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Hello, I recently bought the LEGO mindstorms Invention System kit and I am trying to get brickOS v0.2.6 working on my PC (Win98). I also have the USB tower. So far, I have found 4 bugs in the current script. I was able to fix 3 them or work around (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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 | | Re: RIS 1.5 85 at UK S@H
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In message <H64qy2.A44@lugnet.com>, Tim Auton <tim.lugnet@uton.org> writes (...) I can confirm Non UK European RIS 1.5 is still available for 85 quid. I ordered one today. (23 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: BrickOS Threading...
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The motor handler is only called once ever 2ms in the latest version of BrickOS (as opposed to every 1ms in earlier versions). This is a fairly recent change and it could be causing a "granularity" type problem with certain speed settings in your (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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 | | BrickOS Threading...
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I'm having a problem, and I hope someone can help me. I've been running winLegOS, and I've switched to the latest version of BrickOS. I created a way to control the motors, which will reliably speed them up, and slow them down by using different (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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 | | sys_time (long post)
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As I was poking around in the BrickOS kernel, it occurred to me that using the sys_time variable isn't entirely safe. Since sys_time is 32-bits and the processor can only read 16-bits at a time into a register, there is a period of time between the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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 | | Re: Cygwin under Virtual PC on OS X
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(...) David, I was not sure how you tried to build the cross compiler but I know that Apple provides several gnu tools that work under Darwin. Darwin from my understanding is the underlying code for the Mac OS X (See FAQ at (URL) So one might be (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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 | | Re: Hammer Help
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What problems are you having? (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: Cygwin under Virtual PC on OS X
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Oops, Sorry if I accidentally gave anyone false hope, I ment to say: I have not found any cross compiler packages for LegOS or the Hitachi H8 that are buildable under OS X (but would love to find one). Anyone know of any? (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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 | | Re: Spybotics Comms
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(...) I haven't tried it, so no definite answer, but see (URL) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) åa ä e ö å i öa ä e å. (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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 | | Hammer Help
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Hello All, I'm looking for some mechanical design help. I am attempting to build a hammer device for my RCX Tank Base Two, kind of a 'Robot Warriors' thing. I'm looking for ideas on how to do this, so far I have failed at my own attemps. The way I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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