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Re: Notebook
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 8 Jun 2002 22:49:01 GMT
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Steve Baker <SJBAKER1@stopspamAIRMAIL.NET>
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Jonathan Spitz wrote:
> I have a notebook mitsubishi, Amity CN wich has a USB port and an IR port.
> Does anybody know how can I use it to program RCX. Windows doesn't recognize
> the USB port and I don't know if installing the Lego software would.
Which version of Windoze do you have - Win95 doesn't have USB drivers for example.
It seems unlikely that Mitsubishi would build a PC with a USB port that Windoze
can't recognise - so it's probably just some ugly Windoze installation problem.
> I could probably use the IR port but I don't know how.
That's actually quite doubtful. Most laptops and palmtops have 'IrDA' ports
which use IR light - but modulate it in a way that's incompatible with the
Lego protocol.
If you have a spare Serial port, you might do best to head over to Ebay or
BrickBay and try to pick up a cheap Lego serial-port tower from the RIS 1.0 or
1.5 set.
Failing that, you only hope is to get that USB port working.
> I yet have another hardware
> problem with my Sony DSC-P50 camera wich gets movies realy dark and I can't
> get it record fine if it's not under sunlight. Any comments are well
> received.
You probably have the "gamma" settings wrong on either the camera, the PC
or the replay software.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| Jonathon, Here are my "short" answers: 1) Reload your laptop fresh with Windows 98 to solve USB (and other) issues. 2) It is apparently possible to use the IrDA port to control 38~40KHz IR devices (RCX, Scout, TV, VCR, DVD). 3) The darkness issue (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I have a notebook mitsubishi, Amity CN wich has a USB port and an IR port. Does anybody know how can I use it to program RCX. Windows doesn't recognize the USB port and I don't know if installing the Lego software would. I could probably use the IR (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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