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Hi all, I recently got an ultrasonic sensor from MindSensors, the problem is that I don't have a stable value and they overlap with different distances. Nitin suggested me to use alkaline batteries rather than rechargeable ones. I have done it with (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NEWBIE question : installing BrickOS
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I hate to see questions go unanswered. Steve H replied to me saying it took him 12 hours under these conditions, and now that I have done it I can say it took my P233 laptop a full 24 hours to install brickOS under Paolo's instructions. I'm also sad (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: WORDLIST
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(...) I wrote WORDS and SEE and some other useful stuff for pbforth 1.21. SEE is a bit rough, it doesn't handle IF, LOOP etc. very graciously but just dumps out bytes. If the dictionary structure hasn't changed in 2.0 they should still work. If (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | BrickOS Assembler
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Okay, I'm working on a proc in ASM, and I need help with using MOV to move stuff back and forth between memory and registers. I have the following (very simple) program working, but I can't for the life of me get the MOV to work. I've got the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | What's Mindstorms Futures? or Re: How Many Mindstorms Have Been Sold?
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This post is a follow up on earlier post wondering about the sales success (i.e. highest serial number) of Mindstorms. Looking at the various replies, I've derived some data on Mindstorm's limited sales success. The post also contains some (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: WORDLIST
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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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| | Re: WORDLIST
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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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| | Re: How Many Mindstorms Have Been Sold? Or What's the Highest RCX Product Serial Number?
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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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| | Re: WORDLIST
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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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| | Re: WORDLIST
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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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| | Re: Where can I find Ultimate Builders Set?
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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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| | RE: WORDLIST
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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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| | WORDLIST
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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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| | Re: Robo Waiter - a BrickFest PDX Robot competition
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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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| | Re: Robo Waiter - a BrickFest PDX Robot competition
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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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| | NEWBIE question : installing BrickOS
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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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| | Re: Brickos fun and games!
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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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| | Re: How Many Mindstorms Have Been Sold? Or What's the Highest RCX Product Serial Number?
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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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| | Re: How Many Mindstorms Have Been Sold? Or What's the Highest RCX Product Serial Number?
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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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| | Re: How Many Mindstorms Have Been Sold? Or What's the Highest RCX Product Serial Number?
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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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