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Re: NQC software for Mac? (Robolab back ordered)
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Date: 
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 12:08:15 GMT
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On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:02:29 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Chris
Osborn) wrote:

Since the Mac serial port doesn't have those pins, there's no way
to use the PC software under emulation.

Don't be so negative. All you need to do is hack the emujlator so that
continuously reports those two pins shorted.

Jasper



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  Re: NQC software for Mac? (Robolab back ordered)
 
(...) DTR/CD aren't alternatives, they serve an entirely different purpose. The PC software toggles the CTS signal, which the tower shorts to RTS, so that it can tell if the tower is connected. Since the Mac serial port doesn't have those pins, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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