<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Coffee Making: Introduction</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Coffee-2.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Coffee.html#toc1" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Coffee-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="Coffee.html#toc1">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2> <P> <!-- coffee!introduction --> For a long time humanity has been wondering how could a computer make coffee... <P>People need coffee to wake up, and stay awake for a long time in front of the computer. It is common wisdom that coding is better at night! <P> <P>The main trick is interfacing a coffee machine to the computer, so that it can be controlled by software. This HOWTO will show you how to do so. <P>At first, it demonstrates an ON/OFF switch implemented as an electronic circuit which controls the coffee-machine's power supply. Another chapter will tell you the secrets of building intelligent, Turing Complete suitable, coffee machines! <P>This HOWTO was initially written as part of a debate in the mailing list linux-greek-users, on whether linux can make coffee or not. It then became an article in our online magazine called <A HREF="http://magaz.hellug.gr">magaz</A>. Just in case you wondered, magaz is in Greek and it will surely look like that to you! <P> <P>Enjoy. <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Copyright</A> </H2> <P>Copyright © 2004-08-29 by Fotis Georgatos. You are free: <UL> <LI>to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work</LI> <LI>to make derivative works</LI> <LI>to make commercial use of the work</LI> </UL> Under the following conditions: Attribution. You must give the original author credit. Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one. <UL> <LI>For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work.</LI> <LI>Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the author.</LI> </UL> <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Disclaimer</A> </H2> <P>Use the information in this document at your own risk. I disavow any potential liability for the contents of this document. Use of the concepts, examples, and/or other content of this document is entirely at your own risk. <P>All copyrights are owned by their owners, unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. <P>Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements. <P>You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before major installation and backups at regular intervals. <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 Version</A> </H2> <P>The Coffee HOWTO is now called Coffee Making HOWTO and heads for release v1.0, which will first appear somewhere here: <P> <A HREF="http://fotis.home.cern.ch/fotis/Coffee.html">http://fotis.home.cern.ch/fotis/Coffee.html</A>. <P>It is about time for everyone to know that Coffee Making is just one of the standard features that come for free with *any* Linux distribution. Or, does SCO have a patent on that, too? Gee... <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 Translations</A> </H2> <P>You should be able to easily find a translation of this or previous versions of the Coffee Making HOWTO in the following languages: <UL> <LI>Chinese</LI> <LI>Japanese</LI> <LI>Russian</LI> <LI>Indonesian</LI> <LI>Italian</LI> <LI>Polish</LI> </UL> and hopefully many more... (Spanish and Portugeuse anyone?) <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.5">1.5 Credits</A> </H2> <P> <UL> <LI>Ethiopia: Identified as the originating country of coffee. </LI> <LI>Coffee was popular in the Middle East for ages, until a failed invasion of the Turks at the city of Vienna at 1683 left behind sacks with strange brown beans nobody wanted: <A HREF="http://www.vienna.cc/ekaffeeh.htm/">http://www.vienna.cc/ekaffeeh.htm/</A>.</LI> <LI>Kostas Lialiambis is the one who dared claim he can't make coffee with his Linux box, back then in year 1997.</LI> <LI>Panagiotis Vrionis et al for giving me interesting and humorous notes and let the ball roll in the early days.</LI> <LI>NUMEROUS people on the internet with additions and remarks. Thank you all, really! Even though I might have not replied to your email.</LI> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.6">1.6 What do you drink/smoke while writing this?</A> </H2> <P> <P>Well, to the best of my knowledge, this is a dope-free work. <P>But, I can tell you the secret of the music playing on the background: nearly any song spelled by Zampetas or Mpithikotsis (bouzouki and such). <P> <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss1.7">1.7 Feedback</A> </H2> <P> <P>For your online commentary of your own DIY Coffee Machine steer at <A HREF="http://coffee.sf.net/">http://coffee.sf.net/</A>. <P> <P>If you still have comments to say, emails get lost these days, so why not send me a postcard with a picture from your great hometown, adding a recommendation of your favourite cafe' in the area? <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> Fotis Georgatos, Aliartou 32, TK 11142 Athens, GREECE </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <P> <P>PS. <UL> <LI>Your suggestions won't be wasted, I really tend to travel quite a lot these days and might be around before your realize it.</LI> <LI>Yes, I have been in Amsterdam and even lived there for three years; coffee shops generally don't account as cafe's!</LI> <LI>Surprise: I actually prefer chocolate and tea over coffee. ;-)</LI> </UL> <P> <HR> <A HREF="Coffee-2.html">Next</A> Previous <A HREF="Coffee.html#toc1">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
