Woohoo!!!!!   I found my dart board program.   It turns out I did back it up to an obscure location on my computer.

 

If anyone is interested in messing with it, you will need Visual Basic Express 2008 and SQL Express 2008.  I have put the original visual basic project files up on my "SkyDrive".

 

See, I am not a complete Idiot......  Some parts are missing......

 

 

Well,  I was going to share my source code for the dart board program with Gabe, and made a frightening discovery.

 

I have lost my original program (due to my own ignorance), and must rewrite the program from scratch.  My goal for the moment is to bang out new code by the end of the following weekend. 

 

Since the original project was started, Microsoft has released Windows Vista, Visual Basic Express 2008, and SQL Express 2008.  Therefore, I am going to start the program over from scratch, armed with the new operating system, and their new developer tools.  Right now my plans are to make the source code available to the public when I am done.

 

Gawd!!!!   I hate being brainless!!!  It makes my head whistle on windy days, and causes me to have to redo projects I have already done once.

 

As my grand pappy, Ol' Reliable, used to tell me, "Son.....  You are the creator of your own agony...."

 

I will post more as I get some time.

I have just heard from a friend Gabe, who has pointed me in the right direction.

 

"Thank you Gabe"

 

The dartboard does require a switch response time of less than 1ms.  Gabe told me about Hagstrom Electronics, who make a USB Keyboard encoder with a 12 x 12 matrix for connecting switches.  For an additional $75 they will custom program the response time to less than 1ms for use with a dartboard. 

 

They sell a "KE-USB24" that should work with the custom programmed response time.  You can read more about the KE-USB24 at http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/products/ke_usb24.html. 

 

This should allow me to program the key responses to match the work I have already done, and finally get the project finished this year.  *grin*  All I need is just a little more free time.

 

Once I scrape up some extra pennies, and get further along on my project, I will post some more information.