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Re: RIS 2.0 USB Tower on a Mac
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 6 Nov 2003 01:49:22 GMT
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In article <8234440.1068068258688.JavaMail.edwin.exe@mac.com>,
lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Edwin Quan) wrote:
> I am fairly new to Lego Mindstorms so forgive me if I end up beating a dead
> horse. I have a RIS 2.0 kit which, as you all know, comes with the USB
> tower. I plan on using MacNQC to code. Is it possible to do everything
> (code and transmit finished code to the USB Tower so it can upload to my RCX)
> without a PC? I was told that I can code using MacNQC but then I would have
> to transfer that code to a Windows machine, then upload that code from the
> Windows machine to my RCX.
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> If this isn't true, what more do I need (aside from MacNQC) to move data from
> my Mac to my RCX via the USB tower? I really don't want to spring the few
> hundred dollars on a PC unless I have to. Thanks in advance.
As long as you are using OS X you'll be fine. NQC includes its own
driver code for working with the USB tower under OS X. For Mac OS 9.x
you'll need to install a driver from Lego.
You'll also need to download firmware to the RCX. MacNQC can take care
of the actual download process but you'll need to provide the file
separately (it is copyrighted Lego software so I could not bundle it
with NQC).
You shouldn't need a PC for any of this.
There's more info (somewhat dated) on using a Mac with Mindstorms,
including links for obtaining firmware, at
http://www.baumfamily.org/lego/macmind/index.html
Dave
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| I am fairly new to Lego Mindstorms so forgive me if I end up beating a dead horse. I have a RIS 2.0 kit which, as you all know, comes with the USB tower. I plan on using MacNQC to code. Is it possible to do everything (code and transmit finished (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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