ON 20030202@11:19:25 PM at page: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/quotes.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton See also: http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/articles/47/47-46.htm ON 20030203@2:40:54 PM at page: http://www.piclist.com/techref/servfail.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton replied to post 37513.6669675926 |Insert 'Thanks for your suggestions: Yes, you can use google to search the parts of the site that they have bothered to index. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to cover much. The algorithm is proprietary to Microsoft and inside the search engine so I have no idea what it is. The one huge advantage of the MS Index engine is that it gets a notification of any changes from the OS itself... e.g. it does not have to actually index the site to know what has changed. This alone is a massive advantage. Since the site is now approaching 3 GB of content and is constantly growing (about 200 new documents or changes per day) and the server is a very slow old Celeron, my efforts now are, I think correctly, directed to hardware upgrades... The new server has arrived, and I just need to get the OS installed on it and move the site over. Thanks again for your offer to help...' at: '' ON 20030203@2:41:07 PM at page: http://www.piclist.com/techref/servfail.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton published post 37513.6669675926 James Newton replies: Thanks for your suggestions: Yes, you can use google to search the parts of the site that they have bothered to index. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to cover much. The algorithm is proprietary to Microsoft and inside the search engine so I have no idea what it is. The one huge advantage of the MS Index engine is that it gets a notification of any changes from the OS itself... e.g. it does not have to actually index the site to know what has changed. This alone is a massive advantage. Since the site is now approaching 3 GB of content and is constantly growing (about 200 new documents or changes per day) and the server is a very slow old Celeron, my efforts now are, I think correctly, directed to hardware upgrades... The new server has arrived, and I just need to get the OS installed on it and move the site over. Thanks again for your offer to help...

|Delete 'P-' before: '' but after: ' /techref/piclist/biketut/old/chapter8.htm?submit=LIST ' ON 20030204@5:06:52 PM at page: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/index.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton removed post 37656.7122222222 |Delete ' test' ON 20030204@5:37:19 PM at page: http://techref.massmind.orgindex.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton published post 37656.7336226852 test3 |Delete 'P-' before: '' but after: ' test3' ON 20030204@5:40:06 PM at page: http://techref.massmind.orgindex.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton published post 37656.7336226852 /techref/piclist/biketut/old/appendix1.htm?submit=LIST

Questions:

|Delete 'P-' before: '' but after: ' test4 |Delete 'P-' before: '' but after: ' /techref/bank select ' ON 20030209@8:35:43 AM at page: http://www.piclist.comdrives.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton removed post 37660.5116666667 |Delete 'NeoRayzor@hotmail.com asks: " Your link "Specifications of the IDE interface" doesn´t work. please fix it, soon , i need it." ' ON 20030210@1:11:12 PM at page: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/quotes.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton Says To really understand what it means to kill a man in combat you can not just bomb him or shoot him or whatever... you need to sneak up on him in the dark and slit his throat with your knife and feel the blood running over your hands. - a WWII Veteran. ON 20030213@10:21:57 PM at page: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/index.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton edited the page. Difference: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/diff.asp?url=H:\techref\index.htm&version=62 ON 20030217@4:47:49 PM at page: http://www.piclist.comindex.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton removed post 37669.2440625 |Delete 'jani@bgl.vsnl.net.in shares this code: "
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I am developing a thermal printer interface board and require  english character bitmap codes  for font size 8x8 , 12x24,24x24 and 32x32.
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" ' ON 20030217@11:51:42 PM at page: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/barcodes.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton See also: http://www.telepen-barcode.co.uk/barcode_symbol.asp Specs for the Telepen Barcode system. ON 20030218@12:05:24 AM at page: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/barcodes.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton See also: http://lists.linux.it/pipermail/barcode/2002-November/000136.html Perl script to produce the barcode. ON 20030218@12:12:01 AM at page: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/barcodes.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton Code:
```
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Markus.Kuhn@cl.cam.ac.uk, 2002-11-22

# Encode 7-bit ASCII string into Telepen barcode
# http://www.telepen-barcode.co.uk/barcode_symbol.asp
# Output: string in which '.' and 'B' represent equally wide white and
#         black vertical strokes.
sub telepen
{
    my ($text) = @_;
    my $bits;
    my $barcode;
    my $checksum = 0;

    # Append checksum byte to $text
    for ($i = 0; $i < length($text); $i++) {
	$checksum += ord(substr($text, $i, 1)) & 0x7f;
    }
    $text .= chr(~($checksum % 127) & 0x7f);
    # Convert $text to LSB-first bit sequence with even parity
    while (length($text) > 0) {
	my $char = ord($text);
	my $ones = 0;
	$text = substr($text, 1);
	$checksum += $char;
	for ($i = 0; $i < 7; $i++) {
	    $ones +=  ($char >> $i) & 1;
	    $bits .= (($char >> $i) & 1) ? '1' : '0';
	}
	$bits .= ($ones & 1) ? '1' : '0';
    };
    # Add start and stop codes
    $bits = "11111010${bits}01011111";
    # Now apply Telepen encoding state machine
    my $state = 0;
    while (length($bits) > 0) {
	if ($bits =~ /^010/ && $state == 0) {
	    $barcode .= 'BBB...';
	    $bits = $';
	} elsif ($bits =~ /^00/ && $state == 0) {
	    $barcode .= 'BBB.';
	    $bits = $';
	} elsif ($bits =~ /^01/ && $state == 0) {
	    $barcode .= 'B...';
	    $bits = $';
	    $state = 1;
	} elsif ($bits =~ /^10/ && $state == 1) {
	    $barcode .= 'B...';
	    $bits = $';
	    $state = 0;
	} elsif ($bits =~ /^1/) {
	    $barcode .= 'B.';
	    $bits = $';
	} else {
	    die("Oops, something impossible happend!\n$bits\n");
	}
    }
    return $barcode;
}
```
ON 20030218@12:16:44 AM at page: http://techref.massmind.org/techref/barcodes.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton See also: http://www.renderbar.com/sample.php Javascript to make 3 of 9 barcodes ON 20030218@10:51:37 AM at page: http://massmind.orgreadmodwrite.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton published post 37670.4356365741 /techref/microchip/portpins.htm see also: other port pin gotchas |Delete 'P-' before: '' but after: ' http://www.everythingpcb.com/p5195.htm long list of Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers -- think we can get that site to link back to massmind ? |Delete 'P-' before: '' but after: '