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Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 02:40:13 GMT
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I believe Fred Martin ran into similar problems and the serial extension
did indeed help.  I think his write-up of the issue is somewhere on his
site:

http://www.media.mit.edu/~fredm/

Dave Baum


In article <FnqIIC.3tE@lugnet.com>, "Bob Ritter" <britter@hst.nasa.gov> wrote:

I had a similar problem and suggested used the three cable method you mentioned
with great success.

Before I tried this I sent an inquiry to Dacta and got this response

"There is an issue with some Macintosh serial ports that we are currently
testing.  We do have a usable solution while we continue to test and
design for this issue.

I would like you to add a Macintosh serial extension cable between the
black LEGO Dacta cable and the IR Transmitter.  This cable is a typical
8pin Male-Female Mac MiniDin extension cable (4 to 6 feet) that can be
purchased at a local Macintosh dealer."

I haven't tried it myself, but if you try it let met know if it works

--
reply to: dbaum at enteract dot com



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  Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
 
Thanks for the reply, I really enjoyed your book. My son (age 13) also enjoyed it. He's starting out using ROBOLAB, but your book has sparked an interest in C (like) programming. I look forward to a sequel. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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  Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
 
I had a similar problem and suggested used the three cable method you mentioned with great success. Before I tried this I sent an inquiry to Dacta and got this response "There is an issue with some Macintosh serial ports that we are currently (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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