Re: Questions For Dan Murphy


jon_banquer wrote:
> D Murphy wrote:
> > "jon_banquer" <jon_banquer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> > news:1137462339.133907.325980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> >
> > > "MS Word doesn't put anything in when you are using it as a text
> > > editor. If you are in .doc or .rtf format, then you are not using it as
> > > a text editor."
> > >
> > > Didn't even know that MS Word could be used that way... thought it
> > > could only save files in .txt format. As I said, I think MS Word is a
> > > lousy application typical of much of the crap that Microsoft makes and
> > > I stay as far away from MS applications as I can. Personally, I would
> > > rather spend $40 for a real text editor rather than a word processing
> > > application that tries to be a text editor.....but if it works for you
> > > that's cool. As I said in another thread text editors like CADCAM are
> > > religion.
> >
> > I haven't seen a text editor that has any more useful functionality than
> > word. Even notepad is adequate for most editing. You have to remember too
> > that we are usually working on new machines that aren't in production. So I
> > can just edit at the control unless I'm making large wholesale changes to
> > the process, which is pretty rare. IOW, I'm not holding up production by
> > programming and editing at the machine.
> >
> > >
> > > Were you going to answer the USB / PCMCIA question I asked you ?
> >
> > I did.
> >
> > Again, I use a PCMCIA card mostly. I posted a link to a USB to 9 pin
> > adapter. I have no need for cables though as all of the new machines have a
> > PCMCIA slot.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dan
>
> Dan,
>
> Have you actually tried the USB adapter ? I talked with Shop Floor
> Automations a couple of weeks ago and was told that they had purchased
> 5 of these adapters about six months ago and could get *none of them*
> to work. Something about a driver problem.
>
> jon
>
> "I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." ... Jimmy
> Hoffa


I was not clear enough... I should have said these *type* of USB
adapters.

jon

"I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." ... Jimmy
Hoffa

.

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