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I believe Fred Martin ran into similar problems and the serial extension
did indeed help. I think his write-up of the issue is somewhere on his
site:
http://www.media.mit.edu/~fredm/
Dave Baum
In article <FnqIIC.3tE@lugnet.com>, "Bob Ritter" <britter@hst.nasa.gov> wrote:
> I had a similar problem and suggested used the three cable method you mentioned
> with great success.
>
> Before I tried this I sent an inquiry to Dacta and got this response
>
> "There is an issue with some Macintosh serial ports that we are currently
> testing. We do have a usable solution while we continue to test and
> design for this issue.
>
> I would like you to add a Macintosh serial extension cable between the
> black LEGO Dacta cable and the IR Transmitter. This cable is a typical
> 8pin Male-Female Mac MiniDin extension cable (4 to 6 feet) that can be
> purchased at a local Macintosh dealer."
>
> I haven't tried it myself, but if you try it let met know if it works
--
reply to: dbaum at enteract dot com
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