[Robotgroup] Basic Stamp Success

[Gray Mack]

Nothing special about the parallax usb to serial port.
You can get these anywhere like frys, there are
several different chips. I dont know anything about
Mac's but I have heard of issues with serial ports
when emulating windows apps on linux. So it might or
might not work. Buy a cheap one and try it or see if
you can borrow one to try out.
-Gray

--- Robert Carter <rcarter at ischool.utexas.edu> wrote:

> 
> On Jan 18, 2008, at 9:36 AM, LHudson wrote:
> 
> >  I had to buy a second one because I trashed the
> first one due to  
> > my lack of soldering ability, which is why I
> thought the video last  
> > night was awesome but also sort of hilarious.
> 
> Sounds like I missed a cool video last night-- is it
> something I  
> could find online?
> 
> One other BS2 related question: I've got a MacBook
> running Windows XP  
> Pro (via Parallels Desktop), and it doesn't have any
> serial cable  
> port, which is what my Homework Board requires. But
> Parallax sells a  
> USB-to-serial converter, which may solve my
> problems. Does anyone  
> have experience with this? Is there any reason why
> the Mac-running- 
> Windows environment would cause problems?
> 
> Thanks-- R
> 
> --------
> Robert Carter
> Visual Resources Collection
> School of Architecture
> The University of Texas at Austin
> rcarter at ischool.utexas.edu
> 
> 
> 
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