new monitor

[Bob Hemus]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alma J Wetzker" <almaw at ieee.org>
To: "Linux tips and tricks" <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: new monitor


> Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>> B
>>
>>> Now my whining & bitching.... I bought WinXPeee.  I needed it for my 
>>> insulin pump software.  I installed it on my new harde drive and
>>
>>
>> "insulin pump software"?
>
> Software to control a medical device controlling blood insulin 
> levels.<snip>
Only in Europe.  MiniMed has one OKed there.  Here all we can do is insert
a needle or teflon catheter for a subcutaneous injection.  Site needs to be
changed every 2 or 3 days.
> Modern insulin pumps are implanted under the skin at the waistline. 
> Insulin is injected into a reservoir in the pump, to be released into the 
> blood as needed.
>
> The software usually reports the blood sugar levels and can update trigger 
> levels in the blood chemistry to release insulin.  You are usually 
> updating variables in the pump itself, rather than changing the operating 
> software.  Still, not something I would want to try as an open source 
> project.  Dead users are a big inconvenience...
>
>>
>>> partitioned it for linux partitions.  IO left the old hd in, too.  I 
>>> couldn't get any of the old linux partions or the new on I had installed 
>>> to connect to the internet server, but the XP did.  Does the XP do 
>>> something to the /dev/modem so the server doesn't see it?  I'm using 
>>> either LibraNet 2.8.1 or Ubuntu Breezy or Kubuntu Breezy.  The ones on 
>>> the old hd always worked until I put the new drive in and installed XP 
>>> and Ubuntu Breezy on it.
>>
>>
>> I could dual boot WinXP and Linux fine...
>>
>
> Not sure why that is not an option.
>
>     -- Alma
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