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Re: Will RCX work on PowerBook G3?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 Apr 2000 19:37:54 GMT
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Ben Wyckoff <WYCKOFF@CLEARWAYantispam.COM>
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I have an older PowerBook G3 - and I think the quoted email below was
directed at me a few months back. I bought the cable, and it works
great. But my PowerBook still has the 9-pin printer/modem/serial port
which the described cable connects to, and your's does not appear to.
You might be able to get a USB to Serial converter. I will ask around
and see if I can get any insight into this.
-Ben
At 9:12 AM -0700 4/4/2000, Jennifer D. Jones wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Matthew Wilkins writes:
> > Two things:
> > 1. The proper cable to hook a Mindstorms IR Tower to a Mac isn't that
> > creative; it's available from http://pitsco-legodacta-store.com/ in the
> > RoboLab components page. It's just a Mac serial to 9-pin serial cable.
> >
> > 2. There shouldn't be any reason that the IR port on your PB • wouldn't program
> > the RCX; it should only be a SMOP for the output to the IR port.
>
> I am having difficulties hooking up RoboLab to a PowerBook G3. First, I am
> used to a Windows machine, but have had exposure to Macintoshes for many
> years. The PowerBook differs from a regular Macintosh as it does not have a
> real 9-pin serial cable output (that port is an external video port).
>
> Here is the list of ports available on a PowerBook G3: Sound output port,
> Sound input port, 2 USB ports, Ethernet port, SCSI port, External TV out
> port, External video port, Internal modem port.
>
> Before I buy any more connectors or adapters, I would like to know if
> RoboLab has worked on a PowerBook G3, and especially if it has output
> information to the RCX Brick. If it has, what was the connection setup for
> this? My thinking is that I _could_ purchase an adapter from the modem
> (normal phone line) to the 9-pin serial port on the back of the RoboLab's IR
> transmitter unit. Will this work? What have other folks done?
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Ben Wyckoff wyckoff@clearway.com
Principal Engineer
ClearWay Technologies, LLC. www.clearway.com
"Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas -
only I don't exactly know what they are!"
Lewis Carroll, Alice, Through The Looking Glass
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| I actually purchased a Mac serial/USB to 9-pin serial converter, unfortunately, all of the ports I have are not for a printer or a modem, which the software seems to be very picky about. My one serial port is for S-Video out and the USB ports aren't (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I am having difficulties hooking up RoboLab to a PowerBook G3. First, I am used to a Windows machine, but have had exposure to Macintoshes for many years. The PowerBook differs from a regular Macintosh as it does not have a real 9-pin serial (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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