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(...) It means very little. The first time you run Cygwin, it complains about the missing tmp directory. In order to get around this, create a directory 'tmp' from within Cygwin's bash shell using the command: mkdir /tmp This will get rid of that (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I have followed all the stuff on the webpages but when I click a Cygwin B20 in the start menu it says bash.exe: warning:-coukd not find /tmp. please create! BASH.EXE-2.02$ what does this mean and how do I fix it (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RIS parts questions
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(...) The RCX 1.0 in RIS 1.0 has a jack, the RCX 1.0 in RIS 1.5 doesn't (unfortunately, I have two of them). The 2.0 on the RCX 2.0 is purely for decoration, there's no user visible difference whatsoever to the RCX 1.0 without the jack. Jürgen (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Idiotic listserver! Here's the patch inline: diff -ru cvs-legOS/Makefile.common work-legOS/Makefile.common --- cvs-legOS/Makefile.common Sun May 27 18:01:56 2001 +++ work-legOS/Makefile.common Thu Mar 28 21:26:06 2002 @@ -11,15 +11,14 @@ # # -# (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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(...) Please, post your diff file on sourceforge: (URL) Paolo. --- "If you don't care, your customers never will." - Marlene Blaszczyk (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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<snip> > > I retrieved the latest from CVS and had problems building. I had to remove > the "\" from the end of some #define statements. I guess the gcc version I > have doesn't support (multi-line) #defines using "\" or isn't configured to > allow (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hello, I have downloaded and installed Max Davies IR routines in IC 4.010, and have used the test.ic program to try to get data on the LEGO #9738 Infrared Remote. The program seems to read the remote once every ten or so attempts. The data for the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Russel. I've just added Paolo's writeup of the installation instructions for the windows platforms. Please let me know of any corrections needed to these pages and how you fared. Good luck, Stephen legOS release manager -- stephen@debian.org (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Russell, This link is to the legOS Documentation: (URL) Instalation instructions are in the How to section a few pages in. Happy trails Chris (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: RIS parts questions
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(...) now *that* would be cool (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Want to get started with legOS
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I right now program in NQC but I want some thing better and I heard that legOS is really good. I,m runing windows 95 and I want to get started with legOS. I heard that you need something called "egcs" which is a "cross compiler" and I also need (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) remove (...) I (...) to (...) Yes, I had. With newer gcc versions and Cygwin on win32. I fixed #defines problem with a dos2unix text file conversion. (...) I've posted a Bug on sourceforge for printf.c. Same problem happens to older GCC (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) patch (...) invoked by (...) and (...) just (...) Please, post your patches on Sourceforge: (URL) Paolo. --- "I suggest a new strategy, let the Wookie win." - C3PO (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: lego turing machine
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(...) I got to thinking, maybe this isn't so impossible after all. Imagine if you used 2x2 blocks with 2x2 tiles on top. Now you have something the RCX can lift. Run two pieces of train track parallel to each other, with four spots' width separating (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RE: RIS parts questions
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(...) The Parts Catalog software (see lugnet.db.inv) can both read HTML pages saved from Peeron and compute set differences - but you need Win2K William (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi - the makefiles don't work at the moment for legOS on cygwin - this patch fixes that. It also stops a dependency generation command from being invoked by make clean, and, in the util directory, instead of compiling firmdl3, dll, and others in (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Easter MOC: Mecha 002: Lucifer
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FUT: lugnet.build.mecha Hi all and happy Easter! Here's my Easter MOC, it might seem a little odd but it's a LEGO Mecha made to look like Lucifer :) He's over one meter tall and, well. Here's the addie: (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS parts questions
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Hi Johnathan, Aside from some very minor changes in the parts and the RIS software, the only difference between kits is the RCX 1.0 has an AC jack, which comes in handy for stationary robots like robotic arms or sorting machines. I've heard that the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: lego turing machine
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Hi JDF, Thanks for the feedback. I know it's not a Turing machine in the true sense, but let me tell you what I'm trying to do. At the moment I realize that I have built a sort of binary adder. But what I am currently implementing is a change in (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: RIS parts questions
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(...) Maybe only a few. But if you could also add sets together and then compare the results to another set that could be useful. You coud add together 3 or 4 sets, and see if you'd have the pieces needed to build some 5th set that you don't (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Wireless Tin Can Antenna Tripod Adapter - Lego Mindstorms
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Hello all, Just thought I'd share an idea I had with you........ (URL) me know what you think. Thanks. MD (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: lego turing machine
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(...) An interesting idea, but the pedant and geek in me has to note that this isn't a Turing machine. Even ignoring Turing's original idea that the tape is infinite, the problem is that the Turing machine placed its output back on the tape. It (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: RIS parts questions
