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Subject: 
Firmware file version?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:26:39 GMT
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Is there a way to get the version # out of an RCX firmware file?  Namely,
the files firm0309.lgo or firm0328.lgo.  I'd hate to rely only on the
file's name.

It'd be nice if one could reliably get the version, without having to
download the file into the RCX & then getting the version from RCX calls. :)

Thanks in advance,
Greg Betzel



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  Re: Firmware file version?
 
(...) The first line of each file should be unique, and you should be able to use it to infer the version number. At least the first line is unique for firm0309.lgo and firm0325.lgo. You can actually decode the lines if you like -- they are header (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Firmware file version?
 
Hello again, Does anyone know what the checksum is for downloading firm0328.lgo (the checksum to pass to the RCX begin-download call)? I've been doing some experimenting with firmware downloading. While my code comes up with 0xc278 with firm0309.lgo (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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