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Re: RIS 2.0 - when, where, what??
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
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Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:37:16 GMT
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Tobias Möller wrote:
> Great info!
> USB IR tower sounds good, I want to use my IR tower with my iBook, but
> I'm too lazy to buy an USB/Parallell port...
USB/SERIAL you mean.
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> I'm planning to use MacNQC then, but AFAIK, MacNQC doesn't "know" that
> there is a USB port on my computer... Or will it recognise the IR tower
> once it's plugged in?
Yes, if it works like the PC once it's plugged in the drivers tell the OS that there is
a "Serial Port" for it. Then it works just fine.
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> --Tobias
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> Dean Husby wrote:
> >
> > mike mcfarlane wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Dean, where did you get your info - have you an inside source? Or
> > > would you have to kill me if you told me???
> >
> > If I remember correctly it was posted to the Mindstorms Web site briefly...
> > I've told all I know about it.
> >
> > > I was kind of hoping that the next RCX would be a bit smaller. Some nice
> > > Lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Some more I/O. More sensors - surely TLG
> > > must see all the alternate sensors that people make themselves and realise
> > > that there is a market for them for people like me who are idiots with a
> > > soldering iron (and unfortunately I'm one of those funny people that only
> > > likes to use genuine Lego parts. More fool me I suppose.)
> >
> > My hope is that the new firmware part in ROM will contain Hardware support for new
> > Sensors.
> > Proximity, Compass etc... Hey, I can dream...
> >
> > Dean
> > --
> > Coin-Op's For Sale!: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/coin-op.html
> > Dean's Lego Workshop: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_wr.html
> > Vancouver Lego Club: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc
--
Coin-Op's For Sale!: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/coin-op.html
Dean's Lego Workshop: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_wr.html
Vancouver Lego Club: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc
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| Great info! USB IR tower sounds good, I want to use my IR tower with my iBook, but I'm too lazy to buy an USB/Parallell port... I'm planning to use MacNQC then, but AFAIK, MacNQC doesn't "know" that there is a USB port on my computer... Or will it (...) (26 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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