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Jacquers wrote: Can also be celebrated on 22/7 ?
Not in the USA.
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Hi all,
I really like the clicky-part of mechanical keyboards, but they don't come in ergonomic styles, do they? If yes, please recommend!
Even the DAS keyboards are just rectangle planks with keys - which are a pain for my wrists if I use them over 4hrs/day.
I now use the Microsoft Natural Ergo 4000, but don't particularly like the switches.
any ideas?
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Been using a Kinesis Advantage 2 for several years (spendy). I like it. More importantly, my arthritic hands like it. I tried an ErgoDox EZ, couldn't get used to it. If you want to get overwhelmed, try ergonomic keyboards on reddit.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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Every once in awhile you come across a little piece of software that is as simple as it needs to be and no simpler - something as unobtrusive as it is valuable that makes you ask how you got by without it.
Termite: a simple RS232 terminal[^]
I've used PuTTY. I've used Telix. I've used all kinds of terminal software, and for my money is easily the best one out there, precisely because it doesn't do much.
It's an installess executable so it's an easy tool to work with in the field when you have to pop a serial probe on a board or something and you're using someone else's lappy.
It's reliable as all heck, which is gold when you're using it to debug other things. You don't have to second guess anything. It doesn't reformat your serial data or anything high level. If it can't read your COM port, it's a hardware issue.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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br@dy++ terminal is a pretty good one, simple and doesn't need install. Terminal[^]
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In Italian "termite" is "thermite" and I was trying to figure out what did you need to EXPLODE!
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Not sure how to read and/or interpret your sentence... but for sure... the English term "termite" translates into the Italian term "termite". They are pronounced differently, but the two words refer precisely to the very same thing - an insect...
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Termite in italian is also the explosive Termite (miscela incendiaria) - Wikipedia[^].
Since it was capitalized it couldn't be confused with termite as the common noun.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Good to know, thank you.
I'm used to PuTTY (and, to a lesser extent, RealTerm).
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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I used HyperTerminal, PuTTY, Termite and others, in the end got fed up and rolled my own. The install free peaks my interest no need for admin rights? and it handles interrupts with out the HAL getting in the way... tell me more!
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What did you not like about Termite?
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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No current need, I have been using Putty to connect to my OpenVMS systems most recently.
How about logging and slow text file send?
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Termite is good, but when used with tree controls.
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If you want something slightly more advanced I strongly recommend "PComm Lite" from MOXA.
It's free and can do much more, including TCP/IP. 
It's currently available here: https://cdn-cms.azureedge.net/getmedia/188a99a0-fff8-4c18-ae0c-90768d10a90f/moxa-pcomm-lite-utility-v1.6.zip[^]
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but not in practice. - Anonymous
A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. - B. Bryson
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Is is just for COM ports? Does it do file transfer (hyperthing type) stuff? Guess I should try it and stop wasting your time.
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It just monitors serial.  I appreciate the simplicity
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Ta. Know what you mean. I rolled my own.
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I just roll out my VT220 
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...so I'll need a Windows version to replace it. The current system is brilliant - real paper cards, colour coded for category and actual sticky-up tabs for a very short description. Simple, fast, and I've been using it for more years than I care to remember, but I've run out of blank cards, and the ones in use are seriously tatty. The real kicker - I started using it when the digital freebie with Windows 3 (3.1?) disappeared!
Anybody out there know of anything that simple? Just colour coded cards and sticky-up tabs are the prime requirements, but my Google-fu hasn't found anything yet, and I really don't want to roll my own if I can help it.
Pretty please! 
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Than, but I am extremely reluctant to have this information online. The security of a locked box next to my desk is hard to beat!
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Your bio says "Web Developer". I don't know if your lack of trust in your chosen development medium says more about you or the web. 
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A web developer never puts personal data on the web - because he/she provides the means of it...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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