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(...) interesting, but would it really be useful? how many sets would it make sense to compare like this? Dan (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS parts questions
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(...) That didn't change. (...) 2.0 software is better (...) didn't change (...) Nothing. (...) I don't think there's a 1.0 downgrade option :-), I think the difference is only a few pieces. You can compute the set difference from the Peeron (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RIS parts questions
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I have a RIS 2.0 Other than changes to the RCX brick, software, documentation/manuals/etc & IR tower, what parts would I need to obtain to have the equivilant of a RIS 1.5? What about a 1.0? (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Servo motor with external power supply
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Hi, I have tried to run a servo motor with an external power supply (4.8v).I have connected the ground lead of the servo to the motor ground port (Motor Power Jack) and the signal lead of the servo to digital 9.(Like descibed in Fred Martin's book: (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: lego turing machine
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murphy's law at its best: due to bandwith problems, my server has cut off my page. it now 1:30 am., and i've finally got a mirror up on an old yahoo account. it should do fine. looks like 0catch.com had a very big catch. www.geocities.com/aatishb/ (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: lego turing machine
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I umm.. forgot to post the site along with the message. sorry. (smiling sheepishly) (URL) Bhatia" <aatish@mac.com> wrote in message news:Gtp1qJ.801@lugnet.com... (...) pics (...) technically (...) and (...) code (...) minimalistic, (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | turing machine follow up
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I umm.. forgot to post the site along with the message. sorry. (smiling sheepishly) (URL) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | lego turing machine
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I have developed and tested extensively a lego turing machine. Info and pics are up on my site if you're interested. Please note that this is technically not a turing machine as I have used a read only mechanism. I've spent the last hour or so (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: error undefined variable "SENSOR_1"
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(...) The only way I've seen this occur is if you turn on NQC 1.x compatibility mode in the Preferences dialog. In fact, I'm sure this is the problem (having just tested it with that option turned on). It may be possible that that option is getting (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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make sure you chose RCX on the searching for brick screen when brickcc starts. "Russell Newman" <victoreden@netzero.net> wrote in message news:Gtnnyy.GJo@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) 3.3.4.4 (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Scout programming
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(...) There's a lot of overlap between Scout and RCX, but they aren't identical. Most of the stuff that NQC has to generate (math, control structures, etc) is common. The system calls tend to be very different, but this is all defined in an API file (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | error undefined variable "SENSOR_1"
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When I use the command SetSensor(SENSOR_1,S...OR_TOUCH); it says that SENSOR_1 and SENSOR_TOUCH are undefined variable. I have try to reinstall it but that did not work. I tryed to run some of the programs in the Examples file and those do not work (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | March Hampton Roads Mindstorms User Group Meeting
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(Hampton Roads = Southeast Virginia) March's meeting is Saturday, March 30 at the Pretlow Library in Norfolk, VA from 2 PM to 4 PM. Pretlow is just off I-64 in the Ocean View area of Norfolk (at the intersection of Ocean View Ave. and Granby St.) As (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | pbForth and USB Tower
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Just a quick note to ask how many people are waiting on USB support for the pbForth language. I got a USB tower a couple of weeks ago and just got it working with my uploader/console last night. It uses ODD parity, so the next pbForth release will (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | USB 1 with Handyboard.
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I am a member of CAD CAM EDM DRO group on Yahoo There is an ongoing dicussion about developing a black box for controlling Hobby CNC machines. Currently machines are controlled by the LPT printer port. This has two disadvantages 1) PC are always (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: problems using arrays in NQC
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wow, I tried what you said and it worked flawlessly. I feel kinda stupid for not having thought of that for so long. thanks. aatish aatish@mac.com "Alexander Cech" <alexander.cech@chel..._this_.at> wrote in message news:GtMKMo.H79@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: problems using arrays in NQC
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Hi, you have to tell BricxCC/NQC that you are compiling for the RIS 2.0 firmware. To do this, select "RCX2" in the "Searching for the brick" window that appears at startup (you can also make this the default value in Preferences>Startup). (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | problems using arrays in NQC
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hi I'm building a lego turing machine and in the code certain data values need to be taken into an integer array. (sepcifically, inputing a binary no. using light sensor and a stack of yellow and black bricks). However, the program didn't compile (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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