Use "Ctrl+Shift+Esc" to find out what is running and using up the CPU cycles.

I wonder if you could get something like this to work in conjunction with a simpler LCD module:

http://www.solutions-cubed.com/solution ... EY2003.htm

Hmm. I dono then. Must be the LCD doing some weird stuff. What else is in the system besides the LCD and scanner? Why not just get a USB or RS232 scanner and have the scanner data stream bypass the LCD?

Not my area of expertise, but IIRC, on a standard PC, the keyboard returns "scan codes" and the BIOS then converts them to "key codes". Scan codes are simple for things like alpha keys, but more complex for the "F" keys. There is one scan code when a key is pressed and another when it is released ...

There is a discussion on that here:

http://www.C**********z.com/forum/showt ... eadid=2142

Bummer on the 3.25.

Cant wait for the MX6 . . . I am sure it will be cool

Shouldn't that read:

MX2 = 2 line LCD in a single 5 1/4" HALF HEIGHT drive bay

MX3 = 2 line VFD in a single 5 1/4" HALF HEIGHT drive bay

MX4 = 4 line LCD in a single 5 1/4" FULL HEIGHT drive bay

MX5 = 4 line VFD in a single 5 1/4" FULL HEIGHT drive bay

I mean, the MX4 & MX5 bay inserts are ...

An optically isolated module would be safest. Here is a beefy one that may work--go to Digi-Key and search for Z918-ND, or here is adirect link to the data sheet:

http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Omron%2 ... a/G3NA.pdf

YA, KICK SOME *SS !

Jeez, how lame can they be if they can't even take pictures of their own products?

Hey Henry, did you pick up a new distributor?

http://www.usmicroproducts.com/prod_lcd_graphic.htm

I see your pics, but I do not see any of your part numbers