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Re: Linux & RCX mini-HOWTO- comments/thoughts?
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Sun, 13 Aug 2000 03:51:01 GMT
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I just read these better, so I'm replying in more detail... hope this
doesn't bother anyone :)
On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Steve Baker wrote:
> The two 'gotchas' that caught me out were:
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> 1) Finding a suitable serial port for the tower.
> This isn't always easy because there are only two free
> interrupts on the PC and Linux doesn't like driving two ports
> from one interrupt. Hence, your mouse and your modem (which are
> both serial devices in all probability) may prevent you from using
> the serial port connector on the back of the PC directly. For me,
> the answer was to connect the tower to my son's PC and write a
> shell script to redirect NQC commands to his PC for execution and
> download. There may be a better way - but some discussion of this
> somewhere would be useful.
Any suggestions as to what exactly I should add? I've never had problems
of the type you describe, either with IRQ shortages or with serial port
conflicts, nor am I aware of any legOS users who have. So, I'm not sure
exactly what kinds of warnings or suggestions I should add. Let me know,
and I'll be glad to :)
> 2) Since I wasn't using Windoze (I don't even own a copy), I didn't
> even *look* at the instructions and came close to throwing away
> the CD-ROM. Hence, I didn't realise that I needed the Lego
> firmware from the CD - and it was mostly a matter of guesswork
> to figure out what Windoze file I needed off the CD and how to
> download it using NQC.
What is the name of this file? Honestly, my Lego CD-ROM has never seen the
light of day, so while I'm aware of the need for the firmware, I'm only
very peripherally aware :) Is there any other need for the CD under any of
the other softwares or is that one file the only thing?
Thanks- version 0.2 should be up shortly :)
Luis
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