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| (...) This one works for me just fine. Dw (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | |  | | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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| Hello to all, Thanks for all those who wrote in with suggestions for how to get my RCX bricks to work with the PowerMac 5500s that I was having trouble with. Here's a summary of my experiences and how I eventually got enough working machine to teach (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | |  | | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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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: (URL) Baum (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | |  | | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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| 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 (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | |  | | ROBOLAB and OS 9
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| Some people have been reporting an "Error of Type II" when they try to install ROBOLAB onto a machine with OS9. The temporary solution for now is to copy the contents of the CD-ROM onto your desktop and install from the desktop and not the CD-ROM. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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