MacBS2 help
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i am new to using basic stamps, and i'm a Macintosh-bound programmer. i
downloaded MacBS2 and am having a hardtime getting it to recognize the
stamp.
i tested the stamp using a PC and am able to get it to run successfully. when i
try on my powerbook it won't see the stamp - it says no stamp is connected,
check power and connections.
i am running MacOSX 10.2 (Jaguar) with a Keyspan 28X serial adaptor, and
have the Tokenizer installed as required. it recognizes the serial port in
MacBS2 and in the Keyspan Serial Assistant, and MacBS2 says my syntax is
okay.
any ideas? (besides getting a cheap PC to program it - i know i can do that)
thanks
bob
downloaded MacBS2 and am having a hardtime getting it to recognize the
stamp.
i tested the stamp using a PC and am able to get it to run successfully. when i
try on my powerbook it won't see the stamp - it says no stamp is connected,
check power and connections.
i am running MacOSX 10.2 (Jaguar) with a Keyspan 28X serial adaptor, and
have the Tokenizer installed as required. it recognizes the serial port in
MacBS2 and in the Keyspan Serial Assistant, and MacBS2 says my syntax is
okay.
any ideas? (besides getting a cheap PC to program it - i know i can do that)
thanks
bob
Comments
you need more then help,
you dont have to insult us with our cheap PC
good luck
John
Original Message
From: "halfnormal" <halfnormal@y...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:27 PM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] MacBS2 help
> i am new to using basic stamps, and i'm a Macintosh-bound programmer. i
> downloaded MacBS2 and am having a hardtime getting it to recognize the
> stamp.
>
> i tested the stamp using a PC and am able to get it to run successfully.
when i
> try on my powerbook it won't see the stamp - it says no stamp is
connected,
> check power and connections.
>
> i am running MacOSX 10.2 (Jaguar) with a Keyspan 28X serial adaptor, and
> have the Tokenizer installed as required. it recognizes the serial port
in
> MacBS2 and in the Keyspan Serial Assistant, and MacBS2 says my syntax is
> okay.
>
> any ideas? (besides getting a cheap PC to program it - i know i can do
that)
>
> thanks
>
> bob
>
>
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>Hi Bob,
>
>you need more then help,
>you dont have to insult us with our cheap PC
>good luck
> >
> > any ideas? (besides getting a cheap PC to program it - i know i can do
>that)
Holly Cow!
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I read the statement about a cheap PC exactly as it
says: buy an old PC for a few dollars at the local Goodwill or flea market.
I don't believe for a minute that it was a slam against PCs in general!
My take, anyway.
dwayne
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I see the old Mac/PC war brewing... let's not go there.
You can avoid using a PC if you can get a hold of Virtual PC and use that on
your Mac.
I have played with MacBS2, and it will not work with my serial adapter
(which works fine under Virtual PC).
Until support is built in for FTDI, I will not be able to use MacBS2.
Personally, I don't really like OS X anyway. Hate the candy coloured aqua
interface. Luckily, I found a Plantinum skin (aka OS9 look alike) for OS
X...
But, yeah, VPC under OS 9.2.2, no trouble at all, and my friend now has an
old Toshiba laptop surplus to my needs that he is using as a linux box...
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> From: Dwayne Reid <dwayner@p...>
> Reply-To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 21:54:41 -0700
> To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] MacBS2 help
>
> At 11:17 PM 3/11/03 -0500, John Courtney wrote:
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> you need more then help,
>> you dont have to insult us with our cheap PC
>> good luck
>>>
>>> any ideas? (besides getting a cheap PC to program it - i know i can do
>> that)
>
> Holly Cow!
>
> Maybe I'm mistaken, but I read the statement about a cheap PC exactly as it
> says: buy an old PC for a few dollars at the local Goodwill or flea market.
>
> I don't believe for a minute that it was a slam against PCs in general!
>
> My take, anyway.
>
> dwayne
>
> --
> Dwayne Reid <dwayner@p...>
> Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA
> (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax
>
> Celebrating 19 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2003)
> .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-
> `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-'
> Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address.
> This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited
> commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email.
>
>
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
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>
>
>
>Heheh...
>
>I see the old Mac/PC war brewing... let's not go there.
>
>You can avoid using a PC if you can get a hold of Virtual PC and use that on
>your Mac.
>
>I have played with MacBS2, and it will not work with my serial adapter
>(which works fine under Virtual PC).
>
>Until support is built in for FTDI, I will not be able to use MacBS2.
>
>Personally, I don't really like OS X anyway. Hate the candy coloured aqua
>interface. Luckily, I found a Plantinum skin (aka OS9 look alike) for OS
>X...
>
>But, yeah, VPC under OS 9.2.2, no trouble at all, and my friend now has an
>old Toshiba laptop surplus to my needs that he is using as a linux box...
>
>
>--
>
>http://www.lennard.net.nz/
>Ben Lennard, NCEE, Dip EE
>
>Electronics R&D - Kiwi Made, Innovative Electronics.
>
>Hm: +64 4 972 7567
>Mb: +64 21 536 627
>87 Spencer Street
>Crofton Downs
>Wellington
>New Zealand
>
>"To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is
>half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
>
>No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the
>Dog next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you! Those of you
>with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that
>there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards.
>
>> From: Dwayne Reid <dwayner@p...>
>> Reply-To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 21:54:41 -0700
>> To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] MacBS2 help
>>
>> At 11:17 PM 3/11/03 -0500, John Courtney wrote:
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> you need more then help,
>>> you dont have to insult us with our cheap PC
>>> good luck
>>>>
>>>> any ideas? (besides getting a cheap PC to program it - i know i can do
>>> that)
>>
>> Holly Cow!
>>
>> Maybe I'm mistaken, but I read the statement about a cheap PC exactly as it
>> says: buy an old PC for a few dollars at the local Goodwill or flea market.
>>
>> I don't believe for a minute that it was a slam against PCs in general!
>>
>> My take, anyway.
>>
>> dwayne
>>
>> --
>> Dwayne Reid <dwayner@p...>
>> Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA
>> (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax
>>
>> Celebrating 19 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2003)
>> .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-
>> `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-'
>> Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address.
>> This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited
>> commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email.
>>
>>
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>> from the same email address that you subscribed. Text in the
>>Subject and Body
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>>
>>
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> downloaded MacBS2 and am having a hardtime getting it to recognize the
> stamp.
>
> i tested the stamp using a PC and am able to get it to run successfully. when
i
> try on my powerbook it won't see the stamp - it says no stamp is connected,
> check power and connections.
>
> i am running MacOSX 10.2 (Jaguar) with a Keyspan 28X serial adaptor, and
> have the Tokenizer installed as required. it recognizes the serial port in
> MacBS2 and in the Keyspan Serial Assistant, and MacBS2 says my syntax is
> okay.
Did you ever get this to work? I have. If you still need help reply back and
I'll give you a hand. Provide me your phone # and I'll call you on Apple's
dime. ;-)
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