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Re: Delphi developers
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 9 Dec 1998 15:52:35 GMT
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Andy Bower <bower@!StopSpam!object-arts.com>
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John,
I'm not sure whether you are aware but there are a number of solutions to
the problem of improving the programming capability of MindStorms. I don't
think anyone has a Delphi interface yet but I have developed a connection
between Smalltalk and the RCX. I've called this thing Bot-Kit. You can find
out more about it by visiting http://www.object-arts.com/Bower/Bot-Kit.
The actual kit is free but you do need to purchase a copy of the Dolphin
Smalltalk environment in order to run it. At $29.95 it's not expensive. I've
tried to write the documentation so it should be useable by people without
Smalltalk experience and even older children (although 9 maybe slightly too
young). I have heard of someone teaching his 8 year old son though.
The site currently contains a beta of the product with only a couple of
chapters of documentation. This is set to be updated to the full product
this evening. Let me know if you want further information.
BTW, I mentioned that there were other solutions. I think the best
alternative to Bot-Kit would be Dave Baum's NQC (Not Quite C) which is a
pseudo C compiler for the RCX. It's pretty straightforward to use but
unfortunately it's not Object-Oriented programming like Smalltalk (and
Delphi). NQC can be found at:
http://www.enteract.com/~dbaum/lego/nqc/index.html.
Best regards,
Andy Bower
-----Original Message-----
From: John Cooper <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Newsgroups: lugnet.robotics
Date: 09 December 1998 13:06
Subject: Delphi developers
> Is there anyone developing for the RCX using Delphi and the
> Spirit OCX?
>
> Having had Mindstorms since Saturday I am frustrated by the RIS.
> The blocks are nice, but there isn't enough functionality. Even
> keeping things more than simple for my 9 year old we are finding
> the ability to keep state a problem. There just aren't enough
> blocks: Add to counter and Reset counter, but no Subtract or Add
> arbitrary number.
>
> Will LEGO be releasing an addon pack containing more programming
> blocks?
> --
> John Cooper, JPSC Ltd, UK
>
>
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