butterfingers 2 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Another new joiner here saying "Hi". I'm in NZ and am patiently awaiting the arrival of my first LaunchPads. Also a Chronos, because I couldn't resist, you know? :oops: Also snagged an $11 Piccolo to play around with with my laptop while I commute. Actually, I'm starting to get worried about my Launchpad, because they shipped weeks ago by DHL but haven't arrived, whereas the Chronos shipped a couple of days ago by Fedex and is making fine progress (currently in Honolulu). Worse, the DHL tracking number I got from TI doesn't work. What the heck though, in the meantime I'm preparing my Mac for MSP430 development, which is... progressing. I've been using an Arduino and fooling around with robots, and I figure the more strings to my bow, the more fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZeroSkillz 11 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Howdy! I can sympathize with you on the LaunchPad shipping...mine took a while to get to me and the DHL tracking really has nothing to do with when you will get them...just hang in there! I also ordered a PiccoloCONTROLSTICK... only took two days to get that! ZeroSkillz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
butterfingers 2 Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 I also ordered a PiccoloCONTROLSTICK... only took two days to get that! Yeah, my Piccolo only took a couple of days to get here. No answer from TI yet on where my LaunchPads are, or what the correct tracking number is. Never mind though - at least I'll have some kind of MSP430 to play with once my Chronos arrives, and happily I got the toolchain compiled and working on my Mac last night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
butterfingers 2 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Happy is me! My Launchpads arrived! Less happy is that I somehow totally borked my Mac while trying to get the toolchain set up. Thanks, Time Machine. Only 6 hours of restore left... :oops: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMLB 24 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 so mac aren't unbreakable ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,892 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 so mac aren't unbreakable ! They are breakable just like any other computer if you start poking around and sudo-ing in the Terminal. rm -rf * in the wrong place And yes butterfingers, TM is a life saver. Also, can you share your experiences installing toolchain on the Mac? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jsolarski 94 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 lol you can also bork your system by running sudo chmod /* 777 (not as bad as rm) .......I borked my linux system last week recompiling mspgcc from source, running a similar command(chmod).......but anyways welcome!! And good luck with your mac and compiling your tool chain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeekDoc 226 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Welcome, butterfingers! An unfortunate nickname around electronics and computers (as you seem to have proven )! Good luck with your Mac. I always wanted one, but couldn't afford one and needed MS-Win for work anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
butterfingers 2 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 My Mac's back. I just put in the OS disk, restarted, told the Mac to restore from Time Machine and then went to bed. Woke up to a happy Mac. I shall not be messing around with that null kernel extension again! :oops: I suppose this means I'll be using Parallels or Boot Camp to use the Windows tools instead, or using my work laptop. Slightly tiresome, but pragmatic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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