Keyboard actuator

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Wed May 10 15:20:01 2000

At 01:08 PM 5/10/00 -0700, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
>This is THE device that will transfer files to ANYTHING. IF you can stop
>laughing.

Sounds like fun. How could it come close to hitting any key on any
keyboard? Are the solenoids positionable?

Certainly in some situations, a parallel-to-serial conversion box
could capture the bitstream from an archaic computer. That route
would have the benefit of a buffer in most cases. Does this gizmo
have a buffer?

As such, it would be most useful for getting data *into* a system
that didn't have a way to import an ordinary text file. You could
even write filters to massage the stream in order to hit weird
key sequences to reformat the text.

- John
Received on Wed May 10 2000 - 15:20:01 BST