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(URL) ===...=== Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) ===...=== Don't say that you have no choice With no one to hear your voice You can shout and make no sound Or whisper up a storm ===...=== -Robin Trower, 1994 ===...=== (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The BrickOS Task Manager
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(...) This works. Steve ---- #include <unistd.h> #include <dbutton.h> #include <dmotor.h> int MotorSpeed = 0; int RunMotor() { while (!shutdown_requested()) { motor_a_dir(MotorSpeed); } return 0; } int CheckButton() { while (!shutdown_requested()) { (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Design by Contract (long post)
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Thanks, Tim. I haven't used the #x idiom myself - I like it. Your implementation with the boolean: (...) Will need an extra level of parenthesis surrounding the bool so that its declaration scope is made local. You can certainly go to town with this (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | Re: Implementation of Installable Timers
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(...) I'd go with the flag, myself. (...) Its certainly possible for the client timer to reinsert itself - therefore the recurring timer is not strictly required. It could be left out for space reasons. I'd probably either take it out and make it (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: The BrickOS Task Manager
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(...) Sorry, I'm still just not getting it at all. I have type errors all over the place trying to pass arguments to my task. Could someone please simply email me or post an example of a program that starts, runs two or more threads, and will (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Spybot on shop@home
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(...) I agree! I went for the shop@home offer (in the Netherlands, they are 45 euros) and got me a SnapTrax. It is a blast to play with - even when just using the remote control to drive it around (chasing cats...). I just finished my first official (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Brickos fun and games!
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Hello. I have finally got gcc 2.95.3 - the official brickos compiler - installed on my computer (SUSE Linux). I can type "make" and compile all the brickos directory fine. firmdl3 works fine. BUT, dll doesn't seem to work. When I use dll to download (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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(...) Following up with Spectrum in Ontario, Canada ...yes, they do have a lot of Mindstorms stuff and they will sell to the public. Here is their reply: Dear Jerry, Thank you for your interest in Spectrum Educational Supplies. We do carry Lego (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Implementation of Installable Timers
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(...) It would seem reasonable to check the location of the struct; if in kernel memory, don't remove; if in user memory, remove. However, you could add a flag to the timer struct which could use T_KERNEL and T_USER flags. (...) I looked quickly (...) (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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Hello, and thanks for the reply. In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dave Baum wrote: . . . (...) That's where I thought it was, but who knows. I'll continue the quest. Thanks again -- as always I am impressed how easy it is on the Net to get to the roots (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RE: The end of an all-too-brief era
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They just announced the financial result. Doesn't look too good. They are now focusing on their fundamental ideas, this may or may not include Mindstorms.... (URL) Message----- From: Edwin Quan [mailto:edwin.exe@mac.com] Sent: 7. januar 2004 23:26 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC's future
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(...) ;o) ... but why not ? (...) You're right, I should try pbForth, actually I intend to do that for a while but never jumped in. In the late 80's, I was involved in a point of sales terminal project that was programmed with a preemptive (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: So that's the end of Mindstorms then?
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(...) Not necessarily - that quote is Newswire's opinion of why the company made a loss. It's not part of Lego's press release. The Lego press release refers to 'core values', not 'core products'. It doesn't necessarily mean they're going to go back (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | RE: Scout connected to Code Pilot with Fiber Optics
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I have connected both a RCX and a CyberMaster to a CodePilot (and also to a MicroScout). I don't remember if I tried connecting also a Spybotics, but I think it work too. CodePilot accepts VLL codes but only the *Batch* VLL Commands, to make a VLL (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.codepilot, lugnet.robotics.vll, lugnet.robotics.microscout)
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| | Re: Design by Contract (long post)
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(...) For more fun with asserts: See if your compiler supports the FILE and LINE macros (or something equivilant). #ifdef NDEBUG #define assert(x) ((void)0) #else #define assert(x) if (x) else assertfail(FILE,LINE); #endif your assert_fail function (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | So that's the end of Mindstorms then?
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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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| | Re: Implementation of Installable Timers
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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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| | Scout connected to Code Pilot with Fiber Optics
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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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| | Q for Ralph
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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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| | IR problems
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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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| | Re: IR Tower and Hyperthreading
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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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| | Re: NQC for sale?
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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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| | Re: Implementation of Installable Timers
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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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| | Points to: 'Implementation of Installable Timers'
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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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| | Points to 'Design by Contract'
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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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| | Re: Design by Contract (long post)
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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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| | Re: Design by Contract (long post)
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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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| | Re: NQC's future
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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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| | Re: nop in NQC?
