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It's been quite a while since I've posted (dagnabbit, it's been too long since I've built any robots), but I tackled the same issues in my earlier programming days. I tackled JavaScript and NQC at the same time. I found that they were very (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Try Gordon's brick programmer. It's an interesting halfway house between Lego's graphical but rather limited offering and an actual written language like NQC. It's a free download, I just don't remember where it comes from at the moment. Maybe (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have to disagree strongly. Learning to program is hard, irrespective of the system. Whether the system is embedded or not doesn't effect the control structures, data structures, and algorithms that a programmer must learn. I learned on a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, without doubt the most popular programming language for RCX (apart of the original Lego software) is NQC. It's easiest to use and most commonly seen - which means there are the most people out there to help you. However, if you really (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Which is funny, because I read the webpage and it turns out you need to download 23MB of stuff and it ends up installing NQC on your system... (...) If you're a beginning programmer, I'd go with NQC for the simple reason that there are lots of (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hey All, I've talked with several people about this. First, a quick generalization: IMHO, there are two types of LegOS users: 1) Unix/Linux programmers who use LegOS as another platform for development, and don’t really care about building robots. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hello everyone! I have been semi-lurking on the list for a few months, with the occasional post. I have only recently gotten into Mindstorms and wanted to ask about moving on to another language to program the RCX with. I have no programming skills (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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BrickOS? As in MIT's Brick project... Regards, Bill ___...___ William Sequeira, Ph.D. -- Principal, Axon Hillock, Inc. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I'm running legOS from Linux, so I don't know Ultraedit. But if its suitable for your needs and free it seems to be a good choice. Regards, Michael (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I didn't want to have to write my programs for LegOS and then type a ton of commands only to find that I made a mistake. So I downloaded UltraEdit-32 9. It allows unix type file to be saved (This will replace the carriage return and line feed (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hello David, (...) What would it help? (...) Have you ever tried legOS? First, if you are running legOS from Linux, you don't need cygwin and that kind of things. They are only needed to resemble a UNIX enviroment under DOS. And the UNIX system is (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) That is why we search for a new name. The LEGO group said that they don't like legOS and all possible deviations. If you look on the official mindstorms webpage, legOS is not mentioned. On the other hand, they where so kind only to ask for a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I'm wondering, has anyone asked LEGO for permission to continue calling it 'legOS' (emphasizing the unique capitalization)? What was the response? -- David Schilling (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) It really WOULD be nice if someone created a simplified way of getting up and running for legOS, even if it didn't actually contain a GUI interface for programming (though I by no means would discourage someone from providing THAT as well!) or (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Hi Ralph, You may be right because if I insert KEY somewhere in the loop, it displays the information at each pass in the loop. (...) Otherwise, I like pbForth a lot. I'm still learning the particularities of this implementation (what's in, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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There isn't a GUI for LegOS. I have my Visual Studio set up to do all the stuff I need to do when writing programs with LegOS. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "scott davis" <rcxman2@msn.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 18:02:42 GMT To: (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Yes, rcxTcl is probably looking at the data coming in on the IR and buffering it until there is a pause. I'll check it out this week and send out an update if I can.... How are you making out otherwise with pbForth? Cheers, Ralph (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Ralph, Coult it be that the console (RcxTcl) does that (and not pbForth)? Thanks Mario (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) An int, 4 bytes. (...) That's right. (...) I think a complete cycle will take 49.7 days, as you have to get through the negative values, too. But I bet nobody has yet tried it. (Somewhat like the MSWindows sure crash a while ago :-) (...) No, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Is there a GUI for legOS like Bricx CC for NQC? If there is, is it easier to use and do you lose features useing it? Thanx scott (23 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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