RE: [cobalt-users] PKGs

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Will DeHaan
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 2:49 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PKGs
>
>
> It's called "LCD Stock Ticker" because the program uses the LCD console
> display to show stock (NASDAQ, NYSE) data.  This program is only useful
> if the Cobalt server is in direct view.  Stock-Ticker-0.9.pkg is
> something I put together late one night for fun, it's not a Cobalt
> product.
>
>
I suspected as much with the LCD reference.

I recall reading about a Yahoo PM that can be used with a Perl script to
retrieve stock data for display on a web site. Any chance this would install
that module, and if you decide to play any further, any script to access
that? Just a thought for down the road. It would be a useful item.

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Dan Kriwitsky