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(...) Thanks John, I'll try this soon. You may want to post this to the next level higher to let other non-pbForthers see what you are up to. Does your alternative firmware loader take into account the limit at 0xCC00? If the replacement firmware (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Dave I am working on a number of maths functions that includes loge log10 expe and exp10 x^y as well as trig functions. As you note it requires the specification of the mantassa and exponent desciption of the float variable for the RCX. Usually this (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Experimenting with Lejos, two 'major' problems: memory (cleaning up platform & lang: Math.class is huge!) and... threads. I have the impression my "try { sleep(nnn) }" takes a somewhat arbitrary time. It's 'at least' nnn milisec, but often much (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) Hey, don't blame me if it should fall off though ;-) Speaking of wall climbing robots, does anyone have or seen one of these 4-legged Climb@Tron creatures shown at (URL) look kinda cute especially Vertibug. And at $14.95 each, they're a lot (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi, those who have the old pneumatics and a couple of the blue air tanks may want to try the experimental setup at (URL) it! And I suspect the window walker critter would still work without the air tanks :-) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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hello, i've searched through the discussions but i haven't been able to find any info on using floats with exponents in legOS, specifically the inverse of natural log: e^. actually, i can't find any info about integers with exponents either. i am (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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As an aside, I think it might be a straightforward matter to make emacs communicate with the RCX (or intermediary) and then you've got a full blown editor to work with (ie, there are already forth highlighting modes). (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Bruce ---...--- WWW.SYSTRONIX.COM Real embedded Java, fast 8051s, & more +1-801-534-1017 Salt Lake City, USA ---...--- (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've put together a stand-alone application which I am calling ForthPad. It is a Windows executable which should run on any version of Windows from 95 on up. It is a simple Forth editor that performs user-configurable syntax highlighting. Users of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Vision Command $29.99 @KB Toys online
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I live in the UK and KB Toys will not ship internationally. This sucks as this is a massive saving. Would anyone out there consider buying me a VC and shipping it over if I send over a cheque to cover all costs? -- Lee Wilson ---...--- (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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It appears a great way to test this would be to use a simple torque wrench. Use a metal axle, (to show stress at this connection). A metal axle will also not twist to give a false reading on the wrench. Fix a point at the gear teeth. Loading up the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Perhaps doping axles would be a good idea... --Mike (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, this is very easy to do. I'd have to change the GUI I supply too, but that would not be too bad... (...) It's not pbForth that's the problem, it's the host-side software that I need to update to use the USB tower. (...) The RCX does not (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) If you changed pbForth to use 2400,o,8,1 instead of 2400,n,8,1 wouldn't that make it work with the USB tower? It seems to me like that is what the standard Lego firmware expects from either tower. That appears to be how it works under Windows, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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FUT: lugnet.technic (...) There's a lot of talk and little workshop here. I know nothing about gear streangth, I have never broken a gear - unitl today. Feeling the only way to settle this is to actually test it: 1) I took a z16 gear and boiled it (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha) !
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(...) Well, for starters, the RCX uses a different modulation scheme on the IR port, but these guys have a C solution... (URL) You'll need a Palm SDK and some patience. Is there any or some interest in getting this for the Palm? I'm having trouble (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) But this is exactly how Rob's window walker worked. I had the privilege of seeing it first person, and he would work the pump a bit (to take air out of the blue tanks), then start it going. Then after a while, he would work the pump more. This (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all, i'm interested in using a Sony Clie N770 (Palm OS 4.1) to program my RCX (RIS 1.5). I ran across pbForth in the book "The Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms" by Jonathan B. Knudsen. I downloaded pbForth.srec (version 11/11/2001 22:08) from (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Hey, that's a nifty looking shaft encoder. Where did you dig up that thing from? Is it truly made by TLC? It looks like one of those handcrafted works by John Barnes. It's the basis for an angle or rotation sensor. You will need to use it with (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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(...) But, of course. As was carefully explained in my earlier post at (URL) is, you can store compressed air in a blue air tank (or as many of them as you have in your possession) and then release it for use later on. Then you charge it up again. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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