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(...) Well, not *very* important, perhaps (no need to hurry), but it'd be useful. I haven't done very much FORTH programming since the 80's, and I even then I wasn't exactly a pro FORTHer. Also, I was used to F-PC (and/or TCOM), and my FORTH (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Ah, I didn't know of that. (...) BTW, I'd like to suggest (to Ralph, not you) that the pbForth scripts included in the release should use .4th or .fth or something a bit more distinctive. They're now .txt, so BricxCC does not recognize them. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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"Dick Swan" <dickswan@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:HrIwBo.12wM@lugnet.com... (...) I have a RCX 1.5 s/n : 198963 and a RCX 2.0 s/n : 723544. Both purcased in Norway where I live... The RCX 2.0 was purcased in august 2003. Probably will all (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) snip A while ago, I started to work on a few words that I find useful,including WORD and SEE. I still have to finish them, but what would help is to know the structure of the dictionary (starting with the execution address obtained by tick (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) The pbForth documentation which is included with the latest release of BricxCC indicates which of the ANS FORTH words are supported by pbForth. If you open a forth document (one with an extension which BricxCC recognizes as a forth document) (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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"Ruth" <ruth_pozuelo@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HrGxA1.7Jp@lugnet.com... (...) vision (...) shop, but (...) stock or (...) right (...) Unfortunately (...) I have located two set of Exploration Mars (set 9736) and two sets of Ultimate (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Good questions Juanma! If WORDS is very important for you, I can write up a quick tutorial on how to do that. I'm pretty sure all of the CORE or REQUIRED ANS Forth words are supported. I'll need to update my build script to output a list of the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Is there any way in pbForth to list the currently defined words, à la WORDS? Also, is there any document that list which ANS FORTH words are supported by pbForth (other than reading the source, I mean)? Thanks. (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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This is by no means an Official reply, but I know David is mad at his computer, and e-mail, so he may not reply right away. :) (...) There will (most likely) not be a start/finish line that the robot will be able to see. (...) Normally, with Line (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) David, I have a public question about the competition. Will the robot need to know when and where the starting line (and therefore stopping line) be located? Or will the robot simply need to carren he course following the line? What (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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HI, preface, I wouldn't know a cygwin from a GCC if it him me in the head. I just want to D/L a .c prg into my RCX I need advice on the process of installing BrickOS on a p233 laptop running W98se. my question is this: What is a reasonable amount (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Looks like a nasty one, hopefully someone can offer some specific help. If you'd prefer to use a more recent gcc you can, I posted some info (URL) here>. My problem seemed to be the version of binutils I had. It may be time consuming, but with (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, FTX)
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(...) at (...) Well it boils down to 2 things, I don't have as much time to use them and I'm limited on the amount of space I have to play with them on. Maybe next year that will be something to bring when I have a bigger dorm room and a year of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) both of my 1.0's are low numbers. i'm out of this list, but i don't know how someone could be at college without their RCX. mike --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system ((URL) 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Adding extra digits depends on the machine making the parts. Due to the uniformity and spacing of the numbers on all three of my RCX's, I'd say that's unlikely--but possible. On my RCX's, the numbers are all formed into the plastic, which suggests (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) forgot my website with the documentation, sorry! (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I just finished a PIC16F84A application which receives IR commands from the RCX or RCX remote control, saves them and transmits another command back again. You can put your own command(s) in EEPROM for transmission. The firmware is commented (well, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Are we sure the numbers are consecutive? In most business type numbering schemes, you add an extra digit which is calculated from the others as a way to avoid problems with typo's. That may not be the case here because I don't think there are (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) So perhaps the kids that suggested Spirit as the name associated the word with mars via an unintential subliminal reference to spirit.ocx in one of the windows applications? I dunno... Maybe I'm reaching. I'm not generally a conspiracy (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Dick, (...) The most recent RCX I have is numbered 720869. Philo (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm thinking quite few. I maintain an RCX "owners list" at (URL) only have two 1.0 units. I currently don't track version on the list but it would be interesting to find out where the 2.0's SN starts. Jim West www.jameswest.com The box said Windows (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have one that is 63XXXX I'm not sure what the x's are since I don't have my robot stuff with me at college, but I do know it starts with 63. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Swan" <dickswan@sbcglobal.net> To: (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Have you noticed how names and concepts developed in 'Star Trek' have been transferred to NASA's space program? Do you doubt there is top-secret work to develop a food-replicator? (This is really going off-topic...?! My apologies.) Jerry (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You are welcome! I'm glad you were able to get the pre-built tools installed and working. The brickOS root that BricxCC had configured on your system was a result of having a previous installation of BricxCC where I had used that path as the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi John, Thanks to your pre-built BrickOS tools, I have finally installed it on my Windows 2000 machine (I tried several times in the past... no luck !). The installation was really fast and easy, the only problem I got was that the default BrickOS (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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"Michael Wisse" <mwisse@hs-harz.de> wrote in message news:40065F0D.70202@...harz.de... (...) a (...) Check out (URL) the "Peeves" Mindstorms robot. If page is not accessible then just do a search on "peeves mindstorm lego" and you'll probably find (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) No, but NASA let LEGO name them (sort of). (URL) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Robert, thanks for your response. Indeed, the main problem seems to be slippage. The more speed the motors produce, the bigger the slippage is and the less is the resulting angle. Probably a tank is bad for odometric navigation. It is a pitty, (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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I wonder how many Mindstorms have been sold? Assuming serial numbers (S/N) are assigned sequentially might give a good indication. I have a RCX 1.0 S/N 022751 purchased when Mindstorms first came out. And I have a a RCX 2.0 (S/N 591822) obtained (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Where can I find Ultimate Builders Set?
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(...) they are both sold out! Thanks in advance, Ruth (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Damn! So does Bionicles. They really need to learn to release this kind of information to the community sooner - but it's good that they finally acknowledged the need to make a clear statement. ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Wasn't that because the Sojourner robot was out and about on Mars at about that time? I also had some vague recollection that someone involved in the NASA robot had worked on Mindstorms....I could be wrong about that part though. (...) Well, (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Would you like your tin foil hat now? :p Seriously, it would be neat if everything tied in intentionally. (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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LEGO came out with a a Mindstorms set called "Exploration Mars" the same year that Mindstorms itself came out. Lego Mindstorms' ActiveX control is called SPIRIT.OCX. NASA's latest Mars rover is named Spirit. Does anyone else find this to be a freaky (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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"ken koleda" <kkoleda@co.wayne.mi.us> wrote in message news:HrD4zL.1sEF@lugnet.com... <<snip>> (...) looked at (...) to (...) regulator (...) adapter. (...) run (...) Hi Ken, I have been using a Radio Shack Cat #273-1772 with good results. It is a (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Problem with rcxTcl.exe and the USB IR tower
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(...) I'll check this out on a system that has absolutely no Tcl support, but as you might expect - it works fine here :-) (...) I'm sure John Hansen would appreciate any feedback on BricxCC - even if it'a a problem report. (...) That's the spirit! (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) I think I saw at least one of them at Sagoland, Linköping, and is almost sure I've seen one here in Eskilstuna, but it may be gone now, of course. Should I take a look the next time I go? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 14-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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I believe (gleaned from an interview posted a ways back) that part of the "electronics" being discontinued was Lego Studios. (Which meant I could get the Spinosaurus Attack for $15 at KB). I'm not sure about other products, but I am relieved we have (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Dear All, Recently I have received the following answer from LEGO: "Dear Mr. Schlei, We have no plans of discontinuing the production and sales of LEGO Mindstorms and LEGO Technic products. On the contrary, we consider these products core (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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