Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06075
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Darrell Johnson beamtastic@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:58:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] file conversion
probably the easiest way to do the conversion is to open the BMP in
MSpaint, then do a save as, and save it as a GIF... easy stuff. the
file will be a little bit bigger than if you used something like
photoshop, but will still be a reasonable size..
If you're using Windows that is.. this will save you from downloading
anything..
Darrell
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6076 Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:39:56 -0700 (PDT) [alt-beam] Re: LED Screen Anyone? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com James Taylor You are possibly thinking LCD. LED screens have only
recently started appearing (with the invent of the
blue LED) Control is rather simple, and if you look
in any BG micro catalog, their is a controller or 2
listed that uses PIC.
--- SG wrote:
> anyone ever do any work with LED screens?
> i have two 6" ones (VDC) and i was thinkin of
> trying something.
> i know nothing about what kind of driver
> or component board would be needed,
> i want:
> to run a small floppy drive
> display a txt file from the floppy disk on the LCD
> screen.
>
> would i need a whole computer (mother board, vid
> cards etc.)
> to do this?
> or is it possible to do this from a Stamp II or PIC?
> OR: arn't they selling small XT (comparable) like
> computers
> that are small sized now?
>
> before i get flamed....
> yes, this is for a robot application.
>
> just email me directly (sparkyg@seark.net) if you
> can help, don't wanna
> clutter up the list with this.
>
> -Sparky
>
>
>
>
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6077 Tue, 14 Sep 1999 16:20:07 -0400 [alt-beam] Re: LED Screen Anyone? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Ed Spike Can you send me an address or URL for BG micro?
Thanks
73
James Taylor wrote:
>
> You are possibly thinking LCD. LED screens have only
> recently started appearing (with the invent of the
> blue LED) Control is rather simple, and if you look
> in any BG micro catalog, their is a controller or 2
> listed that uses PIC.
>
> --- SG wrote:
> > anyone ever do any work with LED screens?
> > i have two 6" ones (VDC) and i was thinkin of
> > trying something.
> > i know nothing about what kind of driver
> > or component board would be needed,
> > i want:
> > to run a small floppy drive
> > display a txt file from the floppy disk on the LCD
> > screen.
> >
> > would i need a whole computer (mother board, vid
> > cards etc.)
> > to do this?
> > or is it possible to do this from a Stamp II or PIC?
> > OR: arn't they selling small XT (comparable) like
> > computers
> > that are small sized now?
> >
> > before i get flamed....
> > yes, this is for a robot application.
> >
> > just email me directly (sparkyg@seark.net) if you
> > can help, don't wanna
> > clutter up the list with this.
> >
> > -Sparky
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ===
> Everything I say can mean one of two things...If something I say makes you mad....I meant it the other way.
>
> James Taylor
> URL: http://fly.to/springmeadows
> __________________________________________________
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6078 Tue, 14 Sep 1999 20:21:18 -0300 [alt-beam] Re: Hot Wheels Caps alt-beam@egroups.com michael.hirtle@ns.sympatico.ca (Michael Hirtle) what do the XV racers look like?
Justin wrote:
> > I couldn't resist the temptation and tore apart my XVRacer. It has a
> > Hot Wheels cap inside, at least the shrinkwrap on the cap has the
> > logo. Anyway, I hooked it up to a BiCORE circuit that's still on my
> > breadboard, and it seems to run a good long time before running down.
> > 20 minutes or so from a 5 second charge off a 9V battery. It would be
> > nice to find the vendor for these caps so that we can use them in our
> > SE's! Anybody have any inroads at Mattell?
>
> I suspect it might be cheaper to buy XVracers than the caps. I haven't
> been able to compare them to anything as big as a 1F cap, but some crude
> indications suggest they might be 2F or over. Since the whole set is
> cheaper than a 1F cap, Mattel are probably getting some serious bulk
> discount on them - something we wouldn't get from a vendor. Furthermore,
> XV racers can be up to half the price of 1F cap if you get them in a
> good sale, and discounted XV racers are much more common than discounted
> caps :-)
> Still, finding someone at Mattell sounds like a good idea if we could
> pull it off, though I doubt it would take the price below an XV racer on
> a post Xmas sale :-)
>
> It's a pity the XV racer motors are such crap, still, the gears are nice
> (crown gears don't come in the assorted gear packs that I buy)
>
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