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| <CBN News> Two mixed companies from the Blank Shields mercenary troop along with various supplies and equipment left Port Anders this morning with little fanfare. The main dock of the sleepy port town has been roped off for the last week as soldiers (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| | Re: New watches?
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| (...) I spotted these at Fred Meyers in Seattle. They are pretty wee for adults. If I didn't already have that mask, I would have picked one up probably. (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | Re: Controlling HB using PC serial port
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| (...) I would posit that the easiest way is to use the serial cable. Then you don't have to do new cabling or only work with the digital pins which can also do output. Plus you're not spending your digital ports. You could also go through the SPI, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | January Mini-Challenge
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| Here are some comments about the January Mini-Challenge. The idea is to build a robot that will drag-race from the starting line to the finish line and stop within a very short distance of the finish line. The starting and finish lines will be made (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: 0x8000 and main()
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| Fred and Dan, For some reason, I'm apparently having trouble explaining my findings, doing something wrong -- or not understanding what Fred is telling me. Now that my HB runs " main() " functions just fine upon powerup reset, I did my experiment on (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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fred
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| | Re: Reset & running Main ( )
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| Fred, Thanks for the very prompt response. Your responses to queries on this board continue to provide very useful insights. With respect to your response #1, it is helpful to know that "list files" does not actually read the Handy Board and is (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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fred
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| | Re: Reset & running Main ( )
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| Fred, I double-checked, and my " main() " program (filename: jrm1.c) is all lower case letters. I confirmed case sensitivity by trying to call the " main() " file (filename: jrm1.c) which has been downloaded to the HB by typing " Main() " on the PC. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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fred
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| | Re: Reset & running Main ( )
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| Fred, Man, do you ever sleep? I hope you know how much your support is appreciated. Here is a copy of my jrm1.c file. Just a reminder, if I type " main() " in the IC window on my PC, this file executes flawlessly. Thanks, John /* filename: jrm1.c (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Shopko or Fred Meyers sales?
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| These two stores usually give me my greatest finds but I have not found ANY real clearance of Lego sets this year. Has anyone else found some bargains at these stores? Rose (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: JRM code and Reset
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| Fred, Thanks for the info on how IC determines whether to auto-start a program or not. Based on your suggestions ---- I just finished downloading the open-source (free) version of IC. I had been running Newton Labs 3.1 and most recently 3.2. I (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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fred
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| | Re: 0x8000 and main()
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| Fred, Dan, and Chuck, Thanks to an email from Chuck McManis (thanks, Chuck), I now have a better understanding of what's going on with respect to the main() function and memory location 0x8000. Chuck asked me if the main() function is executed after (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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fred
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| | Fred Meyer and ShopKo Clearance Sales
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| I stopped by my local Fred Meyer and found that they had the following sets on clearance: 7171 - Mos Espa Pod Race - 44.99 6713 - Grip and Go Challenge - 9.99 6573 - Arctic Expedition - 7.49 AND THE BIG DEAL OF THE DAY 7186 - Watto's Junkyard - (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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fred
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| | Re: Fred Meyer and ShopKo Clearance Sales
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| From past experience the clearance sales can be different store by store. I have one store that usually puts their clearance out first and sells it at 50%. They usually sell out in a day. Then the other stores eventually do this but on a much slower (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: JRM code and Reset
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| John, I just did the same test, I think what Fred was saying is that IC sets the 0x8000 to accept a startup program if one is loaded. If I poke a 0 to that address then load any program it sets back to 1. I think he was wandering if your IC version (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Reaching back to the past ...
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| Fred, You recently pointed to the new "cricket" controller. Its pretty cool, however as you recall I am a big fan of the Miniboard, having used several in various robots over the years. I recently got a kit from Microchip that they use to teach (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 0x8000 and main()
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| Dan, Perhaps I'm misinterpreting what you mean by "a startup program". To me, a "startup program" means there is a file downloaded to the HB that contains a " main() " function, i.e., a function which will automatically be executed upon startup (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Compiling .icb files /Farnsworth files
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| Fred, I've enclosed the section of the README that applies to my question: To build pcode for other robot boards, follow the instructions below. Copy the 'build_rw.bat' file to another, and replace the GCC command -D variables to the following for (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | main() Reset -- THE SAGA ENDS !! ---
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| Fellow Lugnuts, Doe anyone want to purchase a 74HC244 (U5) that "kinda works" ? YES, YES, believe it or not, U5 was my problem !! The mystery is not totally solved, because even using both a logic probe and an o-scope, I cannot see any indication (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sopwith Camel (#3451) shipped...
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| (...) I like this part, but not as much as the straight rail. In $20 red bucket 4128 it became common in white in 1997. This was the bucket Mike Stanley tried to purchase in bulk at Legoland, but Fred Meyer stores got them instead: (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)
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