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I need to know if Scribbler Robot could work using a Mac ( Not windows)

markustermarkuster Posts: 184
edited 2007-07-04 21:39 in Robotics
Hi,

I need to know if Scribbler could work using a Mac ( Not windows)

Do you have information about that ?

Thanks, Mark

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2007-07-04 21:39
    You can download a BASIC Stamp Editor for the Mac from Parallax. That will let you program the Scribbler at the PBASIC level. The GUI, however, is an .exe designed to run under Windows. It is written in Perl/Tk, and the source code for it can be downloaded from Parallax. However, there are several aspects (serial I/O and sound, primarily) that rely on the Windows API. The source code for these would have to be modified for the Mac. Also, Perl/Tk has not been ported to native OS/X, so a modified GUI would have to run in an X-window on the Mac.

    -Phil

    Post Edited (Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)) : 7/5/2007 3:39:31 AM GMT
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