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(...) So that's the end of Mindstorms then? Scott A Have you had a look at Arthurs Seat Yet? (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) You are right. I found in an app that I was using that if I pressed the run / stop button, my task would be killed, and leave a dangling timer - which would usually blow the little brick into the weeds :o) I 'solved' it in a crude way by (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: ...2 years later... :-) (was: newbie again part 2)
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(...) It's been a long time since I looked at any of this, but I don't think the version of the NQC compiler is an issue, nor is the -1 option. The .rcx file format has been pretty stable for a long time. The -1 allows old source programs to be (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I don't have a Code Pilot but I am interested in getting one to play around with. I understand that I can use my Scout to program it using VLL. On the Micro Scout fiber optic cable can be connected to the light sensor using a technic half pin. Is (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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Why, exactly, does pbForth use a terminal emulator for the PC to talk to the RCX? Although I admit I find it an interesting concept (it's got a certain nostalgic appeal, at least for me), the design seems to encourage leaving the RCX on for extended (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi, I was having some problems in a program I'm writing in PbForth and it seems that it could be related to the way I communicate thru IR. I use the Lego remote control. I joined the following code to demonstrate. I use the word 'getHeader' from (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) It depends: I would not consider it "illegal" :-) :-) :-) I'm a developer myself and love to work in this kind of environment - when one has control over things and understands exactly what is happening. (as opposed to, say, the Windows (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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(...) How well informed is this guy at Toys R Us? If Toys R Us doesn't want to sell the high dollar Mindstorms 2.0 set, they can simply stop buying it--which means that Toys R Us is discontinuing the purchase. Depending on the competence of the Toys (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | ...2 years later... :-) (was: newbie again part 2)
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Hello All, In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dave Baum wrote (almost two years ago, Thu, 17 Jan 2002 00:34:56 GMT -- your words are cherished, Dave! :-): (...) [...] (...) Well, I am not (yet) a Java programmer, but try to become one, and would like to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC for sale?
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(...) Personally, I am a tiny bit annoyed by this $99 CD-ROM tutorial. Caveat: I haven't seen the actual CD or any accompanying documentation. My slight annoyance is based solely on having looked at the preview on the web. I don't recall ever having (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think the problem there is that LEGO can't or doesn't want to get involved in the level of support that it often takes to sell into the educational channel effectively. James (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) In all their sample code they post this little blurb, "Click here for code you can copy into a BricxCC file." James (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Iain McInnes wrote: [snip] (...) Great idea! (...) In your implementation, would it be possible for the client task to be killed (in the case of a run-away task)... causing the struct to be deallocated... while the struct is still in the linked (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi, ppl. I posted this one in the wrong place :0 (URL) Enjoy ! Iain. (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi, Folks, I posted some stuff on an assert() macro - in the wrong place - (D'oH). The thread is here: (URL) Enjoy ! Iain. (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I agree it seems to be the wrong way round. That's the standard implementation. NDEBUG seems to stand for "No debug". One advantage of making it negative, is that you get the assert()s if you don't do anything (ie dont define NDEBUG). BTW, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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(...) D'oH! Thanks, Tim. I was very careful composing the original post, but added the example in as an after thought - Well spotted. Iain. (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | RE: NQC's future
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(...) Ha Ha, very funny :-) Seriously, Philippe, why not give pbForth a try? I know that NQC works great on both the Spybots and the RCX, and even Cybermaster. But if you're looking for speed, higher precision, lots of variables and generally more (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Something I'd like to see implemented in NQC is a mixed-mode multiply/divide, similar to the */ operator in Forth, with an intermediary 32bits product. That would greatly ease precision calculations without requiring major structural (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | RE: IR Tower and Hyperthreading
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<SNIP> (...) It should be illegal to use "Linux" and "straight forward" in the same sentence. Notice, everything after that line uses words like "scattered", "most helpful", "other flavors", "to be added to the kernel [in upcoming release]", and (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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