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Hello,
I'm Greg Hyland, who entered "Buy the Batteries in Bulk" (and was the only one
who used Lego's RIS1.0 software), and was at the last train event. I was
wondering, is there anyone in rtltoronto, and in Toronto perferably, who wants
to sell me their RIS2.0 software?
Slowly, but surely, I'm learning NQC, but I do want to check out RIS2.0, and was
planning on buying the update from Lego S@H, but thought I would ask here if
anyone ahs a spare CD they wanted to sell. To make it ewasy, I could pick up the
disk, and pay in cash. Wow!
I am planning on entering the next competition in February, and will definately
be at the Train event in a couple weeks.
If you want, e-mail me at greg@lethargiclad.com
Thanks,
Sined,
Greg Hyland
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Greg Hyland writes:
> I'm Greg Hyland, who entered "Buy the Batteries in Bulk" (and was the only one
> who used Lego's RIS1.0 software), and was at the last train event. I was
> wondering, is there anyone in rtltoronto, and in Toronto perferably, who wants
> to sell me their RIS2.0 software?
I'm not sure if I know anyone who has a 2.0 yet. But I do know someone who
would like to buy the USB tower, in case someone wants to part with yet
another part of the 2.0 system.
> I am planning on entering the next competition in February, and will definately
> be at the Train event in a couple weeks.
Excellent! Look forward to seeing you there!
Calum
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
> I'm not sure if I know anyone who has a 2.0 yet.
Ah. I figured as there are people in the group seem to have more than one RCX,
then possibly people were buying more than one set, so they'd have extra
software disks and books sitting around... plus, you folks don't seem to like to
use the RIS software!
I just wanted to avoid odering from the States.
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> Slowly, but surely, I'm learning NQC, but I do want to check out RIS2.0
From what I understand you want to check out the new “Programming Blocks”,
correct? But believe me that software it’s not worth the money it will cost
you, especially since you’re learning NQC now. I strongly advice you not to
spend any time on RIS2.0, because I’m possessive you won’t be needing it as
soon as you get to know a real programming language. Instead try
concentrating your efforts on RCX coding and scripting, and NQC is a great
start!
As far as the actual RCX2.0 firmware goes - you can download the whole
package from the web:
http://mindstorms.lego.com/sdk2/default.asp
Run ‘ATLClient.exe’ and click 'New Firmware'
Here are some more great links you should check out to get you going with NQC:
The official NQC website. Look under Documentation for an awesome “NQC
Programmer's Guide”:
http://www.enteract.com/~dbaum/nqc/index.html
The RCX Command Center. One of the best NQC programming GUI assistants,
definitely worth a look:
http://www.cs.uu.nl/~markov/lego/rcxcc/index.html
Visual NQC. Another great ‘middle-man’ proggie for NQC programming:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~myweb1/Index.html
General C/C++ programming tutorials/tips, some of which can be applied to NQC:
http://www.csc.vill.edu/%7Elab/C/
http://www.coronadoenterprises.com/
Good luck!
Ivan
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Ivan Louch writes:
> Here are some more great links you should check out to get you going with NQC:
>
> The official NQC website. Look under Documentation for an awesome “NQC
> Programmer's Guide”:
> http://www.enteract.com/~dbaum/nqc/index.html
>
> The RCX Command Center. One of the best NQC programming GUI assistants,
> definitely worth a look:
> http://www.cs.uu.nl/~markov/lego/rcxcc/index.html
Ivan forgot to mention the best NQC programming GUI assistant (aka IDE)
available for the MS operating systems today: Bricx Command Center. This
IDE, an enhanced version of Mark Overmar's original RCX Command Center, is
definitely worth a look (or two). It fixes a huge number of minor (and not
so minor) bugs in the original RcxCC and augments its functionality
significantly. It also incorporates Dave Baum's NQC Programmer's Guide into
the help system.
http://members.aol.com/johnbinder/bricxcc.htm
Don't forget to download and install the latest version of NQC (2.4a4) for
full USB IR tower support (it's at the NQC link above).
John Hansen
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