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(...) Doh! Now I really feel sheepish. Please forgive my public display of idiocy. John Hansen (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Design by Contract (long post)
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(...) <delurk> The first definition of assert is the correct, standard definition. However there is a slight boo boo in the original post in the line: assert (myptr = malloc (sizeof (mystruct)); Which will delete the malloc when NDEBUG is defined. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | USB Tower range
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Hi, I recently bought the RCX2.0 and I am a little disappointed at the range for the USB tower. Though configured to be at long range I doubt I can implement a range greater then 5 or 6 feet. Is this normal.? Am I missing something.? Paul Reedman (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: IR Tower and Hyperthreading
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(...) Thanks a lot for the tips. I'm will definitely use the CVS version myself. Thanks again, Jean (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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(...) line is alive and they have plans for it, and at that moment I felt satisfied. The day after my brother Giulio met Brad again along the corridors of the LEGOWORLD and asked him a few more questions. Shortly, Brad confirmed that Mindstorms has (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Design by Contract (long post)
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(...) Hi Iain! (...) Cool! (...) I have a question about this: If NDEBUG is defined, shouldn't it still execute x? That is, shouldn't the code in assert.h (or wherever) be: #ifdef NDEBUG #define assert(x) (x) #else #define assert(x) if (x) else (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | Design by Contract (long post)
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Hi, people. The reason for the flood of posts is that I've been trying to get authenticated on LUGNET for the last week :( But as you can see, I'm authenticated now :) On to the topic of this post (sorry for such a long post): I have created an (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | How man Space?
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Hy How many free space has the RCX? I mean, how great can a NQC-Scipt be? I've read in the help-File, that a script mustn't be greater than 16Kb. Is that true? (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Max. Space of RCX?
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Hy@all I've wrote a Programm for Roboter who has to play "Ship sink". The problem is, that the programm doesn't work and i can't find the failure. It's very long, so i shouldn't post it here. I ask if i can send the skript to somebody who has time (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Implementation of Installable Timers
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Hello everybody. I have an implementation of installable timer handlers, and I’d like to solicit some feedback. This is definitely a facility that I’d like to see in BrickOS. The implementation doesn’t have to be my one. But I thought that I’d just (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Hello World !
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Hello everybody. I’ve been fooling around with BrickOS in the last few weeks, becoming familiar with it. BrickOS is very cool. Thank you, those who have made it what it is, and thank you, those who help out those with the common problems (yes, I had (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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(...) You know, it would be nice if people would actually _communicate_ with people. I'd be royally ticked off if the reason the store stopped allocating space for mindstorms products was because someone at the store thought the line was being (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well I can't speak for NA, but here in Australia there are 2 suppliers, and up until about 18 months ago neither would sell to the general public, only to schools etc. but now they both have websites and you can order online, and both will (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm certainly not an educator - but they sold to me (here in Texas) with not so much as a blink. I guess you must be right about not competing against other LEGO educational suppliers - that may well be in their contract with LEGO. Anyway - (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IR Tower and Hyperthreading
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(...) It’s fairly straightforward to get your development environment setup on Linux. The homepage for the brickos project has documentation but only for debian systems. I use debian but I prefer to use the cvs version rather than the somewhat out (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Dave, I also have ordered from Spectrum. Nice folks, as I recall. Just way over-priced. Oh well, that's what happens when you stick in a middleman. We have LEGO Direct for direct sales to consumers..... Why not a 'LEGO Smart' division to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, David Koudys wrote: . (...) Dave, this summer, Spectrum moved from Aurora to Newmarket Ontario. I used to buy all kinds of part from them. In their 'Early Years' catalog, pgs 22-31, they have all sorts of LEGO but no Mindstorms (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC for sale?
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(...) wonder whether they actually ever mention "BricxCC" directly or whether they simply use it in all their screenshots. John Hansen (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: nop in NQC?
