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(...) Unfortunately, unless you completely re-engineer the standard firmware you probably won't get the power you need. The jump from LegOS to NQC is relatively painless once you get a working LegOS compiler up and running. I was actually able to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Just put a web site up, some of which is dedicated to to Lego, only one model up there so far but expect to do more in the winter while it rains outside. (URL) MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I would say that Gordon's BrickProgrammer is your best bet before getting into NQC, it supports if/else, multi tasking and routines, as does the standard RCX Environment. It also supports integer Variables. I've done some complex stuff, however I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Jim- My Linux mini-HOWTO is here: (URL) covers every option that is available on Linux, at least that I'm aware of, including NQC and tons of others. Good luck with it. Luis (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There sure is.... NQC, a program of the gods. (URL) the news group lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc is where you discuss NQC. -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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In London, I know Hamleys on Regent St and Harrods in Knightsbridge both have stock of Mindstorms. There are several ToysR'Us locations on the outer areas of London, but none in the city proper, and you would want to call them first to check stock, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I agree the droid kits are a bit too much (and I was never a huge Star Wars fan). But they're discounted now to $49.00, and there are 656 other parts.....that's 7.5 cents a part, well below my pain threshold. I got me two ;>) Jeff Jeffrey Hazen (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello, I'm a new RCX owner and I find that the tutorial for RCX Code that comes with Mindstorms explains squat. Is there an online tutorial that explains what each object does and actually shows how to do more than just turn on a motor for one (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Jeffrey Hazen" <jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net> wrote in message news:01C039AF.73F65F...thmill1... (...) I could think of some applications for that, but I'd have to win a lottery before I could afford 8 Microscouts!! About Microscouts: when I first (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) LegOS doesn't use the standard Byte Codes... So, no I did not... If I was proficient in C I probably would like it. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't want to crash your party, but I thik you just described legos as in news:lugnet.robotics.legos ;-) Regards, Hakan (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If you are looking for NQC for Linux go to the NQC web site and click on the Unix installs. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The Scout has the following drawbacks. Passive Sensors only. No Rotation or Light. It's very hard to use the Light sensor for some projects since it's built into the brick. 1k of RAM!!! That's 400 bytes to play with. Not very much at all. (The (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Why didn't you try my WinNQC? although it is only v1.1. You can find information in lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, you won't be sorry. Zhengrong (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I also think Scout is very good, and it has some new features that not in RCX but will be in new RCX2, like event monitor and so on. NQC 2.2 r1 supports scout in NQC language, so you can write software like for RCX, if you like to use IDE (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi All, I am travelling to London from Europe and would welcome suggestions as to where to buy Lego and or Mindstorms in London. Pref. shops that carry stock as I can probably visit them once. Alternatively, mail order organisations selling Lego (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Do you have any references or links that you could share with us about "Game AI" ? I'm curious : ) (...) research (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've got a linux box sitting here that is not doing much at all. I was thinking that I could devote it to Legos. I know that I have seen something on here b4 about using Linux. Where could I get the appropriate driver? Thanks, Jim (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have to agree, the Scout is great. While it will never be as powerful as it's bigger sibling (not sure on the gender here....), it still has plenty of fun inside. And it's being discounted at places like BestBuy for $79.00 which makes it a good (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I think the scout is great. We build quite a lot of simple models to be controlled by the IRRC, it is perfect for this. It is also good for checking out larger models before the RCX is cranked up. It is biggest draw back is the it only having two (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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