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2009-10-09
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#32
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Originally Posted by DaveP1
With a high-resolution camera, an app to read punched cards should be quite feasible.
What the N900 really needs is a punched card reader.
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2009-10-09
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#33
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Originally Posted by DaveP1
Well you could possibly run a punch card reader on a n8xx, there are serial punch card readers, and there is usb to serial cables, and the n8xx does usb host, and I think there is code in linux to deal with the reader. In theory you might be able to hook up a serial card punch as well.
Listen you young whippersnapper, I date back to when ADP and EDP were different and I learned both.
What the N900 really needs is a punched card reader.
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2009-10-09
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#34
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LOL The mind boggles.
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2009-10-09
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#35
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There is a open source system/370 emulator so you could actually create a tiny system/370 system, along with the punch card reader/writer. That would win you some kind of old school geek award 
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2009-10-09
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#36
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Originally Posted by eiffel
There we have it! The secret goal of Project Black.
a phone with a high-resolution camera and an app to read punched cards...
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2009-10-09
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#37
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iPhone or iTablet on T-mobile certainly qualifies as a potential game-changer.
But, if the iPhone does come aboard, T-mo users who have 3g can probably kiss their decent network speeds goodbye...
But, if the iPhone does come aboard, T-mo users who have 3g can probably kiss their decent network speeds goodbye...
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2009-10-09
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#38
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Originally Posted by klinglerware
iTablet=seXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXyyy!
iPhone or iTablet on T-mobile certainly qualifies as a potential game-changer.
But, if the iPhone does come aboard, T-mo users who have 3g can probably kiss their decent network speeds goodbye...
I get all warm and fuzzy when I think of an iTablet
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2009-10-09
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#39
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Originally Posted by pataphysician
I wonder if I could pick up an IBM 052 card punch on eBay?
Well you could possibly run a punch card reader on a n8xx, there are serial punch card readers, and there is usb to serial cables, and the n8xx does usb host, and I think there is code in linux to deal with the reader. In theory you might be able to hook up a serial card punch as well.
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2009-10-09
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#40
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Boy Genius Report has a tipster who says that Project Black is new phones (including the N900) plus a $50/month unlimited data+voice plan. Now that's something I can get excited about: a T-Mob plan that's priced in line with the quality of their network.
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What the N900 really needs is a punched card reader.