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Article #3012Re: TECH: Using an IBM as a dumb interface
From: Mark Green
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:18
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:18
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In article <1jcdrhINNdra@shelley.u.washington.edu> japetros@mailbox.syr.edu (Joh n A. Petrosillo) writes: > >In article <1hp8nuINNf80@shelley.u.washington.edu> bradw@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu ( >Brad Wyble) writes: >> >> >>I'm still interested in interfacing to a Mac and I've had the >>following idea. How feasible is it to use an IBM as a dedicated >>interface unit and have it output a signal to com port which would >>then hook to a Mac? The IBM could constantly poll both (or more) >>gloves and keep the info handy, then the Mac would send a request for >>either glove and the IBM would send a packet of info.... > >I too am trying to use DataGloves with a Mac system. I am writing a C >application that must read and analyze glove data. Is it really >necessary to use an IBM?? Can't you use the series port on the MAc >(assuming one is there) with the serial port on the glove interface >box?? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks and good luck to >both of us, Brad. > >John A. Petrosillo >L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science >Syracuse University >Syracuse, NY Are you talking about the DataGlove or the PowerGlove? The DataGlove was originally designed to run on a Mac and all the software shipped with the early DataGloves only ran on Mac's. You should look at the DataGlove documentation it will show you how to connect it to a Mac.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!stein.u.washington.edu!hlab From: mark@cs.ualberta.ca (Mark Green) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Re: TECH: Using an IBM as a dumb interface Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:18:05 -0700 Organization: University of Alberta Lines: 33 Approved: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu Message-ID: <1jvp0fINNmhh@shelley.u.washington.edu> References: <1hp8nuINNf80@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1jcdrhINNdra@shelley.u.wash NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu