|  |  | Re: Official New Service Announcement From The BrickEngraver--LONG 
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| <Snippage> (...) </Snippage> 60's, huh? Although I wasn't there myself, my uncle always said if you remember the 60's, you weren't there. You remembered part of it. Does that mean you were partially there? ;) -Rob www.lifelites.com FUT - O-T.fun    (17 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | Re: Official New Service Announcement From The BrickEngraver--LONG 
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| (...) Steve/Stewart not bad for 40 years of being in a muddled brain of millions of pathways. Even got "access to tools" right. As you can tell, that was a really important book in my youth. And memories from youth are the ones that stick the best (...)   (17 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics, FTX) 
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|  |  | Re: Official New Service Announcement From The BrickEngraver--LONG 
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| (...) (URL) Whole Earth Catalog> by Stewart Brand    (17 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics, FTX) 
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|  |  | Re: Official New Service Announcement From The BrickEngraver--LONG 
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| (...) Back in the late 60's or early 70's a guy name Steve Brand (this if from memory) came out with The Whole Earth Catalog--An Access to Tools. Big rage in the hippie/design/commune/techno geeky subcultures. He essentially provided a source for (...)   (17 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | Re: RCX Programming on GNU/Linux 
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| (...) And there's always BrickOS - can be a bit of work to setup, but gives you a GNU C compiler & tools, with C++ support. (URL)   (17 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | Re: Wireless Power for LEGO Trains? 
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| (...) There are several (numerous?) wireless power transmission systems in development. Electric toothbrushes were early adopters. Google "eCoupled" for a system aimed at eliminating the hassle of recharging all your mobile gadgets. Steve    (17 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | AW: RCX Programming on GNU/Linux 
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| On Linux, you could use Java-based leJOS for programming the RCX in connection with the associated Eclipse plugin (see ((URL) Nachricht----- Von: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] Im Auftrag von Andrew G. Meyer Gesendet: (...)   (17 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | Re: RCX Programming on GNU/Linux 
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| NQC works like a charm. I take it Ubuntu users prefer a IDE to simplify things. But coding in NQC is not so bad. Open up gedit and code away! (...)    (17 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | Re: RCX Programming on GNU/Linux 
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| NQC will run under linux. Unfortunately my preferref IDE- bricXCC does not work under WINE. (It seems to work for everything except the communication to the brick part). Rob A. (...)    (17 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | RCX Programming on GNU/Linux 
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| So, I am delurking after a year or so to ask if anyone has seen a good way to work with the RCX on Linux. I have available to me RS232 and USB towers, RCX versions 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0, ROBOLAB versions 1.0 through 2.9 (plus bug fix), RIS2.0, as well (...)   (17 years ago, 22-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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