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    C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —Dick Swan
   This email announces a C language programming solution for the NXT. The solution includes a comprehensive graphical IDE, C compiler, a full featured debugger, and replacement NXT firmware. It runs ina Windows environment and is available for (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics) ! 
   
        Re: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —Ross Crawford
     (...) From the install manual: System Requirements: • Windows 2000, XP based computer with 10MB of Hard Drive Space • LEGO NXT Hardware with LEGO Mindstorms NXT Programming Software Installed and/or • LEGO RCX Hardware with Robolab 2.5 or later (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         RE: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —Dick Swan
     (...) RCX (...) For a USB tower, it requires Lego's Tower Driver DLL be installed. Robolab is not required. If you use a serial tower, then nothing extra is required. (18 years ago, 14-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —Ross Crawford
     (...) Well, yesterday I quickly tried it with just the Mindstorms 2.0 software installed, and it seemed to upload the firmware ok (firm0328.lgo), but I didn't have a chance to test any further. But today I tried to upload the firmware again, and got (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —Ross Crawford
     (...) Scrub that, found the RobotC firmware. ROSCO (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         RE: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —Dick Swan
     (...) Sorry you're having trouble. You should download firmware RCX file "fast0610.lgo" which is included as part of the installation. RobotC will not run properly with the standard Lego firmware( "firm0328.lgo"). It has too much missing (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —John Hansen
     (...) Dick, You are awesome! I'm excited to get my hands on RobotC and your alternate firmware. If I understand correctly, you took the sourcecode for the official LEGO firmware and replaced the odd National Instruments VM with a VM that is (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —Colin White
   (...) In its final form will RobotC be available separately from the curriculum, and if so will it be free of charge. Thanks. (18 years ago, 16-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —Dave Curtis
   (...) What is the licensing? I can't see anything on the web site. From your comments, I take it that this will be free-as-in-beer, but *not* free-as-in-speech? In other words, is this going to be published under some kind of open source license? (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —John Hansen
   (...) Dick told me in a private email that RobotC will remain a strictly commercial offering for the foreseeable future due to his desire to earn back all the sweat equity he has invested in the product. He also urged me to not add support for his (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: C Programming Solution for NXT - Beta Available —Colin White
   (...) I think I speak for everyone in appreciating the huge effort John has put in on BrickCC with no financial reward. I also appreciate that certain folks would like to get compensated for their efforts, which appears to be the case with RobotC. I (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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