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From: sundare@watson.ibm.com (C. Sundaresan)
Subject: device which tracks eye movements?
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 21:07:27 GMT
Distribution: USA
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Keywords: eye movements

Is there anything available for a person who is almost totally
immobile (can move eyes and lips, but lip movements aren't too
well coordinated) to interface to a PC for communication?
He has a very high IQ but also a serious neurological disease
 -- two of his grown children can program so whatever rough
state the device or its drivers might be in, it would still
be of interest.

I think I read of things used in fighter plane cockpits that
could detect, from a reflected beam, where the pilot's eyes
were directed .... any pointers to university or private
labs, companies, etc. would be appreciated.

Chris Sundaresan
From: Dinesh.S.Atreya@mailbox.bison.mb.ca (Dinesh S Atreya)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Instrumented RCC
Date: 24 Sep 92 21:44:31 CST

Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University



We (Texas A&M University Robotics group) are interested in 
finding information about vendors supplying Instrumented
RCC's. These are regular RCC's (Remote Compliance Centers)
which provide a facility of reading the deflections in the
RCC to compute the kinematic transformations of the 
end effector. 

In case anybody has any information about such (similar)
devices, please post on net or send an email to
                   Dinesh S. Atreya
          email address: dinesh@cs.tamu.edu

THANK YOU

dinesh

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Newsgroups: comp.robotics
From: R13552@paccvm.corp.mot.com (Taylor Cheng)
Subject: ROBOT PING-PONG CHAMPIONSHIPS
Organization: Motorola
Date: 28 Sep 1992 21:38:36 HKT


The 1992 Robot Ping-pong World Championships was held in Hong Kong in
Sept 28 (Sun). Four teams from Hong Kong, England, Switzerland, and
Sweden competed and results are as follows :-

World Championships: "BATMAN", Institute of Robotics, ETH, Switzerland,
first runner-up    : "CHARLIE V", Highbury College, Portsmouth, England,
second runner-up   : "Citybat 1", City Polytechnic of Hong Kong,
third runner-up    : "GIRL", Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden.

I was one of the audience and was very impressed by their performances.
Conceivably, the four teams should have (or will) published some of their
research findings in technical journals. Could anyone tell me where I can
find those publications?

Best Regards, Taylor (R13552@paccvm.mot.corp.com)
From: otto@sybase.com (Otto Lind)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: Pan/tilt heads
Date: 29 Sep 92 00:45:28 GMT

In article <BuzD6s.BxM.2@cs.cmu.edu>, br@cs.cmu.edu (Bill Ross) writes:
|> 
|>     I'm looking for a camera pan/tilt head.  It should be small,
|>     fairly quick, and be equipped with pots or encoders to sense
|>     camera orientation.  Any ideas on who could sell me one of
|>     these?
|> 
|>     Thanks!
|>     Bill
|>     br@cs.cmu.edu 

Hi Bill,

A commercially available computer-controlled pan-tilt unit is being
produced by a local bay area company called Directed Perception. It
has been designed to be low-cost ($1200), fast (e.g., over 180
degrees/sec), and accurate (e.g., resolution of 3.09 seconds/arc per
position). I saw a Beta unit (it's now entering Beta testing), and it
was impressive.

Some info from their preliminary spec sheet:

GENERAL FEATURES
	* Simple to use from any RS-232 terminal or computer
	* Fast and accurate camera positioning at low cost
	* Precise control of position, speed & acceleration
	* Small form factor
	* Allow on-the-fly position and speed changes
	* Self-calibration upon reset
	* Motor power consumption controlled from host
	* Can use DC power input from unregulated or noisy sources
PAN-TILT PERFORMANCE
	* Maximum rated payload: over 3 lbs.
	* Maximum speed: over 180 degrees/sec
	* Acceleration/Deceleration: Trapezoidal, on-the-fly target
	  speed and position changes
	* Resolution: 3.086 arc minutes per position
BUILT-IN CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS
	* Basic mode: Host RS-232 port connected to single pan-tilt
	  unit and controller
	* Extended mode: Control of multiple pan-tilt units from one
	  or more host computers. Multidrop, high-speed RS-485 
	  packet network with error detection. 
POWER REQUIREMENTS
	* Input voltage: 11-25VDC unregulated
MECHANICAL
	* Weight 2.2 lbs
	* Dimensions: 3" wide X 5.2" wide X 4" deep
	* Load mounting: standard #1/4-20 screw and mounting plate
  	  easily removed for custom modifications
	* Pan-Tilt mounting: Bottom and front #1/4-20 mounting.

