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Re: RCX Code tutorial or better program all together?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:42:44 GMT
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Doug Wilcox <doug@wilcoxfamily.%Spamcake%net>
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I've only recently "switched over" to NQC myself, having found RCX Code to
be pretty good for the simple tasks I was trying to handle. Be sure you run
through all 12 steps in "training mode," and then go through the help file
that explains each code block. The information IS there in the RIS kit (but
it's been so long that I'm having trouble remember exactly where I dug it
up)--maybe it's in the Constructopedia, but I think that most of it was on
the CD.
The RCX Code is quite powerful, and it was a lot faster for me to write
things in it than to struggle through NQC for the tasks I wanted to
program--at least until recently. RCX Code doesn't get much respect in this
community, but I must commend Lego on engineering a drag-and-drop system
that allows nearly bug-free programming of fairly advanced routines, but
that is simple enough that even my 5-year-old can use. (I did find one
bug--sending a tone of "0" would prevent the program from downloading to the
RCX, and trigger the "can't find the RCX" error messages.
For the record, running through "Thau's JavaScript Tutorials" at
www.webmonkey.com made acquisition of NQC *much* easier, mostly because the
JavaScript tutorials deal a little more thoroughly with syntax (which
happens to be nearly identical in basic JavaScript and NQC).
Play well!
--Doug Wilcox
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----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Majewski <citrusx__@yahoo.com>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 4:25 PM
Subject: RCX Code tutorial or better program all together?
> 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 second and then shut it off? Also.. is there an easier program that • one
> can download that has conventional ifs and elses and gotos and such? • Thanks,
> Greg Majewski
>
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