Re: Home Intranets - was MP3 Whole House Audio

["Dr John Tankard" <jtankard@xxxxxxx>]

Keith, I also thought the about the kitchen terminal, I an I purchased a
touch screen for the job, However mine will just be text based,
unfortunately I have not even got the screen out of the box (its been
gathering dust for nearly 3 years).

I think that for use in the kitchen we will have to look at custom
computers
because of the special problems associated with the kitchen, Touch screens
would be ideal but as a OEM product they are very expensive in sample
quantities. Perhaps a palm pilot or a modified Psion 5 might be the answer.

John
jtankard@xxxxxxx

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:keith.doxey@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 July 1999 22:52
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Home Intranets - was MP3 Whole House Audio
>

> The biggest problem with a home intranet is the display used to show
the
> pages. If using a TV as the display medium 640x480 is best as this is
> approximately the same as a TV picture although a good TV might manage
> 800x600. By choosing a suitable size font for YOUR INTRANET pages most
of
> the problems associated with using VGA to PAL converters can be
overcome.
> The full screen mode of Internet Explorer 5 is also a bonus as it
> maximises
> the viewing area of the screen. Most windows programs these days seem
to
> take about 50% of a VGA screen just for the toolbars and stuff :-((
>
> This whole Automation/Intranet thing has so many possibilities, I
> just wish
> I could spend a lot more time experimenting. As you said in your
message,
> maybe a modular HA/Intranet system could be developed by some of
> the people
> on this list. Many of us have specialised skills in one or more of the
> required areas, hardware, software, design etc.
>
> Looking forward to hopefully meeting some of you soon
>
> Keith
>
> Keith Doxey
> http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
> Krazy Keith's World of DIY Home Automation
>
>  I'm a keen full
> time VB/Access/SQL server developer whose only problem with doing this
> sort of thing is time. I've not written any 'proper' web
> interfaces/applications yet but I'm keen to learn, and I believe
> VB/Access/ASP makes this easy.
>
> I can sell the idea to Kate (wife) if I incorporate recipe
functionality
> in the system too - we had the idea a while ago that if you could
> download loyalty card information detailing what you had bought, a web
> browser in the kitchen could suggest recipes... I've not kept up with
> Tescos, but I know that someone is doing something along similar lines
> using PalmPilots and barcode scanners.
>
> Maybe this would be a good topic for discussion at a mini-meeting -
the
> project is potentially large enough in scope to justify being a
modular
> ASP/Access development that a number of people could contribute to? A
> deadline in the form of a meeting might help focus my development
> efforts too...
>
>
>
>
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