Information can be obtained from:
	Directed Perception
	1451 Capuchino Avenue
	Burlingame, CA  94010
	(415) 342-9399

Otto

P.S.	I don't have any connections with Directed Perception, just happen
	to know the people there.

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otto@sybase.com                      6475 Christie Ave Emeryville, CA 94608
{pacbell,pyramid,sun}!sybase!otto    (510) 596-3691
From: jerry@incc.com (Jerry Rocteur)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Feed wanted
Summary: infoserv
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:24:24 GMT
Organization: InCC.com Perwez Belgium

In article <c4uJ02dl23Rj01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, tpa10@ccc.amdahl.com (Thomas P. Anderson) writes:
> In article <92271.141550MKK2@psuvm.psu.edu> MKK2@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> >I need a low volume email and news feed.  Of course, I'll pay the phone bills.
> >Probably fewer than 20 email messages and 20 newsgroups.
> >
> >Anybody still living the old style Unix way ? 8-) 8-)
> >
> >Lee Sailer
> >814.725.2611
> >Near Erie PA
> 
> I am also looking for the above.
> Tom A.
> Daly City CA (415 area code).

 I use Infoserv in California, it is very cheap (under $9 a month),
 if you want a news feed from them as well it can go up to $15 a
 month.

 Send mail to postmaster@infoserv.com, they use Telebit modems, I
 can't get very good cps from Belgium Europe but you guys in CA should
 get great cps.

 The replies are pretty slow when you have a question but all in all I
 am satisfied with the service.

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From: brown@odin.ins.cwru.edu (Dan Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Feed wanted
Date: 29 Sep 1992 02:14:09 GMT
Organization: Subversive Student Publications un-inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: odin.ins.cwru.edu

In an earlier posting tpa10@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Thomas P. Anderson) writes:
>In article <92271.141550MKK2@psuvm.psu.edu> MKK2@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>I need a low volume email and news feed.  Of course, I'll pay the phone bills.
>>Probably fewer than 20 email messages and 20 newsgroups.
>>
>>Anybody still living the old style Unix way ? 8-) 8-)
>>
>>Lee Sailer
>>814.725.2611
>>Near Erie PA
>
>I am also looking for the above.
>Tom A.
>Daly City CA (415 area code).

I have a feed from Akademia Pana Kleska Public Access Unix in the Cleveland
area, run by Zbig Tyrlik. He is fairly easy going about feeds, as long as 
you pay the phone bills. You can reach him at zbig@wariat.org.

You can dial into APK at +1 216 481-9445, USR Dual standard HST/V.32BIS or
+1 216 481-9425 Telebit Worldblazer. APK currently has two phone lines, 
and should soon be getting some more. An Internet connection is also in
the works. APK also offers a bbs, shell access, file transfers, etc.

I would also be willing to provide mail only feeds for people. I only
have a 286 running UUPC under dos and an MNP 5 capable 4800 baud
modem, but... if it is all you need... no problem. Send mail to me at 
brown@brauhaus.wariat.org, and we will see what we can work out.

