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I have installed the USB IR Tower driver following LEGO instructions on Windows XP. But every time, Windows XP will hang when any software trys to communicate with the IR tower through the USB port The software that make my Windows XP crashes (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | *** Remainder: legOS new name poll ***
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Remember that the search for the new name for legOS is en route. The procedure is the following: 1) send your name proposals (10.06. - 22.06.) Please mail me your name ideas. Do this with a personal e-mail to: legOS-namepoll@gmx.de The subject line (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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Hello Ed, problems, problems, problems :) <sigh> Never knew your DOS life is so complicated. Seems urgent to handle this for the new release (easy to say this because I don't have a DOS based legOS system...) (...) Never saw this link. (...) Really? (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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Hello Steve, (...) I don't see a problem in the inclusion of a legOS.srec. But I don't know what happens if you compile your user programs with some other compiler then that building the legOS.srec. And I think that compiling the legOS system is a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: L-Rex Escapes
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(...) OMGoodness!! That is the neatest thing I have seen in a long time!!! It's up there with Mr. Sato's dog! Keep up the great work! Dave!! (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 power questions
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(...) Yes and Yes *1 Do it all the time. The 9v transformer that comes with LEGO 9V Trains is perfect for plugging into the RCX. I also have had an RCX plugged in for about a year and a half with batteries inside to boot (*not* officially (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Compass or Gyro
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Derek, I think the sensor you need really depends on the application. I believe a compass would be better for absolute positioning, and a gyro would be better for relative positioning. I don't really know a lot about gyro's, but I think that will (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: intro and question
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(...) Dean, all of these points are valid. I first learned to program on my HP-41CV calculator, which is a wierd mix of Forth and Assembler. In the end, the deep knowledge of what's happening at the chip level makes me a much better and versatile (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO cuts the price of the RCX Brick
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The 9709 RCX Programmable Brick is sold out on LEGO.com but I know that the LEGO Outlet store in Dawsonville Georgia still have a bunch, and for the same price. They will ship to anywere in the US, 706-216-2800. jt ---...--- James J. Trobaugh (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RCX 1.0 power questions
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1) Can I change the batteries when the RCX is plugged in without losing programming? Is it safe to do? 2) Can I unplug the RCX (with working batteries in it) transport it then plug it in without losing programming? Jude (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | ArtBot -- The Inside Story (program)?
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Well, I built the Artbot and loaded the sample software. The intended goal is to first draw the three leaf pattern and then follow it (line following) in the next several iterations drawing another line inside the last one. I suspect that the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO MINDSTORMS: Robotics Invention System 2.0
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It works fine. Just make sure that you have administrator access on the machine you will be using, otherwise you won't be able to use the USB tower. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LEGO MINDSTORMS: Robotics Invention System 2.0
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It works for me just fine. You have to jump through some hoops to get Vision Command working, but that too works. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX underwater
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From my post to Re: NY aqueduct tunnel inspector bot (URL) ... The University of Rhode Island Oceanography Undergraduate/Graduate Program entry to the 2000 International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competion (AUVISI - (URL) won the competition (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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Michael, I agree with you up to ... (...) if (...) wanting (...) here. (...) And I quote from the section "A stark moral choice" in the document The GNU Project ((URL) I looked for a way that a programmer could do something for the good. I asked (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: N. California Sites/Events?
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(...) You're right, and I knew that. Sorry, I mistyped. (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: N. California Sites/Events?
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(...) I always thought it was "Adult FAN of Lego"...but that way works too. ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- Mail : <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkMail: <sjbaker@link.com> URLs : (8 URLs) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: N. California Sites/Events?
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(...) You can, if one vendor has those things in his/her shop. Or you can put in several orders with different shops. Search for the most rare thing from your list, and then when you get a list of shops that offer that part, browse around to see if (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: intro and question
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(...) Well, I can understand that - which is why I suggested NQC as an alternative. It'll be harder to learn this way - but if it keeps you motivated to work at it then you may ultimately have more success than if you'd gone the other way and given (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: N. California Sites/Events?
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Thanks. Can I put in an order like this: 1 differential gear 6 10-lug axles 20 2x8 bricks 4 24t gears etc.? I suspect not, but I sure would like something close. I think I'll go to the BayLug and see Tom McDonald. He sounds like he could provide (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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