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Re: Will RCX work on PowerBook G3?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:15:22 GMT
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Jennifer D. Jones <jdjones@earthling&saynotospam&.net>
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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 recognized by Robolab. I have a modem
port--will a 9-pin to phone-line converter work? Is there such a thing?
-Jen
> From: Ben Wyckoff <wyckoff@clearway.com>
> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:37:54 -0400
> To: "Jennifer D. Jones" <jdjones@earthling.net>, <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
> Subject: Re: Will RCX work on PowerBook G3?
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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?
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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