Later.
-- 
Dan Brown	
brown@ins.cwru.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: s4uhkm@fnma.COM (Howie Michalski)
Subject: ** uuPC Problem **
Reply-To: s4uhkm@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 17:43:45 GMT

Hello all,

I am installing a UUPC-based mail network (that's UUPC by the folks at
kewgate).  I have had success with the uucico -w <user> option but ONLY
when BOTH sites have mail to send to each other.  For some reason if only
the calling machine has outgoing mail -- the whole thing just hangs after
the chat script is finished and the callers mail isn't transferred.  

We are running the uucico "host/slave" (with the -w option) under Front Door.
We have a comms script (using {COMMO}, a dos comms program) that we inserted
between FD and uucico that validates the user/password and builds the command
line to call uucico with the right user name and buad rate.  Anyway, all of 
that is working, but as I said BOTH sites must have mail to send or nothing 
happens.  The docs say that FOR THE CALLING machine that you must specify the
-s <system> option to force a CALL to a system even if you dont have outgoing
mail for that system -- we are using that on the calling end, but havent tried it
on the host/slave end because th docs dont say that its a valid option in
host/slave mode?????


Help!!!

All responses appreciated, either here or via email

Cheers,
Howie

PS -> I tried contacting the UUPC folks at their mailing address but received
      no response.  Anyone have an accurate address (email)?


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From: dave@srcengg.MV.COM (Dave Newcomb)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: test
Distribution: world
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 13:58:32 GMT
Organization: Source Engineering, Nashua NH

test message
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: thigpen@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Keith Thigpen)
Subject: Anyone used uupc AND fsuucp?
Summary: Looking for comparison of uupc and fsuucp
Keywords: uucp fsuucp comparison
Organization: NASA/MSFC
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:02:29 GMT

I'm trying to settle on one of the PC based uucp packages: either uupc or
fsuucp. Has anyone used BOTH of these packages that can give me a critique?
Both seem fairly capable, but I'd like to know how they stand up to real
use.

Keith

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From: joe@jshark.uucp (Joe Sharkey)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Mail efficiency over UUCP...
Date: 27 Sep 92 21:47:48 GMT
Organization: Independent Network (UK)

In article <1992Sep27.141935.17836@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>In article <Bv71qC.I8u@solaria.mil.wi.us> root@solaria.mil.wi.us (Joe Greco) writes:
>>Can somebody suggest why it is that while news can be sent compressed over
...
>>Are people doing this already and I have just never heard of it?  Or is
>>there a practical (or obvious) problem with it that I am not seeing?
>
>There are sites (I don't know which) where mail is sent using a batched
>SMTP protocol (BSMTP), and a batch of messages is compressed before
>transmission.  You need something like BSMTP for batching mail, because
>you must keep the envelope information (the equivalent of the 'rmail'
>command parameters) associated with the message.

It is provided as an example with smail3 (and zmailer?)

I use it - works great over long distance links: also cuts out the
silly 'X.' files...

joe.
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150 Hatfield Rd, St Albans, Herts AL1 4JA, UK       (joe@jshark.rn.com)
(+44) 71 629 5932        Mail/News feeds available soon, email for info
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.sys.sun.misc
From: ron@mlfarm.com (Ronald Florence)
Subject: Re: How to log transfer statistics (bytes/sec) with uucp?
Organization: Maple Lawn Farm, Stonington, CT
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 19:55:18 GMT

Seng-Poh Lee writes:

   How does one get uucp (SunOs 4.1.1) to provide transfer statistics in
   the log file? 

Look at /var/spool/uucp/.Admin/xferstats.  You can process the file
with awk or another tool of your choice if you need cumulative
statistics. 
-- 

				Ronald Florence
				ron@mlfarm.com
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: ivan@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg ("Ivan Leong")
Subject: Re: UUCP on DOS and MS-WINDOWS
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:35:55 GMT

Rick.Ellis@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:

>  "L> Sorry, couldn't help but think this is a kludge at best. Couldn't the
>  "L> uucico simply accept the CD from the mailer and asks for login and 
>  "L> password? A can't-be-simpler bypass of the modem answering routine 
>  "L> would have done it.
> 
> That's essentially how I do it here.  It works quite well.

