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Is the handyboard capable of serial input (other than for downloading)? How can I do this? Thanks, Keith@spidersoft.org (26 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does pbforth run under dos or windows on the PC? Does it use blocks or dos/windows file system on the PC? Does it use blocks in RAM on the RCX? If I program directly on the RCX can I upload the programs to the PC for further development? In using (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: additional pbforth questions
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Hmm, this is the kind of message I should use for FAQ fodder... (...) You can run it either way. The original intent was to use the dumbest tool possible to interact with the RCX. For DOS this is Procomm Plus or some such tool, for Windows its (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | FW: RCX Firmware and SP
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-----Original Message----- From: Sergey Udovenko [mailto:udovenko@bluewin.ch] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 5:56 PM To: Ralph Hempel Subject: Re: RCX Firmware and SP Hi Ralph, I'm just yet another hobbyist, so nothing is special about my plans. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | PSU robot contest Sat Dec 4, 1999
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Hi All, Penn State Abington will host the second annual Robo-TrailBlazers autonomous robot contest on Sat Dec 4, 1999 at 3pm. The contest is open to all students (and even a few non-student types) as participants. (The contest is HandyBoard and (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Please I need help!
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Hi!, I just asked this question but did not get any help. I need help interfacing two Polaroid 6500's to one HB w/ Expansion Board. This is a project for school and needs to be finished soon that's why I need help. I would really appreciate any help (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Please I need help!
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Pete, It seems to me that a simple double pole double throw relay could be used to select one or the other module. That way you wouldn't need to tie up any other IC/OC pins. You fire one unit, get the return, then switch the relay and fire the other (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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(...) Another guess - again pure speculation - is tha having an external adapter option made certification more difficult in one of the non-U.S. markets. I believe 1.5, aside from being an update for U.S., is also going to become the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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Yes, they left it alone... The 1.5 RCX ROM has the same version number as the 1.0 RCX ROM. The firmware file shipped on the 1.5 CD is identical to the 1.0 firmware. Dave Baum (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Sharing variables and using expressions (was Re: NQC 2.0 and some math questions
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The optimization was intentional (and quite a lot of work, actually). I know it breaks with multiple tasks, but I was more concerned with keeping the variable pool from being cluttered with temporaries. With only 32 vars to use, its quite easy to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Compile Error: extra bytes in stack.
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I got this error: Compiler error! 47 extra bytes left on board stack and I read in the technical manuel that all compiler errors must be fixed before I can download a file to the board. How do I fix this error? I have consulted previous postings on (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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The Scout (from the Robotics Discovery System) doesn't have a power connector either. It is quite possible that the decision to remove the power connector from Mindstorms products was made during the development of the Scout. There was only a single (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Sharing variables and using expressions (was Re: NQC 2.0 and some math questions
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(...) I appreciate this -- that's what the "Not Quite" is all about. As long as you explain things well, I think this kind of compromise is the right way. (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Wot no RCX power connector?
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(...) Besides the RCX, I've two other sets that can be run off an external ac adapter - #8485 Technic Control Center and DACTA #9751 Control Lab Interface. Both of them come with an external adapter. The Technic Control Center can also be run off (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: new pieces (was Re: Wot no RCX power connector?)
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(...) -Kekoa (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: PSU robot contest Sat Dec 4, 1999
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(...) I was pleasantly surprised to read under the Obstacles section, the following ruling "Robots may not hop, jump, skip, or fly over obstacles or any portion of the arena." One quickly realises that drafting rules for our bots to follow isn't (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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(...) In the 1999 catalogue from Commotion (UK), there's a Lego power pack, which is pictured near to the control lab interface and the control centre. They don't specifically say that either of these devices need it (at least, I don't think so), (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | CyberMaster
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Can anybody tell me what the ACTUAL difference between the Mindstorms RCX and the CyberMaster is? The only thing that I can find is pictures, and they look different. It mentions something about games, and being able to write your own... but isn't (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | port addresses
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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has some kind of table or list to show the address of all the ports and what each bit is for on each port. Iam asking this because I was looking through some modified sonar code as below and wondered how people know (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: CyberMaster
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(...) The CyberMaster has a lot of potential and in fact can do things the RCX is not able to, like to count the rotations of the two internal motors. The problem of the CyberMaster is to harness it's potential, because the software is all about (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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