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(...) i've got it on my disk so tell me where to put it :)) (...) new ver is much bigger but according to steve's words biger hovercraft should need less pressure so maybe 9V will be enough (...) my pleasure :) it's the effect of our talk here so (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: hovercraft
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eheh :) so finally someone here made it ! Cool :) (...) That'd be cool to see. Please, tell us the final URL when you have it :) (...) I'm still trying with 9V, eh :) (...) I spent a couple of hours this past friday night, testing. I'll have to (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | RIS 1.5 & XP?
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Will it work? Scott A (23 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Tank Base
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(...) Why didn't you use a adder/subtracter? (...) If you mount the RCX and motors further back from the hand it will act as conter weight which should allow more lift load. (...) If you remove the 1x4 plates on the treads there will be less carpet (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: C Compiler for Windows 98
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One thing I can tell you is that you need to add c:\cygwin\bin to your path (autoexec.bat) Also, when you try to download a program, instead of just using util/dll try ./util/dll I'm sure John will have other suggestions. You really need to get (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: C Compiler for Windows 98
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Thanks for the help! Sorry, but I have been out of town for Turkey Day and haven't had a chance to give it a try. Now I'm back, and the hair (which I've pulled out trying to get this thing to work) is starting to grow back and I would really like to (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Cygwin under Virtual PC on OS X
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David Chen <nospam-dcchen@pacbe...et-nospam> wrote in message news:nospam-dcchen-F...net.com... (...) David, What steps or instructions are you following to build the cross compiler on OS X? And from what source are you getting the cross compiler (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Motor Control Register (0xf000) and Memory Space 0xFDB0-0xFD7F
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This note is of interest to people who build their own RCX firmware. It provides some additiional insight to the recent post concerning dual use of upper memory range and the motor control register. There's a trade-off between real time performance (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linker crashing
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(...) Known problem. Search this newsgroup. Last known working version: binutils-2.12. I've been fiddling with this recently, and believe it to be caused by something writing outside a malloced block, and trashing malloc's control information. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Linker crashing
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I recently built binutils 2.13 for h8300-hitachi-hms target (default configuration otherwise) under Mandrake-Linux 9.0. When I use ld to generate an S-record file, it crashes ("Segmentation fault"), but still produces valid output. However, this (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | NQC 2.5 a3 released
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Anoter beta release of NQC at: (URL) one is really just an accumulation of minor features that I have added upon request for people (-R, goto, short branches, etc). Dave (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: "real" LEGO Hovercraft ? (with/without batteries/RCX "onboard")
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(...) (Do you mean the "Lift Fan"? The "Thrust Fan" is the one that pushes the hovercraft forwards.) In the case of the lift fan, yes - because the pressure of the air in the skirt is higher than the air above the fan, it'll leak out anyway it can - (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Vision Command under Linux / Kylix
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I've got a cheap VC package and started to play with it. Working mostly under Linux with brickOS, I would like to program the cam under Linux. It was no big problem to get it to work. I tested it with the xawtv program. Looks pretty good. Next step (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: Robolab - lejOS communication
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(...) Mario, Lejos supports communication using the original firmware opcodes via the Serial class, but, apart from program download, this is designed for executing opcodes, not downloading data. F7Handler and F7DeliveryHandler are part of and (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | RE: "real" LEGO Hovercraft ? (with/without batteries/RCX "onboard")
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Brushless DC motors, such as those used in PC cooling fans, won't generate enough power, even if the voltage is increased. This is because they actually have a switching circuit that changes polarity of the electromagnetic coils. I've gotten a small (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | BrickOS
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I would like share a success story to give encouragement to others. I was able to get BrickOS 0.2.6.09 installed on my computer. I'm far from being a computer expert and would consider myself a beginner. I didn't use the pre-built compiler available (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX Tank Base
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(...) A rotating disk with one or two teeth is much easier and very effective. You can store a lot of energy that way. My finger still hurts from where I was experimenting yesterday with a 5cm steel bar on a cheap motor. With an axe it's difficult (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: hovercraft
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Paul, this looks really impressive. For such nice developments I alwasy have room, so if you're interested to make use of the space I've avaiable, contact me at nospam_s.mientki@mailbox.kun.nl (remove "nospam_") best regards, Stef Mientki (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: hovercraft
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Pixel: Congratulations. (...) WOW!! I want to type a bunch of stuff.. but I'm overwhelmed. (...) One small point. If you have access to a volt meter, could you check if your wall transformer really is putting out 12Vdc. Many of those adjustable (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | serial tower programming driver for windows 2000?
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I want to know if there is a driver of a specific sort that is done for windows 2000? /M (23 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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