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Article #3082Re: TECH: PowerGlove Serial Interface Order Form
From: Bill Neisius
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:50
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:50
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Jim Brain (jlb31348@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote: : : OK, next batch. PLEASe put your computer type on the order form!!! : : Also, someone in Australia noted that saying that we cannot take units back : is ILLEGAL down under, so I will rephrase. We will bankrupt ourselves in : doing so, so please try to like your unit. We will do everything we can to : satisfy you. But I have been told we have to take them back if we cannot : satisfy you. Boy, I am not so sure we want to sell this now. I mean, what : if they all come back. We will lose hundreds of thousands that we don't have. : Please be sure you want this before ordering. At least the first batch. : : Email me with other newsworthy items of interest. Remember, I would like to : start manufacturing on Feb 1st, and as of today I had not got a single order! : (In the snail mail, that is) I cannot order until I get 100 units sold. : Go out and tell people about it (if you want) So what does the Serial Interface do that the Parallel Interface doesn't? I built the parallel interface for about $5; it seems to work quite well with all the existing programs. What software uses the serial interface? Can I expect a higher frame rate or something? Bill Neisius bill@solaria.hac.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!stein.u.washington.edu!hlab From: bill@solaria.hac.com (Bill Neisius) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Re: TECH: PowerGlove Serial Interface Order Form Message-ID: <1k7bilINNnur@shelley.u.washington.edu> Date: 27 Jan 93 14:50:48 GMT Article-I.D.: shelley.1k7bilINNnur References: <1jvouaINNmcn@shelley.u.washington.edu> Organization: University of Washington Lines: 26 Approved: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu