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  IC compatibility with PowerBook 520
 
Fred, Your suggestion worked. Appletalk WAS on and inactivating it solved the problem. Thanks a lot. Sincerely, Yoni Garbourg << To succeed, Atificial Intelligence needs 1.7 Einsteins, two Maxwells, five Faradays, and .3 Manhattan Projects." >> (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Using analog ports as digital
 
The HB manual says that if you us the digital command on an analog port, the result is true if analog measurement is <127, and false for analog>127. I tried this and it does not seem to work that way. I get true for 0<analog<255, basically (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Micromouse...
 
Hi, Have anyone used the handyboard before to design a micromouse? If anyone have, please let me know....Thanks... Johnny. (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  (no subject)
 
(...) This is normal, the transistors in the motor chips lose a couple of volts. (...) Probably you are driving too much current through the motor chips, they overheat, shut down, cool off, and recycle. Get a meter with a 2A scale and put it in (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: error with freeware DL under Windows 95
 
The recommended downloader when running Windows 95 is HBDL.EXE, *not* DL.EXE. HBDL is available from the HB Software Resources page. (This is pretty clearly stated in the HB Tech Ref... if you don't have a copy you should get it, from the HB Tech (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: HB connectors
 
Try calling You-Do-It Electronics in Needham MA. -Fred In your message you said: (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: HB connectors
 
(...) Digikey will ship FedEx the same day so in less time than it takes for this email to hit the list and be responded to you could be soldering your connectors. Of course you will have paid $15 for them so patience has some virtue :-). Any (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  error with freeware DL under Windows 95
 
(...) Be sure to run DL in full-screen mode. (One problem with the old, freeware IC and DL is that they will lose communication sporadically under Windows 95 unless you run them in full-screen mode.) -- Randy ---...--- Randy Sargent Newton Research (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: HB connectors
 
There are probably local electronics stores in your area that do have them. I know of several chains in the Iowa/Illinois region that do, including Warren Electronics in Davenport, which has almost anything you could wish for (well, it had (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Communication problem
 
I have just attempted to communicate to the handy board and am receiving the following error: Expected 56, received 141, after 64 chars received Perhaps the board was not connected properly or not in download mode. I built the board myself and (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)


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