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Re: Why legOS?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:24:50 GMT
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John Donaldson <JDONALDSON@GHG.NETsaynotospam>
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I think,if LegOS was usable from a Window's PC system, it would be far
more popular. I for one would love to use LegOS, but I only have a
Eindow's based PC.
1. I know I can get the GNU compiler for my PC, but from there how do
I get it setup?
2. How do I unpack the LegOS.tar and download it to the RCX?
3. Are there any program samples that one can look at and use?
Using LegOS looks to be what I am looking for in producing a RCX
mapping robot, since it will allow me to have access to a large enough
memory to not only store the map, but allow the robot to use it for
navaigation.
John A. Donaldson
"Markus L. Noga" wrote:
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> Laurentino Martins wrote:
> > > But spirit.ocx is Windows only, anyway, isn't it? What use would an OS
> > > for your RCX be if you didn't even have one on your workstation?
> >
> > I'm sorry if I offend you, but I think this is one the lowest quality arguments > I've ever heard :-(
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> That's not an argument. That's a passing joke. The arguments are the
> phrases that have a dash in front ;-)
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> I'm very aware of the advantages of good Windows integration when trying
> to sell a product. I'm also quite conscious of the fact that direct
> control of any variable and setting from the PC is a feature not to be
> underestimated, especially for the Cybermaster units.
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> > At least it reaches a huge percentage of children/teenagers (remember we are not
> > the target of their sales), and let's say the truth, it's damn easy to start
> > programming with it!
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> I agree about reaching teenagers. However, with >50% of the units ending
> up in the hands of adults, their marketing research team seemingly
> didn't do its homework.
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> --
> Markus L. Noga noga@inrialpes.fr
> INRIA Rhône-Alpes http://www.inrialpes.fr/
> IPR Universität Karlsruhe http://wwwipr.ira.uka.de/
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| (...) You should try and fins a cygwin distribution, that'll allow most *nix software to run on Win95 based thingys, after recompile, I think. Sopmeone else'll have to tell you where to get it, I've forgotten :) HTH. Jasper (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) That's not an argument. That's a passing joke. The arguments are the phrases that have a dash in front ;-) I'm very aware of the advantages of good Windows integration when trying to sell a product. I'm also quite conscious of the fact that (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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