Do you have the src? Could it be UUPC/Extended? This seems to be the only
one with src code ;( I was rather surprised not finding the workaround,
in as late a version as 1.11v.

'il
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From: dlucy@sandr.COM (Douglas Lucy)
Subject: Re: How to log transfer statistics (bytes/sec) with uucp?
Organization: S&R Software, Inc.
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 00:36:58 GMT

In article <1992Oct3.025121.23130@tc.cornell.edu>:

> Seng-Poh Lee writes:
>
>   How does one get uucp (SunOs 4.1.1) to provide transfer statistics in
>   the log file? 

I'm using tua, which picks up the stats for HDB uucp sites and gives
LOTS of good info.

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[ dlucy@sandr.COM                                                ]
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: graham@dracula.cis.ohio-state.edu (KiloGraham)
Subject: UUCP connection in Fort Lauderdale???
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 18:46:35 GMT

	Does anyone know of a place where a small business can get a UUCP
connection in Fort Lauderdale. We are looking for one with a small or no fee.
Please email all messages to graham@ohio-state.cis.edu, because I don't 
normally read this news group. Thanks in advance for all help. Later.




Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: jgreco@solaria.mil.wi.us (Joe Greco)
Subject: Re: Mail efficiency over UUCP...
Organization: Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 02:58:31 GMT

In comp.mail.uucp article <Bv9B7p.3y1@jshark.uucp>, joe@jshark.uucp (Joe Sharkey) wrote:
:In article <1992Sep27.141935.17836@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
:>There are sites (I don't know which) where mail is sent using a batched
:>SMTP protocol (BSMTP), and a batch of messages is compressed before
:>transmission.  You need something like BSMTP for batching mail, because
:>you must keep the envelope information (the equivalent of the 'rmail'
:>command parameters) associated with the message.
:
:It is provided as an example with smail3 (and zmailer?)
:
:I use it - works great over long distance links: also cuts out the
:silly 'X.' files...

What does the remote site need to be running?  I've actually got no idea
what MU is using on their end as a mail system (smail or sendmail,
certainly, but which?) ....  but it probably doesn't matter as I doubt
that we'll ever get to work it out.  The sysadmin at my upstream site is a
really busy guy.

I guess I just remain suprised at how little thought seems to have been
given to this kind of functionality.  With high speed, data compressing
modems it's not really a major issue, but 1200 baud modems were common when
I first got into UNIX, and I'm suprised people didn't find creative (if 
obvious) solutions to transmission speed limits.  On large uuencoded
packets, I get a respectable savings when I compress the message in
question.

Ah well, such is life.

... Joe

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Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI			   414/321-9287
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
From: gert@greenie.gold.sub.org (Gert Doering)
Subject: Re: Mail efficiency over UUCP...
Organization: GreeniE
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 08:23:59 GMT

rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:

>In article <Bv71qC.I8u@solaria.mil.wi.us> root@solaria.mil.wi.us (Joe Greco) writes:
>>Can somebody suggest why it is that while news can be sent compressed over
>>a UUCP link, nobody seems to have done this for mail?

>>Are people doing this already and I have just never heard of it?  Or is
>>there a practical (or obvious) problem with it that I am not seeing?

>There are sites (I don't know which) where mail is sent using a batched
>SMTP protocol (BSMTP), and a batch of messages is compressed before
>transmission.  You need something like BSMTP for batching mail, because
>you must keep the envelope information (the equivalent of the 'rmail'
>command parameters) associated with the message.

If you use "smail 3.1" it is quite easy - look in the "samples" directory
for an transport to spool outgoing in mail in a queue directory,
shell-skripts to collect and compress (or freeze) the batches before
calling out and for receiving compressed mail batches.

