March 2005 - Posts

SerialPort (RS-232 Serial COM Port) in C# .NET
Published 23 March 5 7:28 PM | coad
This article is about communicating through the PC's Serial COM RS-232 port using Microsoft .NET 2.0 or later by using the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort class. Way in the Past... Back in my early (pre C# MVP) days, I had written an article on DevHood...
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Define 'Axiom Postulate Theorem Corollary Hypothesis'
Published 21 March 5 3:43 PM | coad
When explaining to a friend of mine some of the fundamentals of mathematics, I found myself giving definitions of these base terms. A quick search with Google returned this great excerpt that efficiently and eloquently defines the words and relations...
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Ballmer Dancing Developers Conference Video
Published 19 March 5 7:39 AM | coad
At one of the developer conferences (late 90s, early 2000s?), Steve Ballmer , CEO of Microsoft, came out on stage saying 'Developers' over 15 times before his voice went out. Being a developer myself, I think this is cool. At the Microsoft company meeting...
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Ballmer Sells Windows v1.0 TV Video Ad
Published 19 March 5 7:30 AM | coad
Steve Ballmer , CEO of Microsoft, can be seen here in an early days of Microsoft in this TV ad selling Windows v1.0. It is a facinating, and entertaining, video. Get a load of the 286 computer w/ IBM EGA monitor! Wow, that brings back memories... The...
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