MacBS2: Basic Stamp 2 on Mac OS X
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Hi,
We use the Basic Stamp 2 in the Interaction Design course at the Royal
College of Art in London (http://interaction.rca.ac.uk).
Most of us also use Macs. I got tired of having to run Virtual PC to program
Stamp chips, so when Parallax released a PBasic tokenizer library for the
Mac, I wrote a Stamp programming app for Mac OS X. It works. And you can
use it with either the DB9 equipped Keyspan serial adapter (USA19) or the
Keyspan with the two small round connectors (USA28).
It's an admittedly minimalist implementation. It doesn't have all the bells and
whistles of its Windows counterpart, but it has all the crucial bits. Note also
that since we don't have any of the other Basic Stamp variants for testing, this
version only supports the Basic Stamp 2. If there's enough interest, and
there's anyone willing to do testing, I might consider adding support for the
other variants, though I really don't want to make a career out of this.
For those who care about this kind of thing, it's a Cocoa app, my first non-
trivial Cocoa effort, infact.
Download MacBS2 at
http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk/alumni/01-03/murat/MacBS2
Cheers,
_murat
We use the Basic Stamp 2 in the Interaction Design course at the Royal
College of Art in London (http://interaction.rca.ac.uk).
Most of us also use Macs. I got tired of having to run Virtual PC to program
Stamp chips, so when Parallax released a PBasic tokenizer library for the
Mac, I wrote a Stamp programming app for Mac OS X. It works. And you can
use it with either the DB9 equipped Keyspan serial adapter (USA19) or the
Keyspan with the two small round connectors (USA28).
It's an admittedly minimalist implementation. It doesn't have all the bells and
whistles of its Windows counterpart, but it has all the crucial bits. Note also
that since we don't have any of the other Basic Stamp variants for testing, this
version only supports the Basic Stamp 2. If there's enough interest, and
there's anyone willing to do testing, I might consider adding support for the
other variants, though I really don't want to make a career out of this.
For those who care about this kind of thing, it's a Cocoa app, my first non-
trivial Cocoa effort, infact.
Download MacBS2 at
http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk/alumni/01-03/murat/MacBS2
Cheers,
_murat
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Will report back to you off list.
Do you know if it will work via a built in RS422 port?
Theoretically, it should work with my homemade USB adapter as well...
cheers,
Ben.
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> From: "murat_stamp" <murat_stamp@e...>
> Reply-To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:15:48 -0000
> To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] MacBS2: Basic Stamp 2 on Mac OS X
>
> Hi,
>
> We use the Basic Stamp 2 in the Interaction Design course at the Royal
> College of Art in London (http://interaction.rca.ac.uk).
>
> Most of us also use Macs. I got tired of having to run Virtual PC to program
> Stamp chips, so when Parallax released a PBasic tokenizer library for the
> Mac, I wrote a Stamp programming app for Mac OS X. It works. And you can
> use it with either the DB9 equipped Keyspan serial adapter (USA19) or the
> Keyspan with the two small round connectors (USA28).
>
> It's an admittedly minimalist implementation. It doesn't have all the bells
> and
> whistles of its Windows counterpart, but it has all the crucial bits. Note
> also
> that since we don't have any of the other Basic Stamp variants for testing,
> this
> version only supports the Basic Stamp 2. If there's enough interest, and
> there's anyone willing to do testing, I might consider adding support for the
> other variants, though I really don't want to make a career out of this.
>
> For those who care about this kind of thing, it's a Cocoa app, my first non-
> trivial Cocoa effort, infact.
>
> Download MacBS2 at
>
> http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk/alumni/01-03/murat/MacBS2
>
> Cheers,
>
> _murat
>
>
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This is what happens:
Disk Copy starts to open it, check checksum, etc, then finishes with no error
message or anything, and no image mounted.
Also, Stuffit Expander will not open the .sit archive. :-(
System:
Mac OS X 10.2.2 on a Powerbook G3 PDQ (btw: does PDQ mean "Pretty Darn
Quick"?)...
--- In basicstamps@y..., "murat_stamp" <murat_stamp@e...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We use the Basic Stamp 2 in the Interaction Design course at the Royal
> College of Art in London (http://interaction.rca.ac.uk).
>
> Most of us also use Macs. I got tired of having to run Virtual PC to program
> Stamp chips, so when Parallax released a PBasic tokenizer library for the
> Mac, I wrote a Stamp programming app for Mac OS X. It works. And you can
> use it with either the DB9 equipped Keyspan serial adapter (USA19) or the
> Keyspan with the two small round connectors (USA28).
>
> It's an admittedly minimalist implementation. It doesn't have all the bells
and
> whistles of its Windows counterpart, but it has all the crucial bits. Note
also
> that since we don't have any of the other Basic Stamp variants for testing,
this
> version only supports the Basic Stamp 2. If there's enough interest, and
> there's anyone willing to do testing, I might consider adding support for the
> other variants, though I really don't want to make a career out of this.
