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Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!!!!!!!!!
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:29:24 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Rob Hendrix writes:
> I can't hook up my ir tower to my new laptop, and the IR tower for MS 2.0 is
> not due out for another six weeks!!!!!!! My home computer finally bit the
> dust, so I bought this laptop Saturday without even looking at the serial
> port (or lack thereof). Has anyone successfully done any outputs with
> Parallel, USB, or Firewire? These are the ports I have available.
There are external Serial ports that you can buy and plug into your USB ports.
I would think that might be the easiest way to go.
Eric Kingsley
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 | | Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
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| Lego Mindstorms told me that USB to Serial converters have not functioned properly. The actual conversation went as, "they (the convertors) don't send correct information to the brick through the IR tower. There are no work arounds." I have been (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
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| I can't hook up my ir tower to my new laptop, and the IR tower for MS 2.0 is not due out for another six weeks!!!!!!! My home computer finally bit the dust, so I bought this laptop Saturday without even looking at the serial port (or lack thereof). (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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