This video shows the prototype of a GNU/Linux controlled CD changer, whose main goal was to burn standard operating system installation cds (Debian GNU/Linux ) for the Swiss distributor debian.ch (closed down in 2007). The system was a PC-486/32 MB with an ISA SCSI board, and three SCSI writers and a reader, with a small parallel port board with a Lattice (thanks Julien) doing some register decoding, and three power controllers (for the three motors: rotation, up/down and grip). The motors where from an old Bull printer and a 5.25 floppy disk. The software was written in Perl This was used from from 2001 to 2003 in the production of about 600 CD-Rs.
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‘Father of the Marcellus Shale’ leads a busy life
This article has been read 4410 times. Things are going pretty well for William Zagorski these days. He’s engaged to be married, recently released his first solo guitar CD and the industry he promoted has a potential economic impact of $13.5 billion in Pennsylvania over the next decade.
