Re: Multimedia

["ellisr63" <ellisr63@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> "ellisr63" <ellisr63@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Robert Green wrote:
> >> "IVB" <ivb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> > Whilst not as good as a DVD, there's a few of us with threads over on
> >> > the
> >> > CQC forum that showcase our interfaces. If you see my thread, then to
> >> > see
> >> it
> >> > "in actin" would be pretty boring as you'd just see me press buttons.
> >>
> >> Don't know how I missed your reply the first time but I just found it
> >> while
> >> looking for your message about the Fuj3400, which just arrived a few
> >> minutes
> >> ago.  I'm apparently going to need lots of help getting it going.  It
> >> boots,
> >> and looks pretty darn sweet, but locks up at the desktop with a two large
> >> rectangles, one green, one orange.  The mouse pointer occasionally moves,
> >> but for reasons I can't fathom.  The ports I thought were keyboard and
> >> mouse
> >> ports are actually mic and earphone inputs and the keyboard (which DIDN'T
> >> come with the machine :-( is apparently connected by IR.  I am going to
> >> try
> >> my Compaq IR keyboard to control it, but I don't have much hope they're
> >> compatible.  I think my only other choice is a USB mouse or keyboard.
> >> Any
> >> resources you can point me to, like an operations manual, will be deeply
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> Getting back to a CQC DVD, IMNSHO I think a lot of technical product
> >> makers
> >> don't quite see the value of presenting their product in a coherent
> >> marketing light.  No offense to Dean intended, but a CQC DVD might be a
> >> good
> >> investment because it doesn't require any installation of anything -
> >> something Dean's already agreed that's a problem with Windows
> >> installations.
> >> A DVD allows for a nice, detailed presentation of the product with
> >> narration
> >> and examples from a lot of end users.  It can show how quickly and easily
> >> a
> >> user can program screens.  I'm sold on visual presentation because of
> >> This
> >> Old House.  I can't tell you how many times I've watched them do
> >> something
> >> and said "Aha, I've been doing that the hard way all of my life!"
> >>
> >> > My main interface thread:
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=1429
> >> > My PPC interface thread:
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=2005
> >> >
> >> > You'll see that my stuff is pretty different from most, in that I
> >> > dislike
> >> > all this techie type/super-clean but to me super-sterile looking
> >> > screens.
> >>
> >> This is your Stinkular "sell" phone stuff (no offense meant to you,
> >> plenty
> >> meant to Cingular!), right?  I wanna see Fujitsu stuff!!!! I also see
> >> that
> >> we're both "Aliens" fans!  Which is your favorite?  (As a total aside, I
> >> rented some old Outer Limits TOS DVDs from Netflix and one episode showed
> >> a
> >> futuristic video phone WITH A DIAL!!!!)
> >>
> >> > But, there's plenty of those too:
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=1722
> >> >
> >> http://www.touchscreengraphics.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id
> >> =13&Itemid=29
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/MusicOverlay.jpg
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/CurMusicOverlay.jpg
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/MoviesOverlay.jpg
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/CurMovieOverlay.jpg
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/LightingOverlay.jpg
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/AudioOverlay.jpg
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web/Gallery/CQCDemo1/WeatherOverlay.jpg
> >> >
> >> > http://www.touchscreengraphics.com/images/screenshots/ripper-1024.png
> >> >
> >> http://www.ncrypt.net/touchscreengraphics/images/screenshots/ripper-sharp900
> >> 0.png
> >> >
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web2/Downloads/MiscImages/AlanBrowseMovies.png
> >> > http://www.charmedquark.com/Web2/Downloads/MiscImages/AlanCable.png
> >> >
> >> > http://woodgrant.net/CQC_Backgrounds.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> I assume the above are all on your Fuj.  We've apparently got similar
> >> tastes
> >> in music, too.  I thought no one else had ever heard of "Art of Noise!"
> >> How
> >> long did it take you to design the screens and "hook them up?"  You've
> >> really done a smash-up job.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bobby G.
> >
> > Hi Bobby,
> > I have listened to Art of Noise for years... hard to find anything on
> > CD though. The screens are ab ongoing project as CQC keeps coming out
> > with new features... and I keep adding them too. Originally I spent
> > about a week to get them up and running. I am currently refining them
> > to get the number of templates down. It was up to 100 screens the other
> > day and now I'm down to 81 and slowly getting them down more.
> > Ron
> >