>
> For those who care about this kind of thing, it's a Cocoa app, my first non-
> trivial Cocoa effort, infact.
>
> Download MacBS2 at
>
> http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk/alumni/01-03/murat/MacBS2
>
> Cheers,
>
> _murat
the checksums don't, well, checkout. I don't know what the deal is
there, and I'm still looking into it.
The stuffit archive was tested and does work. Try getting the latest
StuffIt expander at
http://www.stuffit.com/expander/
But this all could be academic. At the moment serial code is hardcoded
for the Keyspan adapters only.
Apologies,
_murat
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 11:43 PM, Ben wrote:
> Just ried to open the image, and it will not mount.
> This is what happens:
> Disk Copy starts to open it, check checksum, etc, then finishes with
> no error
> message or anything, and no image mounted.
>
> Also, Stuffit Expander will not open the .sit archive. :-(
>
> System:
> Mac OS X 10.2.2 on a Powerbook G3 PDQ (btw: does PDQ mean "Pretty Darn
> Quick"?)...
>
> --- In basicstamps@y..., "murat_stamp" <murat_stamp@e...> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We use the Basic Stamp 2 in the Interaction Design course at the Royal
>> College of Art in London (http://interaction.rca.ac.uk).
>>
>> Most of us also use Macs. I got tired of having to run Virtual PC to
>> program
>> Stamp chips, so when Parallax released a PBasic tokenizer library for
>> the
>> Mac, I wrote a Stamp programming app for Mac OS X. It works. And you
>> can
>> use it with either the DB9 equipped Keyspan serial adapter (USA19) or
>> the
>> Keyspan with the two small round connectors (USA28).
>>
>> It's an admittedly minimalist implementation. It doesn't have all
>> the bells and
>> whistles of its Windows counterpart, but it has all the crucial bits.
>> Note also
>> that since we don't have any of the other Basic Stamp variants for
>> testing,
> this
>> version only supports the Basic Stamp 2. If there's enough interest,
>> and
>> there's anyone willing to do testing, I might consider adding support
>> for the
>> other variants, though I really don't want to make a career out of
>> this.
>>
>> For those who care about this kind of thing, it's a Cocoa app, my
>> first non-
>> trivial Cocoa effort, infact.
>>
>> Download MacBS2 at
>>
>> http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk/alumni/01-03/murat/MacBS2
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> _murat
>
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anycase, there IS a problem with the disk image. The StuffIt file
should work, however.
_murat
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 11:52 PM, m wrote:
> Yeah, there's a problem I think with the server the image is hosted
> on; the checksums don't, well, checkout. I don't know what the deal is
> there, and I'm still looking into it.
>
> The stuffit archive was tested and does work. Try getting the latest
> StuffIt expander at
>
> http://www.stuffit.com/expander/
>
> But this all could be academic. At the moment serial code is hardcoded
> for the Keyspan adapters only.
>
> Apologies,
>
> _murat
>
> On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 11:43 PM, Ben wrote:
>
>> Just ried to open the image, and it will not mount.
>> This is what happens:
>> Disk Copy starts to open it, check checksum, etc, then finishes with
>> no error
>> message or anything, and no image mounted.
>>
>> Also, Stuffit Expander will not open the .sit archive. :-(
>>
>> System:
>> Mac OS X 10.2.2 on a Powerbook G3 PDQ (btw: does PDQ mean "Pretty Darn
>> Quick"?)...
>>
>> --- In basicstamps@y..., "murat_stamp" <murat_stamp@e...> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We use the Basic Stamp 2 in the Interaction Design course at the
>>> Royal
>>> College of Art in London (http://interaction.rca.ac.uk).
>>>
>>> Most of us also use Macs. I got tired of having to run Virtual PC to
>>> program
>>> Stamp chips, so when Parallax released a PBasic tokenizer library
>>> for the
>>> Mac, I wrote a Stamp programming app for Mac OS X. It works. And you
>>> can
>>> use it with either the DB9 equipped Keyspan serial adapter (USA19)
>>> or the
>>> Keyspan with the two small round connectors (USA28).
>>>
>>> It's an admittedly minimalist implementation. It doesn't have all
>>> the bells and
>>> whistles of its Windows counterpart, but it has all the crucial
>>> bits. Note also
>>> that since we don't have any of the other Basic Stamp variants for
>>> testing,
>> this
>>> version only supports the Basic Stamp 2. If there's enough interest,
>>> and
>>> there's anyone willing to do testing, I might consider adding
>>> support for the
>>> other variants, though I really don't want to make a career out of
>>> this.
>>>
>>> For those who care about this kind of thing, it's a Cocoa app, my
>>> first non-
>>> trivial Cocoa effort, infact.
>>>
>>> Download MacBS2 at
>>>
>>> http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk/alumni/01-03/murat/MacBS2
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> _murat
>>
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