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(...) They've always been labeled as "Bump-and-Go" for as long as I can remember. (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, exactly, look at Mark Tilden. His "robots" don't do anything more than these ancient Bump-and-Go style toys, and people think he's a genius! He demonstrates how he can break legs on his "robots" and they keep on trying to work, but so (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello, You can find the .NET framework at: www.microsoft.com/net It is about 20MB. There is a SP2. This is only an 4MB upgrade and still require the original Lars Gertsen - Denmark "Stef Mientki" <s.mientki@ids.kun.nl> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) Actually, I was hoping to leave the existing IR circutry in place and just switch it out when a cable is connected. That should give me backwards compatability. As far as the firmware, I expect to be writing my own code in Forth, so shifting (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I've been following this thread with interest. Is there a proper name for this mechanism to help with my search on the net? Chris (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes - I realised that and posted a photo of the new mechanism yesterday. (URL) The front bogey can rotate about its vertical axis about (let's call it) (...) ...well...I used a single wheel. (...) Right. The problem with making it work (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve You shouldn't have a differential. The front bogey can rotate about its vertical axis about (let's call it) the steering shaft - which also doubles as the drive shaft. The two wheels on the bogey are on a solid axle. The idea is that it's (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hello David, thanks for your answer, the link here in NQC-section in lugnet shows still to the old site. Best Regards Joerg (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) thank you. Joerg (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) FDTI chips are very easy to use, look at (2 URLs) I'm thinking about using the power from the (...) Maybe there some usefull links at the next page under the block "Mindstorms Internals" (URL) the IR components by a serial connection won't be (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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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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