Mechanical webpage hitcounter

Re:Mechanical webpage hitcounter by xigency on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @04:54PM (#10699868)

Hm, this seems like a pretty risky way to connect this device to your PC - using a serial port.

Edit: And THAT connection: http://meuk.spritesserver.nl/foto/foto/misc5/img_1999.jpg

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Re:Mechanical webpage hitcounter by sokoloff on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @09:41PM (#10701570)

He has discussion about that hack here: http://spritesmods.com/?art=mechctr&page=2

Seems reasonable enough to me.

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Re:Mechanical webpage hitcounter by xigency on Monday December 14, 2015 @03:02PM (#10733408)

Sure, depending on your computer. If you have a $500 graphics card plugged into a 600W power supply, connecting wires into ports that might short circuit could be seen as a 'bad idea'.

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