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   Wond to terrypingm   
   Re: Interacting externally with a PC?   
   10 Mar 19 16:34:11   
   
   From: gboot.phil@gmx.com   
      
   On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 04:38:41 -0700, terrypingm wrote:   
      
   > Any suggestions on a no-brainer and safe way to get external input   
   > recognised by a PC please? Apart from a voice command approach. Or a   
   > solenoid to tap a key. For example a cheap commercial or easily built   
   > switch or momentary button with a USB plug at its end. That sort of   
   > thing.   
   >   
   > Terry, East Grinstead, UK   
      
      There was a thing some years ago, an infrared sensor on a USB connector.   
   You used an ordinary remote control to command the machine.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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