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Hi all. I've been lurking in the shadows reading posts for a couple of weeks and now have a question of my own. I'd like to move beyond the programming capabilities of the RIS software and am trying to decide which way to go. I have VERY little (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.0a multi-threading problem
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(...) [snip] Heh. I've spent 2 days on this, so I know how you feel :). main() must be the first function in your source file, otherwise really weird stuff happens. -- Regards, Modemch (26 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RCX with AC power - Still Available
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Hi. Yes I mostly lurk, but what a great listserv this is!! I recently acquired a Robolab for my 8th grade science classes - WAY COOL. Also, I recently went to a Lego sponsored training workshop, where the Lego Rep. tells me that you can still get (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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Zac, I may not understand your objectives, but I'd say that using NQC with the Rcx Command Center RcxCC is the current best choice for work that is primarily concerned with programming the Rcx and Robots. You'll find it very easy to use, and there's (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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(...) After seeing all the cool stuff at Mindfest this weekend, I'll say this: 1. Learn about basic bot building using the graphical tools from LEGO 2. When you need more control, go to NQC 3. When you run out of variables or timers, etc go to (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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(...) I'd recommend NQC; if you use visual basic, you'll need to go through a lot of communicating-with-the-brick and user-interface crap every time you want to make a program. With NQC, you concentrate on writing your code for the robot, and don't (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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Hi Zac, Dave Baum's NQC is excellent ... not quite the capabilities of pbForth, but *much* easier to learn. Mark Overmars' RCX-CC makes NQC even easier to use ... and best of all, both Dave and Mark have made their efforts available for use free of (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RCX Mower (was RCX with AC power - Still Available)
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You wouldn't necessarily have to map the lawn. Just let it go around randomly. A purely random algorithm would have a tendency to miss corners, though. You could do something random, but add a bias of some kind to help it get the corners of your (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX with AC power - Still Available
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James C. Jones <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:v01540b02b43b87...121.26]... (...) Yea, but they want something like $150 compared to $200 for a RCX and a whole lot of parts with the RIS. (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Kevin Loch's pictures from Mindfest.
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I just wanted to make sure that those of you that don't follow the lugnet.org group saw that Kevin Loch has posted his pictures from Mindfest on his site. There are some great pictures here even though they are a little small. (URL) is Kevin's (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Pneumatics and the RCX -how?
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There are other models of pneumatic LEGO hexapods on the web already that use linkage for the foward/reverse motion as well as a single large cylinder for each legs vertical motion. (2 URLs) a couple nice examples which inspired me to build this (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Kevin Loch's pictures from Mindfest.
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(...) I won't take that personally :) I think we've been spoiled by Matt's 1600x1280 digital camera. KL (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Kevin Loch's pictures from Mindfest.
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Some of the Star Wars scenes make great desktop backgrounds too! Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Kevin Loch Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 2:07 PM To: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Book example code
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The example code from _The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots_ is available online: (URL) includes RCX Code files, NQC source files, pbFORTH source files, legOS C source files (0.1.7, not 0.2.0a), and even a MS Word document with VBA macros (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | What's new in RIS 1.5 software?
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I have heard that the development software that comes with RIS 1.5 has been updated and improved but I haven't seen specifics. Can anyone share what they know about what is new? The things I would like to know are: 1. Is the software faster? (click, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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(...) Hi, I don't see this as a matter of choice. It really depends on what you want to do with your robots. NQC programs are executed directly on the RCX and needs no communication with the PC, whereas programs written in VB using SPIRIT.OCX are (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Interests in non-GNU C compiler for RIS?
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I know most lego alternative SW seems to be Open Source, but please don't flame me for asking this question - ImageCraft is a company that provides low cost C compilers for 8/16 bit microcontrollers such as Atmel AVR, Moto HC11/12/16. While not Free (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Pneumatics and the RCX -how?
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(...) Thanks! The only things off screen are the battery box and compressor. If you look at the picture of the underside you can see the two switches and cylinders that control the stepping motion. (URL) is the LEGO compressor I use with it most of (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: RIS1.5 scan
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Hi Rick..and everybody else :) A few people mailed me regarding the scans - well I got around doing them all - yep the new Constructopedia is over 100 pages big - so take a look here - but be quick I'll have to take them down by Sunday or Monday (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Double echo
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Hi Ralph, (...) Yes, it works. After fighting for a while with Cygwin32 + binutils (it's still present a bug in linker configuration), finally I got the development environment. Your makefile works fine so it was very easy to get pbFORTH compiled. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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