Re: xPL Developers

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On a more general note, your email was quite a surprise to me - it is
> nearly two years. wow! A lot has happened in that time, but for the
most
> part the guts remain the same - xplhal has been quietly (and reliably)
> running my house for over a year, with various cool features that are
a
> real shock when they are missing!

Certainly a lot has happened and hopefuly a lot more will happen......

> It's almost enough to get a guy developing again... And these northern
> hemisphere winter nights are sure starting to draw in ;)

Stop teasing and get to work on a new vfd app ;-)).......What about  LCD
OSD
????....
Got one of those PLCD,S or whatever they are called...normally the screen
is
black and displays the characters in green but doesnt have a backlit and
they viewing angle is better....??? and readable from  a reasonable
distance....

Also got some osd Sanyo chips and am currently getting some schematics and
code  from a uk guy  so if all goes well i intend to do a pcb and sell at
cost in  kit form for those xpllers who are interested.........

More Soon
Frank




----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:39 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] xPL Developers


>
> > IMHO, the major thing missing for xPLers is a slick front end -
> > perhaps there are list members out there with some art and design
> > talents that could be put to good use!
>
> It's a pretty unique skillset - I don't know many developers who can
> cross over into UI design easily.
>
> > Ummm......Must admit i did like the look of the front end thing
that
> was done for xAP...
>
> Yeah - the reaction at UKHA was pretty indicative, I think. Despite
the
> fact that (to the HA purist) the xAP desktop doesn't actually *do*
> anything, it had no end of admirers.
>
> I think my own reaction must have been somewhat akin to giving a kid a
> wonderfully intricate and interesting toy to play with, only to come
> back to find them sitting in the empty box making car noises. ;)
>
> I recall re-installing decomissioned servers and disk packs back into
a
> rack at a previous employer, so that there would be plenty of flashing
> lights for the visit of the top brass... The power of flashy lights
must
> never be underestimated!
>
> On a more general note, your email was quite a surprise to me - it is
> nearly two years. wow! A lot has happened in that time, but for the
most
> part the guts remain the same - xplhal has been quietly (and reliably)
> running my house for over a year, with various cool features that are
a
> real shock when they are missing!
>
> The Rionet stuff is amazing, and there's not the possibility of pure
> windows only services (rather than .Net).
>
> It's almost enough to get a guy developing again... And these northern
> hemisphere winter nights are sure starting to draw in ;)
>
> Ian.
>
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