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Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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Date: 
Mon, 3 Jan 2000 22:47:06 GMT
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Bob Ritter wrote:

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."

This one works for me just fine.

Dw



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  Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
 
Sigh.... ... . How the $%^&* will we ever get smart, interested, technical professionals to really make a difference in the schools when they run into this. THis. This...! Sigh... I am using RIS1.0 on 6 old 486 machines with WIN95. The school was (...) (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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