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"Aaron Nabil" <nabil@spiritone.com> wrote in message news:G5s74v.ECM@lugnet.com... (...) what (...) mindscript (...) I stand corrected. I guess I should have upgraded to 1.5 after all. RCX2's Mindscript language does appear to be much better than (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Michael Gasperi" <gasperi@alynk.com> wrote in message news:G5s1Dx.KnC@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) The "real" 1.5 RCX code is a text file, when you make a program, that's what it makes. It appears to be a slightly less elegant version of RCX2 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Ben Erwin" <ben@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:G5ovr6.Jro@lugnet.com... (...) my (...) programs, (...) I don't think the real RCX Code is ever in this text form. You find these text files on the CD, but when you make RCX Code programs they (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) This is probably related to how IE and Netscape handle mime types, especially application/unknown (or application/x-unknown, I forget.) Netscape seems to entirely rely on mime types, but IE appears to be more versatile. If I had to hazard a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've looking for motor wires in the lenghts of 8.5 cm and 25.s cm. I called LEGO and they said that both those sizes are no longer avaliable (#5041) and (#5311). The only size ava. is the 128 cm lenght (#5111). The guy on the phone had no clue what (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) For our purposes, this may not matter. However, couldn't the rear wheels be steered with a reciprocator? So as the steering wheel turns to the right, the rear wheels start turning right, then turn back to the left? So at, say 1/4 turn, the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Another problem with all wheel steering is the problem of "switch over." Honda had a prototype of an all wheel steering car which used the mechanism of turning the wheels in opposite directions at slow speeds for improved turning radius and turning (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Indeed - I've seen a good variation of this with a 4 axled vehicle which had two bogies with two axles each. Each pair of wheels on the side of each bogie had longitudinal pendulum type unsprung suspension, and the front bogie had an (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes. (...) That's not possible, as they are all slightly different, and it also varies a little over time. I measured it for my sensors with the RCX, depressing them slowly by a rack and measuring every 1/100mm (nominally, i think LEGO technic (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) ^^^^special swedish variant :-) (...) No idea, should be very little, try measuring it :-) (...) Don't know, but AFAIK motor current is limited to 500mA per motor, so three motors give 1.5A. (...) AFAIR (now that's really long ago I built (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Does anyone know if the RCX Command Center will be updated to have the latest NQC 2.2 running on it. Currenlty, it runs NQC 2.1r1. (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Books fo Mindstorms
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Hi, in Germany you can get the new book "Extreme Mindstorms - An advanced guide to Lego Mindstorms" from Dave Baum, Michael Gasperi, Ralph Hempel and Luis Villa. It 's great!! If you are interested in some deeper hardware informations, RCX 2.0 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) I don't think that would be practical using the standard SPO-256 synth chip, but you might have some luck with the onboard speaker and tones. I had a computer game once that would say various versions of "ouch" through the PC-speaker. If you (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, has anybody an idea to use the vision command with a macintosh? All newer Macintosh have usb for connecting the camera but there comes no driver for it from Lego. Ralf (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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It seems to me that the touch sensors have very different caracteristics. One has ~ 390 ohms and another ~ 480 when pressed to the bottom. Also, when pressed just gently, they seem to have a higher resistance. Is this correct? Is there anyone who (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) it surprised me, since i dind't know that rcx code was text... (robolab sure isn't text) and yes, i realize that the browser has no lego-awareness and that a similar effect can be seen with some text editors. i still think its cool. (...) yeah (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Here are some battery related: How many mA does the Tower Unit consume? How many mA does the Mobile Unit consume with both internal motors and the external active? Would a 7809 (and a couple of capacitors) stabilize the voltage safe enough? (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That is not very surprising, as RCX Code is text. So there is no LEGO-awareness in the browser. (...) Yes, they did the right thing using text for storage of programs. Jürgen (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Many kinds of construction equpiment actually use unsprung suspensions, so I think this is a sane approach. A telescopic handler, for example, needs to be able to lift many different kinds of weights, hence it cannot have the kind of (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | pneumatic pack air tank
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i was wondering if any one would be interested in buying pneumatic air tanks or other pneumatic parts individuly if i were to start buying pneumatic packs selling them pricing would be as follows: air tank $ 4 air hose $ 3 all 3 colors in pack (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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