Rahul's Tech Notes
Here are some notes of various little projects I've undertaken. They are here for me as a reference, and as a reminder of lessons learned, but they might be useful to others.
Finding a Good Small-Scale Printer   updated 2003.04.10
Some tips on finding a good small-scale printer.

DB9 to Mac Serial Adaptor Pinout   updated 2003.03.02
In case you need a male serial port, and all you have around is a DB9-Din8 adaptor.

Doing Hardware Dev on Mac OSX   updated 2003.03.03
Some notes on making PCBs with Mac OSX.

RetroPrinting   updated 2003.02.24
I bought a receipt printer... I want to put it on the internet :-)

ASCII Font Inspector   updated 2002.12.07
ASCII Font Inspector is just a small application for looking closer at a font. It let you export to a .jpg or an ASCII art .txt file.

Coding in Java on Mac OSX   updated 2002.12.04
Here are a few tips I've gathered about customizing Java applications to run better on Mac OSX. They include properties you should set and how to make the menus more mac-like.

Installing Debian on a PowerMac 7200   updated 2002.11.09
This is a short summary of putting Debian on my old PowerMac 7200. It was a trying experience, with some successes and some failures.

Shelves   updated 2001.08.21
Some shelves I built.



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