer Remember how they had those "Win Printers" and Windows users laughed that there wasn't a Linux driver? Then a new version of Windows broke compatibility with those printers and some of them ended up only working on Linux and other FOSS systems. Remember that free barcode scanner that was sent out to millions of Americans? I can't remember the name and Google doesn't help (I think it had "quick" in the name). That one lost support when the manufacturer went bankrupt and someone wrote Linux drivers. Keith, before April 1 next year I challenge you to write a Linux driver for the weirdest piece of Windows-specific kit you can find - and get it in the kernel without anyone realising that you are joking. ;) -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
Quoting Russell Coker (russell@coker.com.au):
Remember that free barcode scanner that was sent out to millions of Americans? I can't remember the name and Google doesn't help (I think it had "quick" in the name). That one lost support when the manufacturer went bankrupt and someone wrote Linux drivers.
CueCat (styled as ':CueCat'). I have one, from what was practically the only time I ever visited a Radio Shack store (go get the freebie handout). ;-> https://www.linux.com/news/review-cuecat-barcode-scanner/ https://cuecat.com/ http://www.beau.lib.la.us/~jmorris/linux/cuecat/ The CueCat was a bar-code scanner shaped like a cat. (Let that one sink in). The cat plugged into a consumer's computer with an actual wire—no Bluetooth, no Wi-Fi. The consumer then scanned print ads with it. So your typical Dawn of the Century Man was meant to sit there with a magazine or newspaper, then see an ad and be so moved by that ad that he'd reach for this bar-code scanner attached to his computer, scan the ad and then be whisked away to … a website. That is all CueCat did: take the consumer from an ad to, basically, another ad. (And this was after the consumer installed the software on his or her computer and registered with his or her ZIP code, gender, and email address.) Belo Corp., RadioShack, Y&R and Coca-Cola were among the companies that invested a total of [US] $185 million into this. https://adage.com/article/ken-wheaton/tempted-latest-marke/298660
On Wednesday, 27 May 2020 4:20:14 PM AEST Rick Moen via luv-talk wrote:
Quoting Russell Coker (russell@coker.com.au):
Remember that free barcode scanner that was sent out to millions of Americans? I can't remember the name and Google doesn't help (I think
CueCat (styled as ':CueCat'). I have one, from what was practically the only time I ever visited a Radio Shack store (go get the freebie handout). ;->
Ahh that's why I couldn't find it. I misremembered it as being shaped like a mouse, so wrong animal meant no hits. As an aside, Radio Shack in Australia seemed pretty good when I was young. It had some electronic kits (not as good as Dick Smith but better than nothing) and a reasonable array of parts, although anything you could buy somewhere else would probably be cheaper somewhere else. Maybe the biggest advantage of Radio Shack was that they had a store within walking distance of my home which was by a stop for my school bus.
ad and then be whisked away to … a website. That is all CueCat did: take the consumer from an ad to, basically, another ad. (And this was after the consumer installed the software on his or her computer and registered with his or her ZIP code, gender, and email address.)
How many adverts have you seen with QR codes? That seems like an obvious use of the technology if you aren't marketing to people who don't have smart phones (elderly or poor).
Belo Corp., RadioShack, Y&R and Coca-Cola were among the companies that invested a total of [US] $185 million into this.
Maybe instead of spending my life incrementally improving relatively solid products and hacking in-house systems so they sorta worked I should have invented something totally crazy and asked for a lot of money. Then I could have retired when I was 30, lived off interest, and spent the rest of my life incrementally improving free software. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
Hi, On 27/5/20 10:54 am, Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-cross-computer-file-sharing-wireless-port...
On Windows there is the garage project, "Mouse without Borders". Then there is this: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-between-compu... Either way, you need a screen attached to whatever computer you want to work with for Barrier. (Barrier is good for Windows, Mac and Linux) https://github.com/debauchee/barrier It's not a proper KVM, but rather a software version, so you need the machines to be running the special software (not bare metal usage on client machines). Barrier might be useful using a camera remotely, but you might need to do some tunneling foo to get it to work. For headless machines, plain old ssh is the go. Cheers A.
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