Re: Cheap control + whole house display

[Andy Laurence <andy@xxxxxxx>]

> Andy, where can you find Palm for =A310 ??

It's a case of hunting.  The older Palm models are near worthless thes= e
days.  I was given a free Palm Pilot (yes, the original) a couple of y= ears
ago, and I bought my current Palm V for =A330.  It's a case of scourin= g
second-hand ads.  I don't know of a company that sells them regularly.=

> Overall I think either a Palm
> V (for the chrome look) or one of the original visors would be best. > They must have a serial cable though! I think the Palm m100 type is no= t
> that useful because of the small screen

I'd go with the Palm V myself as it is rechargable, has a reasonable size <= BR> screen and a decent backlight.  The Handspring ones are USB as default= ,
but an optional serial cable is available.

> As for backlight, can be done. I might just add another character to t= he
> beginning to say on or off.

You can turn this on/off in software?  That'd be great.  I just h= old down
the power button until it works ATM.

> Because of how the link works the server program can tell the palm to<= BR> > display something at will, it doesn't need to have a button pushed. So=
> the server could after not hearing from a palm for a while it could te= ll
> it to display some info type screen. Could also make it beep like mad = if
> you like!

That's very cool!  As a bonus, you could probably sync with your deskt= op
so your diary, address book, etc. is always to hand.  That's probably = more
than you'd need/want though.

> Obviously you wouldn't want a palm and a display together on a wall bu= t
> the palm on a desk and the vfd above the tv all over one cat5 does sou= nd
> nice!

That's a great idea!

Andy
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