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Re: Virtual PC and Mindstorms
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 6 Jul 1999 14:27:44 GMT
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Kevin Carlson <kevcarl@!avoidspam!earthlink.net>
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You need to patch the Mindstorms software to get it to work. There are
two patches that I know of. One is by Dave Hylands, and you can find it
and instructions for using it at:
http://www.enteract.com/~dbaum/lego/macmind/patch_dh.html
But be warned. It is very sloooow under VPC. I'm using it with a 266 G3
and it is barely usable. You can also purchase RoboLab, which runs on
the Mac, from Pitsco/Dacta. You can order it online at
http://www.pitsco-legodacta.com/
I bought RoboLab and use it now while I'm learning nqc. It's better than
the Mindstorms software and only costs $25. But be sure to use it on the
modem port. I tried it on the printer port and it would not work. I'm
not sure how it will work on the powerbook's combined printer/modem
port. It should work, I think.
Hope this helps.
Jeremy wrote:
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> Hi. I noticed that you are using Virtual PC and Mindstorms. Could you
> tell me how you got the IR tower to work? I would much rather use my
> PowerBook than the crappy old Dell I have to use to work with the RCX.
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> Thanks a bunch!
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> -jeremy
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> ________________________________________________
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> Jeremy Roush Savannah College
> Art/Tech Director, D61 of Art & Design
> w: 912.525.5261 http://www.scad.edu
> f: 912.525.5262 Savannah, Georgia
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> A human being from planet earth.
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| Yes, it's awful cool that the robo-lab stuff from pitsco-dacta is available on-line now. Just a month or two ago it wasn't. I imagine they had quite an influx of folks ordering catalogs for non curricular interestsover the last year. Speaking of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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