27 Jun
2019
27 Jun
'19
7:45 a.m.
On 6/27/19 7:30 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
Even if one didn't want to get into the innards of the 5100 too deeply,
one could avoid the ambiguity of reading the screen photographically by
intercepting the sweep and video signals.
Lots of ways to skin this cat.
--Chuck
From: Liam
Proven
This is *epic*.
Indeed. I was blown away by the complexity of his technique for reading
the digits.
I can't believe there wasn't a much easier technique, though, e.g. using a
logic analyzer and a small program to read through the ROS!
Perhaps the challenge of doing it his way entertained him, though, like
George Mallory's famous line about climbing Everest.