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I saw some programs for a palm pilot that makes it a learning remote. They were used in the same way the Lego remote was: directly controlling the rcx. I was wondering if anyone had a link for the same thing for a pc/laptop... -Rob (25 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
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(...) Do you mean that you have used the Lego Mindostorms IR tower through this adapter? If so, the Belkin USB dockstation might be worth looking at, as it also has a parallel port and 3 usb ports. I have had my eyes on this for some time, but was (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
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I have successfully used a Belkin USB to Serial Adapter on my IBM laptop. Below is a link to the latest model: (URL) <rmhendrix@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GGxsvH.Gw8@lugnet.com... (...) is (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
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What about using my laptop's own infrared device (it has one).....???????? - Rob (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
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(...) I am not sure if the USB serial ports work for all applications. You might want to be a bit careful. I have some older programs which expect to find real hardware COM ports and they don't recognise the USB variety. JB (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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