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Unread 30-03-2005, 17:36
Ted Boucher Ted Boucher is offline
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Re: Searching for a Laptop

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Originally Posted by CJO
A good option would be to email IFI. They use USB serial adapters for the radios used in the IFI scanner. Obviously, these work with the IFI setup, so, whatever they use would work.

Alternatively, I believe that one can still purchase serial port PCMIA cards.
Team 237 has been though this stage already and IFI website helped us out. This thread/post (read the last post) talks about the USB to Serial adapter situation and they suggest the Radio Shack Model 26-183. It is a little expensive but it works great with all of our laptops. We have used it to calibrate our CMU Cam and to program the robot with very little issues. LOL.. When you plug the RC into a laptop with that converter, Windows says, "New Hardware found: Microsoft Mouse" .. don't worry, it is nothing to be concerned about.
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Last edited by Ted Boucher : 30-03-2005 at 17:53.