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Subject:	RE: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx
Date:	Sun, 21 Nov 1999 03:17:06 GMT
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Paul, I've snipped all of the text about how RoboLab and the Mac might not play nicely together. I have had great results with my own system at my office, and then when I did the tutorial at MIT, things failed miserably. I turned off the large screen TV in the room, and everything worked great! At my office, I keep the tower BEHIND the monitor. I am now thinking that the screen flicker (invisible to us) is VERY visible to the RCX. Also, I had a camcorder interfere with my RCX, the autofocus uses an infrared beam too. There may be LOTS of IR interfering with your lab, so a quick inexpensive test (if the green light in the tower is on) is to cover the towen and bot with a cardboard box. Please keep us all posted. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng -------------------------------------------------------- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: <http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbFORTH> -------------------------------------------------------- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com --------------------------------------------------------

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		Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
Hello, I'm teaching an RCX-based programming class using the Robolab software to a group of 19 4th,5th and 6th graders. I've been trying to get the Robolab software installed and running on the Powermac 5500/225s and 6400/200s owned by the school. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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