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(...) hi Dave, Why is Google so important, if using search engine www.ixquick.com with strings like "Dave Baum", "Dave Baum NQC" or just "NQC", 9 of the 10 first hits points to you or your books :-) Stef Mientki (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi, I'm trying to setup a serial connection from my PC to the RCX which is running LNP. But since I'm running Windows i'm not able to use the lnp-functions in my program, and I'm therefore trying to establish a connection from CSerial. So if anybody (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Ok, I'm interested in doing some hardware mods to a few RCX bricks to get better communication. So here are a couple of questions: 1. Has anyone published an actual schematic of the 1.0 RCX? 2. Has anyone already designed a USB interface to the RCX? (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I made a flimsy mini-rover version of Ben Jackson's rover a while back. Note the use of iffy friction in the rear by barely inserting an axle into a micromotor pulley: (URL) front wheels are offset from the vehicle's center line to counter the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I probably should have announced this a while back. About three months ago I moved the NQC web site to www.baumfamily.org/nqc During this transition I put a forwarding page at the old address, but I cancelled my old ISP account last week, so the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Probs with NQC-Website
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try this (URL) Mientki (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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For minimum 2 days I have problems to get the NQC website (URL) . There is following error message: |Forbidden |You don't have permission to access /~dbaum/nqc/ on this server. | |Apache/1.3.26 Server at www.enteract.com Port 80 Is this site down or (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hello, I have just bought VC and I think the camera look like the one in Lego studio. Is there a demo of Lego Studio on the net? I would like to try it out before i spend 180+$ on the set. Anybody know if it is posible to just buy the software? Lars (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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Did you try messing with the ShowTemplatePopup and ShowTemplateForm values in the registry? What about pressing F9 while you are in Bricxcc? Timothy (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi Scott, you may get interactive c from (URL) have versions for Windows, MacOS 9 and X, and Linux. Instructions have been documented in (URL) get more information about the programming robots with interactive c from Fred Martin and his Handyboard (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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OK. I'm stumped. Unfortunately, I haven't learned NQC well enough yet to use it without the template function in BrixCC. The fact is, I'm downright dependant on it. For whatever reason, in the last 3 months since the last RTLToronto contest (when I (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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That would be here: (URL) tried building it, and it didn't work very well. Maybe I did something wrong. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes - that seems to work too - but it still needs one wheel in the middle to make it practical and that added to the length of the differential makes for a VERY tall vehicle. Even my original design suffers from that problem. I'm having to (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Has anyone used Interactive C for programming their robots? Does anyone have any links to info. about IC? Thanks Scott (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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This is our second publicly visible test release. We will announce when we think we are closing in on the actual release (We think this may happen, yet this December.) Details regarding how to provide feedback are at (URL) can download from (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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<snip snip snip> (...) if i remember correctly there was something where the guy did something like put a differential through the turntable with the 24t part of the diff inside the 24t inside gearing and then made a sort of limited slip axel (did i (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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May I give it a go?..... I'm not exactly sure of the Toy you speak of, Hmmm. I also have seen a Toy that does this. I brought a gift from Zany Brainy for my Friends Son's Birthday. The thing was neat! It was a Clear Ball and had a little I think, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) > >> ....*OH*...so there is only one wheel in your solution. Hmmm - I hadn't (...) Aha! That works a treat! (URL) a bit slow moving with that gearing - but I'll soon fix that) Many thanks. ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yeah - exactly. (...) Limiting the rotation like that would remove the very feature of this mechanism that I need - the ability to escape (eventually) from any kind of corner. (...) That might work - but it comes into the catagory of 'iffy' (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The "Cy-Purr Mouse" cat toy seems to be sold just about everywhere (including my local supermarket) for $9 US or so. See, for example*: (URL) employs the principle you are describing about as precisely as I can imagine. The only problem I've (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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