Dear Managers,
First I would like to thank all who responded to my post, especially
the following, for their suggestions.
Robert L. McMillin <rlm_at_syseca-us.com>
Sean O'Connell <sean_at_stat.Duke.EDU>
Jesse Anderson <jesse_at_nesc.org>
Gyula Szokoly <szgyula_at_tarkus.pha.jhu.edu>
PAUKIT_at_HBSI.COM
Jon Reeves <reeves_at_zk3.dec.com>
J. Barnwell barnwell_at_jbsvax.eksystems.com
Peter Stern <peter_at_wiscpa.weizmann.ac.il>
Lucio Chiappetti <lucio_at_ifctr.mi.cnr.it>
John Welsh <John.W_at_integrand.com.au>
We considered all the suggestions based on how easy it would be to
implement what was needed and how easy it would be to obtain the
equipment required to implement the suggested solution. We think that
the solution proposed by Jon Reeves <reeves_at_zk3.dec.com> is the one that
should prove easiest to implement. That is the one we will check out.
Here is the full text of Jon's reply.
> How long are the messages? How big is the budget?
>
> Our group recently bought a cheap (ca. $200) LED scrolling display board that
> takes a simple ASCII serial protocol; our model is 80x7 pixels, with red,
> green, and yellow LEDs at each position. There are much more elaborate
> models, for much more money.
>
> Our model came from a warehouse market (Sam's, BJ's, etc.); the manufacturer's
> web site is at http://www.ams-i.com; our model is called the BETA-BRITE.
> It can also be programmed with a hand-held IR controller with a zillion keys.
>
--
Yours sincerely,
Robert Honore
robert_at_digi-data.com
> Take care of what IS. The APPEARANCES will take care of themselves.
> Money can't buy happiness, but the LACK of money can't buy ANYthing.
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Received on Tue Oct 28 1997 - 14:16:49 NZDT