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- 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
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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.
-