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| My son and I are new to the group (and to Mindstorms) so I don't know if this has been covered recently... I'd be very interested in learning the pros and cons of different programming options for the RCX. I'm currently using NQC but don't have a (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Is there a NQC HowTo out there someplace?
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| (...) Well there are books called "Teach yourself C in 5 days", 21 days and so on... try amazon books. NQC is not actually a full C compiler, it has been simplified a great deal and if you learn the basics from a book, you'd be ready to go with NQC (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | linux and the USB IR Tower
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| Hi, I have been trying to use my lego mindstorms kit along with the USB IR Tower in linux. I have had limited success. I managed to patch the distribution so that firmdl3 recognizes the usb device. I compiled a module for the USB tower device. It (...) (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: New Dave Baum Book?
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| In a nutshell, both books are excellent. Jonathan's unofficial guide is a great overview and starting point for the many different languages that have sprung up around the RCX. Dave's book is more geared towards building in depth with both the Lego (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | PLUG: Dicas e locais de compra
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| Olá João Barbosa, :) Recebi um mail de um dos elementos do PLUG relacionado com dicas e locais de compra do LEGO Mindstorms. Para já, uma sugestão que faço sempre a quem está interessado em LegoBots (robotica+lego) é que frequente (como eu) a (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | RCX2 API
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| I've put together a NQC API file that allows you to use some of the RCX2 features. I don't no whether anyone else has already done this but here is mine. This is unofficial so is unsupported. All question should go to the group, not Dave or myself. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RCX2 API
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| I've put together a NQC API file that allows you to use some of the RCX2 features. I don't no whether anyone else has already done this but here is mine. This is unofficial so is unsupported. All question should go to the group, not Dave or myself. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Australian Roll Call
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| In lugnet.loc.au, Rachel Kingston writes: Thanks for the welcome (and everyone else too!) (...) I think you've got me confused with Kerry here. I'm interested in getting into Technic and Mindstorms but haven't done so yet (it's that single salary (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Turrets for Robowars
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| Rich: this looked real nice. I thought I was the only person melding the cyber cannon and the mindstorms. my first "trick' was to place all 4 in a line, then run a "camshaft" over the firing mech.. it was fun to watch them fire in sequence. then I (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | USB support added to leJOS 1.0.3.beta1
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| I have added USB support to the Win32 version of leJOS. It is in version 1.0.3.beta1 at (URL) thanks to Juergen Stuber for locating the initial modifications to the legos code at (URL) Many thanks to Jin Sato too. You will need to reload the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Language wiki
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| (...) Looks like a nice start. I have two suggestions. Several of the languages work with the standard LEGO firmware. (NQC, MindScript, LASM) It would be good to note that somewhere. Second, BricxCC is a nice piece of software that works with MOST (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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| (...) <snip! snip!! snip!!!> (...) They already do this. Doesn't part of the process of downloading new firmware involve sending a five byte sequence of the word LEGO followed by a registered trademark symbol? Technically, they could probably sue (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: **** the Scout ****
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| (...) Here is a copy of a post I made to rec.toys.lego a few hours ago... Seeing as the Scout is relatively new and the RCX has been around for over a year, there is quite a bit more information on the RCX than the Scout. As a result, the "verdict" (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: XP compatibility with Brick
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| (...) [more snippage] (...) I have also had no problems whatsoever running BricxCC under XP without resorting to any compatability settings. Just run the install program and you should be good to go. (...) [more snippage] (...) A long time ago RcxCC (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | article around legOS
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| The question whether to sue or not to sue must be a joke ! People like Markus Noga and others largely contributed to the enormous success of Lego Mindstorms among students all over the world. The continuously growing LEGO-robotics internet-community (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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| (...) There's tons of precedent on using trademarked names in titles of books. I don't believe my publisher was ever seriously concerned about losing a court case. But they didn't want to bother going to court, and there's a lot of value in a good (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | RE: 8450 Mission / Cybermaster expansion
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| (...) Right, Same as in the RCX... (...) Just like in the RCX. When you first power up the RCX, it is running ROM code. (...) This is where it gets interesting. The RCX has an transfer data opcode (45/4d). This is how the "firmware" gets loaded into (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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