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| I'll bid 15 cents a piece for what ever piece count. My step father uses them as an architect for building designs. -- Everything else is just a toy... (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 16 digital outputs as Fred suggested
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| Hi guys, I needed 16 digital outputs for my handyboard, so I put up a very simple expansion board the way Fred suggested in his handboard FAQ: I connected two more hc374 with their d-inputs to LCD-display's data bus (d0 - d7). Then I connected the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Print to IC's console window
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| (...) there is no builtin way of doing this. to get msgs back over the serial line, see the FAQ question at: (URL) Is it true that the handy board can only work when the LCD is plugged onto (...) you need a replacement pcode file to let the HB work (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| hi eric, i haven't tried any of these products, but they *should* work. the mac hb software uses low level driver calls, so if that stuff is patched and translated to usb, it would work. but if i were you i'd get one and try it on an existing (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | To Prof. Fred Martin: Neat!
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| Hi, I saw your robot at the Trinity fire fighting contest last Sunday. It was neat, and very animate. I was curious to know if you had figured out why it did what it did during your first run (?). And, what type of sensor were you using on the rear (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | MN FIRST LEGO League
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| Here is a new LEGO Mindstorms Page. This page is for the Minnesota FIRST LEGO league competition which is for kids ages 9-14 and is part of the larger international FIRST LEGO league program. Probably the interesting thing for this group is the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Changed web hosts...
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| I have changed from Geocites to WebJump. My new url is (URL) , now I have to change the webring registrations so don't use them yet. Everything works. New pics of sets 8428 and 8432. Some star Wars sets assembled. More pics of Star Wars as I build (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| (...) Correction: the problem has been the *bane* of your life--not the bain. I'm the bain of everyone's life. (...) The best solution to the problem that I've seen is in the 6.270 Robot Builder's Guide, which can be downloaded off of the documents (...) (27 years ago, 25-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Just got back from Wal-Mart
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| Check KayBee Toys, Southridge Mall KBT had a large selection on Friday. A little more pricey than TRU but most all but Y/Tie fighter, the one I want the most. Ignore the signature, changing web hosts. New url is (URL) . 25megs for free, come and (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.wi.mil)
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| eric, i don't have a definitive answer, but here are two things: 1. You *NEED* the reset chip, whether it's a DS1233 or the MC34064HC, I don't care, but you must have a device that asserts reset (pulls the line low) when the system voltage falls (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Hello again, Fred G. Martin had informed me that I forgot the assembly code for the Buffalo monitor. It is now on the page, (URL) BUF_HB.TXT Charles Hacker School of Engineering Griffith University - Gold Coast PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| I had several problems downloading from a P166 on Com2 running Win95, and found the following solutions worked. 1. Go to Control Panel, System, Device Manager, Ports, Com2 and select properties. Set for 1200 bps; 8; none; and 1. Click the Advanced (...) (27 years ago, 1-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Troubles with dallas memory 2.
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| i have more info to that puzzle. I assembly two mother handy. One work fine , the other only download to a common memory, don't download to a dallas memory !!! I don't uderstand why if work in the common memory , don't in the backed memory? The idea (...) (26 years ago, 3-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Hello All, I have been able to get a machine code print routine to work. The code that will print two lines to the LCD screen follows. Fred Martin had requested I send the code to the HandyBoard list. Note that No interrupts have been set up. The (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | New use for the HB
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| Just thought I'd write a little note to everyone describing how we are using the HB. I've been working with Bloomington High School South in Bloomington, IN. About a year ago they decided to put together a Solar Bike Team to race in the SunRayce in (...) (27 years ago, 2-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Downloading problems
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| Use 6811 Downloader to download pcode_hb.s19. Power cycle, and the Handy Board should beep and display a version message on its LCD screen. Then, run IC modem or IC printer depending on which port you are using. It should be configured to boot with (...) (26 years ago, 26-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: CHARGER BOARD PROBLEM(URGENT)
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| phillip, please go through the sequence of tests in the assembly directions (as if you were building the serial/charger board from scratch), and indicate the point at which you first detect a problem. (URL) your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: dc motor output control? Please help!
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| the short answer is that you can't use 3v motors with the handy board. the FAQ states this: (URL) you use the "separate motor power supply" hack, with a 6v battery, you might be able to get 3v motors to work. see (URL) your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 25-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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