I'm using this for about a year now and I'm very happy with it.

gert
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From: rad@railnet.nshore.ORG (Rick DeMattia)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: UUCP utility suite?
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 21:07:05 EDT
Organization: Railnet BBS +1 216 786 0476

rccarm00@mik.uky.edu (ron c carman) writes:

>    Is there a set of utilities available (alone, not as part of a bbs
> package) which allow DOS to use UUCP to send/receive USENET feeds and
> E-mail?
>    Many thanks.

Yes.

UUPC/x is a free set of uucp utilities.  It's available on Compuserve,
many bulletin boards, and surely at Simtel.  (I have no info on
ftp sites).

SNEWS is a full-screen newsreader/poster which integrates with
UUPC/x.  Available the same places.

And of course there is Waffle, which is disguised as a BBS but
really can be used quite well as a standalone setup.  $30 Shareware.

All the above function quite well.  This is being written from
Waffle; the PC on the desk behind me is configured with UUPC and
Snews.

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From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Mail efficiency over UUCP...
Date: 28 Sep 92 09:21:19 PDT
Organization: Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego, CA

In article <1992Sep27.141935.17836@mp.cs.niu.edu>, rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu 
(Neil Rickert) writes:
> In article <Bv71qC.I8u@solaria.mil.wi.us> root@solaria.mil.wi.us (Joe Greco) writes:
>>Can somebody suggest why it is that while news can be sent compressed over
>>a UUCP link, nobody seems to have done this for mail?
> 
> The major difference is that mail deals with single messages, while news
> deals with a batch of many messages.  The savings from compressing a
> single message are relatively small (sometime negative), unless the
> message is large.
> 
>>Are people doing this already and I have just never heard of it?  Or is
>>there a practical (or obvious) problem with it that I am not seeing?
> 
> There are sites (I don't know which) where mail is sent using a batched
> SMTP protocol (BSMTP), and a batch of messages is compressed before
> transmission.  You need something like BSMTP for batching mail, because
> you must keep the envelope information (the equivalent of the 'rmail'
> command parameters) associated with the message.

There is also a package called "uubatch", by Gil Tene (devil@hellnet.org) and
Baruch Cochavy (blue@dduster.hellnet.org). It is implemented as a demon that
periodically looks for outbound mail to a particular uucp neighbor in the uucp
spool directory and converts all such mail into a single batch file
(compressed) with a new uucp work request file (C-file).  A new remote-system
work file is also created, and when this file lands on the target system it
invokes not rmail but the decompress-and-unbatch function.  The unbatch process
creates the separate D and X files in the spool directory, and these are then
processed by the normal uuxqt mechanism. 

With either BSMTP or uubatch, the win from combining many small files into one
is just as important as, maybe even more important than, the win from
compression.  In the normal uucp mail scenario, the inter-file delay can easily
exceed the time required to actually transfer a typical mail message, and
certainly exceeds the time required to transfer the X file that accompanies
each message file. 

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
uucp 'g' protocol guru and release coordinator, VMSnet (DECUS uucp) W.G., and 
Chair, VMS Programming and Internals Working Group, U.S. DECUS VAX Systems SIG 
Internet:  jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
Uucp:  ...{crash,eisner,uunet}!cmkrnl!jeh
From: root@solaria.mil.wi.us (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Mail efficiency over UUCP...
Date: 26 Sep 92 16:27:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: solaria.Bv71qC.I8u
Organization: Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI

Can somebody suggest why it is that while news can be sent compressed over
a UUCP link, nobody seems to have done this for mail?

I take these occasional "major mail hits" over a very slow link, and it just
occured to me that mail is not compressed.

Historical reasons aside, is there a reason that two sites could not agree
to support compressed mail, and instead of a site piping mail to
"uux - site2!rmail" (specific options deleted, obviously) one could use
"compress | uux - site2!crmail" and have a short shell script on the
receiver's end to the effect of "zcat | rmail"?

Are people doing this already and I have just never heard of it?  Or is
there a practical (or obvious) problem with it that I am not seeing?

... Joe

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Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI			   414/321-9287