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Re: RCX Firmware (was: Remote dead, what to do?)
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:06:31 GMT
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Rob Doucette wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Dean Husby writes:
> > Rob Doucette wrote:
> > > ?? Programs won't run w/o firmware of some kind.
> >
> > No. It needs the Firmware to set up the IR port to receive the commands.
> > The Built-in programs will run without firmware with the RUN Button.
> >
> >
> > The RCX does not need the firmware to do the built in Functions. They work fine
> > with the Buttons. It needs firmware to use the EXTRA features like remote
> > control.
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> Thanks for the clarification. So... am I correct to assume that there is
> some portion of the RCX firmware that is not accessable for
> update/replacement? This would be the portion that describes/controls the
> 'built-in functions? Thanks again,
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> -Rob.
Correct, there is a 16k ROM chip in the RCX that holds the built in functions and
code programing code. (For uploading firmware in the first place etc.)
Once the firmware is loaded it takes over most of the functions of the 16k ROM.
That's in layman's terms anyway.
Dean
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| (...) Thanks for the clarification. So... am I correct to assume that there is some portion of the RCX firmware that is not accessable for update/replacement? This would be the portion that describes/controls the 'built-in functions? Thanks again, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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