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(...) Great idea :) (...) Does it mean you need 1) output for driving (main) motors 2) output for steering motor 3) 3 more free outputs? Also the RCX unit on the buggy is not "Lego friendly", meaning it is (...) Not. It's pure RC driven base - two (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This sounds identical to the situation described by Rob Hendrix in (URL) Anderson from LEGO suggested via email that the USB port may not be giving the tower sufficient current. Perhaps you could try a powered hub? John Hansen (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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"Nathan Colyer" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3.0.5.32.200311....edu.au... (...) Yes. That seems to be problematic for more people than just myself. My laptop IS a Toshiba. Its looking like Toshiba laptop's with USB 2.0 are one (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Rob, Sorry, no luck from the Robolab RCX list - the user there has been unable to overcome their USB tower problems. You wouldn't happen to be using a Toshiba would you? Their problem was only occuring on a Toshiba laptop - worked fine on other (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, Nathan, I truly suspect that the issue is the Toshiba hardware of this particular laptop model. I have 3 Dell desktops, 3 laptops. They all have built in usb ports, either 2.0 or 1.0. They all work fine, with the identical setup up, even with (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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