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| is now available, contributed by Vadim Gerasimov, an MIT Media Lab student. This will be a boon to users who have been struggling getting the fundamentally broken DLM to work. Get it from the software resources page of the HB web site ((URL) (29 years ago, 8-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard assembly
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| Ah, the classic "I built it and it doesn't work" story. Did you follow the incremental building instructions? I take it the answer is no. My suggestion is to pull all of the chips, and run through the series of incremental tests in the building (...) (29 years ago, 7-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| yes, it is possible for an ic program to use the serial port. see randy's instructions at (URL) this question was answered and archived in Handy Board e-mail archive. It would be good if people try a quick search through there before posting to the (...) (29 years ago, 7-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Dear all, People should be aware that there have been numerous complaints in the past regarding Mark's company and its service. I have declined Mark's request to be listed as a "authorized" vendor on the Handy Board web page. Based on my knowledge, (...) (29 years ago, 5-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) are you sure you have enough voltage on the adapter? You need at least 16- 18 v open circuit, or an adapter rated for 12 volts at 500 mA. Your symptoms are consistent with an adapter that is rated with too little voltage. (...) Not sure what (...) (29 years ago, 5-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| I successfully downloaded hbdl (thanks for fixing it, Fred!) and ran into some problems when trying to use it. When I try to download a file to the board, as soon as I click "yes" that the board is ready, the program tells me that the board is in (...) (29 years ago, 9-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| David, I believe that IC never actually supported zero page variables; it was documented as a feature but never implemented. Your solution of using the indexed registers is what I was going to suggest. -Fred -- This message was composed using (...) (29 years ago, 29-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| The botboard does not incorporate motor drivers; the Handy Board does. The handy board is smaller, and fits into a commercial plastic enclosure with the battery pack underneath. The botboard has prototype area; the handy board does not. The handy (...) (29 years ago, 29-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Dear Fred: No, we went through the assembly following your directions step by step. By the statement " Board OK", I meant that the tests upto the point of downloading pcode (second time with LCD in) tested OK. I did not want to bore the audience (...) (29 years ago, 7-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Dear Handy Board Users, I am starting to get hit with e-mail from individuals who are having trouble with their Handy Boards. I don't have the time to help people with assorted technical problems on this kind of basis. Therefore, I would urge all (...) (29 years ago, 28-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Dear Fred and other handyboarders, This might be a strange question for this group. I am busy making a little robotlike object. As I have several Basic STAMPs laying around, I am making it multiprocessor - however, STAMPs don't have interrupts, (...) (29 years ago, 29-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| David -- Soldering d0 to +5v certainly can't help; it should be connected to the data bus (pin 9 of the 6811, pin 11 of the RAM, and pin 3 of the 'hc373). (see the cpu and mem schematic). With board power off, check continuity among these (...) (29 years ago, 22-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Hi all, Given Kazuyoshi and other's problems with DLM, if there are any Windows programmers out there who would want to take a stab at a Windows or W'95 implemention, it would be a Good Thing. I'm afraid I'm not qualified to take this on myself. The (...) (29 years ago, 21-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| dlm is apparently having trouble. you've got the right COM port because it's able to get through the first phase of the download (the dots and dashes bootstrap). someone else had problems using dlm on a pentium. it's an aging dos program and i (...) (29 years ago, 21-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| a wireless serial link requires surgery to IC. the HB side woudn't be bad. on the ic side you'd have to plug into the board comms routines (probably most are stashed away in a single library) and substitute your own code that deal with transmission (...) (29 years ago, 20-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC 3.1 Beta4 occasioanlly hangs up Geoport
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| Fred, Randy: I noticed that when I use IC 3.1 B4 while I am online (Power MAC 7100/66, Geoport, MACPPP connection) it hangs up (occasionally) the line. It mostly happens if Netscape was used prior to IC invocation. Couple of time it happened in (...) (29 years ago, 23-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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