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(...) You might try LEGO's site, I think it's (URL) As well, there are usually numerous European seller's on E-Bay. Also try (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) C++ is more particular with types than regular ol' C. However, I think BrickOS's definition of NULL in mem.h is incorrect (as this was causing one of the problems in the execi call). IMO, it should be defined like so: #ifdef __cplusplus (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi, I just try the rotation navigator class and have some problems with turning accuracy. My robot is a tank with treads and moving without turning works well, travel() moves the correct distance. Turning with rotate() or gotoAngle() is problematic. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) When saved as multi.c, but not when saved as multi.cpp (...) Start multiple tasks within a program that uses objects. I could rewrite a number of parts to use structs instead, but I just wanted to check that there wasn't some easy solution. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I think you could find something cheaper than that (with a fixed-voltage output?) (...) The RIS 1.0 didn't support variables, but 1.0 bricks can use latest firmware so there is NO problem here ! (...) As Chris mentionned elswhere in this (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | What the heck? Pitsco selling RCX for $125!
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(URL) Guess LEGO has decided that I no longer need to purchase RCX's. Not sure how that helps them financially... - Rob (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I ran by Radio Shak today and they had one 3-12v rated at 1A I think. It was $37! (...) I have considered that too. But uncovered another potential complication. In researching around somewhere... I think at lego.com actually it said that RCX (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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Lego haven't said they are dropping it. Some journalist suffering from premature extrapolation decided thats what Lego's original statement meant. (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Were you able to compile it as is? What are you trying to do? What errors are you getting? I tested that with version xx.09, not the latest one. Steve (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:HrB87H.17p1@lugnet.com... (...) future one) for NQC (...) I think your question probably meant "can I use FastTimer in defining events because I want better resolution than is possible with (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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(...) More to the point, their competitors (eg MegaBloks) are churning out almost nothing BUT basic bricks. They have a very narrow range of parts. If Lego want to compete there, they need to play to their strengths which is their enormous inventory (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Vision Command XP
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(...) This patch is only for preventing Mindstorms from automatically launching on an XP restart. (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thank you again for the help, but unfortunately it only compiles when saved as a '.c' file. Some of my code depends pretty heavily on classes... is there any easy change to make this work as object oriented code? *just spent two hours trying (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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(...) What about RC cars, racers, spybots and all that super-specialized stuff? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Gyro & RCX
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Hi, I want to hook up a rate gyro to the RCX. I already have a Servo port to hook the gyro into, but I want to use the output of the gyro as a sensor on the RCX. I was thinking about using something on the lines of: (URL) has a small amount of power (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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Disclaimer: My opinions are my own. Read at your own risk. I think it's very important that we all understand that the educational arm (Pitsco-Dacta) and the consumer arm operate under two completely different marketing concepts. That's why the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Mark Tarrabain wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Spybotics? They are listed on a separate page from Mindstorms on the S@H website. Lots of big, expensive products with little building flexibility just sitting there on the shelves... (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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(...) Okay, then when LEGO said they would be dropping their electronics and movie tie in products, exactly what did they mean by "electronics" then? Mindstorms has been, afaik, LEGO's chief electronic product recently. We have two apparently (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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(...) Dear John, Have you seen Jake McKee's statement? "... Mindstorms is not going away, but may continue to evolve. Like all technology products, Mindstorms will continue to grow and improve as consumers gain new technology knowledge and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: External power supply ?
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(...) You are right Chris, the train controller is not a good idea. Indeed all Lego adaptors (including the one for RCX 1.0) provide AC only. And turning the knob in the wrong direction is just too easy. Thanks for correcting my misleading (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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