Topic: Combining Forces - Collaboration

[James]

We need some white papers on some of the specs that we use.

The LaserBoy Wave extensions.
The LaserBoy ASCII text laser frames file format.
The sound card, correction amp combination.
Single ended vs. differential wiring from the DAC to the projector.

I would imagine there are other things; like how to wire a drlava flexmod driver and stuff....

James. 

[meandean]

Show Creation and Playing:
LFI Player
Spaghetti $
PopelScan

  You could add LWave to the list.

[cfavreau]

Good Call


Updated list:

Drawing/Editing Software:
Laser Boy
LWave
Monkey Tools
ILdA SoS$
Laser Cam$
Sagamon Editor
Sergey's Tools
C4R0's Bitmap Tracer
Some Other Bitmap Tracing Tool I can't remember the name of...

Show Creation and Playing:
LFI Player
Spaghetti $
PopelScan

Sound Editing:
Audacity

Documents:
List of DACs along with build instructions and schematics
Adam's Scanner Tuning Tutorial
How To Laser Boy
I like to burn things with lasers, i.e. maybe laser shows aren't for me.
How To Make a Laser Projector (what parts do I buy?)
How to create a laser show from A to Z (artwork to show creation)
- in other words now that I have this software, how to be productive with it
Laser Safety?
* Keep in mind we don't have to write all of this... we could make PDf's of web pages,
and posts that are out there already with permission of course).

Frames/Artwork/Shows:
Test Frames (not from Pangolin)
Sample Shows for Spaghetti
Sample Shows for PopelScan
Sample Shows for LFI Player (does anyone have any?)

[James]

LaserBoy is one word; 8 characters, capital L & B.

It's also an ascii tag in the wave header!

And, for that matter, you CAN make shows with LaserBoy, with stereo sound included!

James. 

[cfavreau]

So how do we proceed with this?   Does anyone have any experience with anything like this?

I have released software before and made DVD's and ISOs so it is like this but does anyone have any ideas to get started quickly and not get bogged down in detailing ourselves to death?

[drlava]

also: LFI script editor (for LFI player)
yes LFI player has example liveshow configs.

Zoof's games and tools
Laseroids
Laser Tennis
ZoofScope
OLA

mikkojay's game:
lazymame

Then, general tools
inkscape
ILD SOS inkscape dxf writer

Google SketchUp ruby dxf plugin with true color

Heathcliff and source

[James]

Do you think it should be burned to a disc?

Once I get rolling again, I like to update my code regularly.

Maybe it should just be a place on the web that describes all of this and has links to get it.

That would also help to solve who gets paid for what.

James. 

[cfavreau]

Links are OK.   I think an ISO should be released occasionally so that people don't have to go everywhere to get it all.   Sometimes links go bad... things disappear.

I would like to approach the authors requesting money for a functional demo version maybe...  like shareware...

Who knows... I don't have all the answers.

I would like to see an ISO.

Probably to answer my question is:

1) Assemble the big list of programs and stuff to put on it.
2) Build an ISO and overview document (HTML)
Release Round 1
3) Build all the rest of the documentation...
Release Round 2
4) Occasionally go through and update it.
Release Successive Rounds...

Thanks for everyone's input so far.

[James]

I can dig it. Once you have a collection of stuff, you HAVE it.

Anyone who contributes can just as easily make reference to a place to get the latest version and the 'what's new'.

I wish I was in a position to say "Here you go!", but my stuff is nowhere near in the shape I want it to be. 

James.