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"John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote in message news:Hr4HAJ.LIy@lugnet.com... (...) A different measurement scheme gives better accuracy on the 'nop' timing. Just about every opcode takes the same amount of time. Priimarily because there's so (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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(...) I'm sorry, but the person you talked to at Toys R Us was mistaken - MindStorms is continuing. This is not the first post I have seen expressing concern on the subject, and I think it is time to put an end to the myth. There are more MindStorms (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: The end of an all-too-brief era
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Try www.pldstore.com... I'd be very surprised if you can't place an order. As far as calling that company again, what is the worst they can do? Say "No"? Worth a try... Worst comes to worst... form an FLL team, teach some kids how to program robots (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, Mark Tarrabain wrote: <snip> (...) I hear your pain, Mark. That said, I have purchased numerous LEGO items from Spectrum, from the Technic turntables to additional sensors for my RCX. I mentioned to them that I wasn't part of any (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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(...) Steve is absolutely correct! In fact, I got my 2004 Pitsco catalog and THERE IS NO SIGN THAT MINDSTORM IS GOING BYE-BYE. It is just the opposite; pages 4 thru 21 are loaded with mindstorms products! On page 26, five of the six books shown have (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) I cannot purchase from Pitsco. That is a certainty. Pitsco does not sell to areas which have regional educational suppliers, and I am located in Western Canada, where the supplier for the educational division of LEGO is Spectrum Education. The (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Are you under the impression that you must be connected to education to purchase from Pitsco? If you are under that impression, it is not true. Anyone with a valid credit card can purchase from Pitsco. If you don't have one, then you are out (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC for sale?
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This is a C-based programming trainer CD is from the Robotics Academy at Carnegie Mellon. I haven't seen this one in paticular but own a couple of others from them. It is a great resource for teachers just starting out in robotics. I think the NQC (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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(...) Dear Mark, I do not believe that they will stop production (maybe development) - at least not regarding the educational part of the system. But as of today I sent the following eMail to LEGO Customer Service: "... Especially because of several (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Has this been confirmed or denied by anyone from TLC ? At Lego World, the folowing question was asked... Q: is there any future for the Mindstorms line? A: yes. (URL) a bit like an urban legend to me. (like a floor person at a TRU would know (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: IR Tower and Hyperthreading
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(...) Thanks for confirming an assumption I made regarding using the serial tower. This means the problem is either in the USB driver code for the IR tower, or it is in the DLL that talks to the USB driver. Does anyone with a hyper-threaded machine (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If IBM hadn't produced their PC's and the Macs never broke into the market we'd still be using C64's. The key thing is that the C64's became outdated and obsolete. The RCX is far from outdated OR obsolete. ~Mike (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Right... just because Commodore stopped making the C64 that shouldn't stop C64 development because of all the people that bought them in the first place? Sorry... it doesn't work like that. The RCX and the Mindstorms line won't die instantly, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: The end of an all-too-brief era
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Exactly! James C. Jones Technology Consultant/Instructor Timber Creek High School 1001 Avalon Park Blvd. Orlando, FL 32828 321\235-7800 x5509 321\235-7821 (fax) jonesj5@ocps.net www.rightnote.com "Do what you do so well that those who see you do (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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LEGO can easily close off the consumer market, but they can't do that through the educational side. Schools won't spend money with a place that walks away from products. Kids break things, lose them, or classes increase in size or add more assets. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't. Does nobody remember the rumour of RIS 3.0? Nothing ever disproved it (and in fact several sources confirmed it, which were all publicized here). I'm sticking with that hope. And besides, just because the line discontinues doesn't (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: The end of an all-too-brief era
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While the commercial side of Mindstorms may or may not be readily available, Pitsco-Lego Dacta is alive and well and selling the Team Challenge Set, similar, but with better parts (personal opinion). Check it out: www.pitsco-LEGOeducation.com or (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | The end of an all-too-brief era
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I had heard it here before around here... but had hoped it was just a rumour. LEGO Mindstorms is going away. Toys R Us, at least in my area, has stopped carrying Mindstorms products, and according to the fellow I spoke to about it that works there, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: motor repair
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(...) Hi Stef, I have added a link to your page in my 43362 motor disassembly stuff (URL) also wanted to thank you for your great Mindstorms sensor pages, especially this one: (URL) do you know a web translation tool that can do Duth to English or (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IR Tower and Hyperthreading
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Mike Thorn wrote: > At 10:41 AM 1/6/2004, you wrote: > >> Here is what LEGO should be doing right now: >> >> 1) Putting something up on their website that acknowledges there is a >> problem, that they are working on it, and a planned target date for (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: nop in NQC?
