[NSRCA-discussion] Trip down computer memory lane

[Bob Kane]

I needed my AMA number cut in vinyl, I recently used the last one I had from years ago.  I own an old Roland Stika vinyl cutter, and I actually found the original 3.5" floppy install disks. I held on to an old Compaq laptop running Windows Me, so I plugged it in and the darn thing booted up.  I installed the software, and after a little fooling about with the serial port settings, actually got the cutter to work.  It has been a long time since I had to fool with baud rate, parity, and handshaking. Today's USB and Bluetooth technology make it too easy.
 
Bob Kane
getterflash at yahoo.com
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