Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
> http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/hebe
rt/?sr=hotnewshttp://www.app
> le.com/science/profiles/hebert/?sr=hotnews
>
> Describes a fellow in Paris who started with an IBM 704
and moved on
> to various bits of vintage iron to create art. (He uses
a Mac now).
> Tony will appreciate the mention of the HP 98xx
series.
Reminds me of that "spirograph" type art from the
60s!
(Ties in with another current thread on the list, too):
<quote>
One new challenge Hébert encountered when he adopted the
Mac was getting the
computer to connect with whatever tool he was using to
trace patterns. "Before
I used the Mac, I would connect the computer to the
machine using an RS232
serial cable," he notes. But Macs had lost their
serial ports by the advent of
Mac OS X, so Hébert had to find other connections. For a
while, he worked
through an old serial hub that he connected with the Mac
via Ethernet. "It took
a while for someone to come out with a reliable
USB-to-serial connector," he
recalls, "but that was resolved three or four years
ago."
Depending upon the tool he’s using, he still occasionally
tinkers with these
connections: "Sometimes I need to install a
manufacturer driver for the
USB-to-serial cable, and sometimes I just write the whole
driver myself—for
instance, to drive a computer-controlled motor."
<endquote>
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