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(...) <snipped> (...) Or you can just forget all that. I ran the same test with the order changed and the 3rd NOP of the 5 I tried was always the fastest (regardless of which one I used). Modifying the program to try each of 5 different options in (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IR Tower and Hyperthreading
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snip (...) Yes, this is true. Once Hyper-Threading is enabled and Win XP installs the multi-processor kernel there is no reverting back to a uni-processor kernel. This is not speculation, I used to test processors for Intel. Jason (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Thorn" <buachaille@neo.rr.com> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 6:14 PM Subject: RE: IR Tower and Hyperthreading (...) supported. XP Home was shipping on brand new PC's when RIS (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The problem is that they never promised to support XP. The only thing listed is 98/ME. In fact, they explicitly say 2K and NT are _not_ supported. (...) Everywhere this is mentioned, someone says you have to reinstall windows after doing (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Here's a program that tries to analyze the various NOP options: #pragma reserve 0 __nolist void NOP1() { Wait(0); } __nolist void NOP2() { Wait(-1); } __nolist void NOP3() { asm { 0x27, 1 }; } __nolist void NOP4() { asm { 0x10 }; } __nolist (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) According to the LASM bytecode reference, the Wait command waits for the "given number of 10ms". And, "If the given number is negative, the command is ignored." I don't know if that is quite the same as a NOP but it's worth a try. (several (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This is a great work !! I like that kind of detector that brings LEGO to upper technology level. And the robot works quite well...well done!! Chris. (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Dave, it works now ! Stef Mientki (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| BTW, Interactive C (originally developed for the Handyboard) is available | as freeware from (URL) Its a binary package that doesn't come with sourcecode :-( Not worth considering since there are excellent open soure alternatives as NQC and (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Yes! You want the UAS. More parts is better. Always better. Depending on how much of a purist you are, you want ALL the packs, just for completeness. :) and of course the cool parts. Jim West www.jameswest.com The box said Windows 95 or better, so I (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, I ordered my RIS 2.0 yesterday. Could you give me some recommendations about the additional Minstorms packs? Is there any must-have? What about 3801, Ultimate Accessory Set? thanks, (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Here is what LEGO should be doing right now: 1) Putting something up on their website that acknowledges there is a problem, that they are working on it, and a planned target date for resolution. 2) They should offer people the option to exchange (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The USB tower can be connected to the Scout and MicroScout bricks with the FO light tube contained in the RIS2.0 set. Have a look at WinVLL: (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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(...) Unfortunately there's no consistency here. All of our problem machines are < 3Ghz, but usually > 2Ghz. Rob Limbaugh was right when he said LEGO Tech Support isn't the greatest. As a Host in the Forum I'm supposed to direct problems like this (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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BTW, Interactive C (originally developed for the Handyboard) is available as freeware from (URL) Message----- From: John Barnes [mailto:barnes@sensors.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 15:41 To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: NQC for sale? Did (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think it is supposed to connect the USB tower to something, notice the hole in front of the LED that is used in VLL mode. That something might be a CodePilot, MicroScout or Spybotics brick, but I never tried it. Jürgen (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) As part of some of our robotics outreach work, we have produced various materials that may be of use. Some of the stuff we have got round to putting on the web can be found at: (URL) particular in the resources section towards the end of the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for that info! Unfortunately they seem pretty hard to find on bricklink... (...) It could be used in the same way it is in the spybotics set... (though the spybotics set has a 12L one). Maybe spybotics uses it to send light through (for (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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IIRC the issue was that Task, Process and Thread were all used to represent the same item/concept in the Kernel code. After some discussion, it was decided that the word Task would be used in all cases. This improves readability, etc... (ie. Task (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:Hr150r.vu2@lugnet.com... (...) bytecode? I'm (...) timer (...) sequences like: (...) at a (...) the speed (...) inbetween the (...) have one? (...) Opcode 0x10 is effectively a nop when (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I wasn't aware of this, and I doubt I'll see any financial benefit, but I didn't create NQC for financial gain, and there have been ample rewards in other ways. I also don't mind if other people use NQC for some commercial purpose. I haven't (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think all of the single bytecode commands have side effects, which may or may not matter to you. You might want to use UnmuteSound(). Another option would be to create a command that does nothing. For example, a jump to the following (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Take a look at the functions ds_power_on() & ds_power_off() as defined in the dsensor.c kernel file. When you've set the sensor to passive mode, you should be able to manipulate the sensor power bits using these functions[1] or just use the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) This problem has been fixed in the most recent CVS source file (dmotor.c), but as far as I can tell it hasn't been part of an offical release yet: (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I've tried the RCX2 firmware (firm0328.lgo). Same results: after downloading the firmware the RCX beeps (low battery signal) and is locked. In BrickOS when I read the battery sensor and write it's value on the display it says 620 (mV, Ithink) (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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tid_t -> thread ID pid_t -> process ID ? "nanobapt" <nanobapt@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message news:3FF95FD4.608020...adoo.fr... (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Paul Britton wrote: <snip> I am an electronics test development engineer for satellite payloads and (...) <snip> Paul, you must have seen my 'Satellite Tracker'. If not, go to (URL) and navigate to that project. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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