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Re: Searching for alternatives
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:47:47 GMT
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Steve Baker wrote:
> Dean Husby wrote:
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> > Tim Hatch wrote:
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> > > (WITH the exclusion of the Agenda, which you (if you know
> > > C) can program yourself, writing ASM hardware controls).
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> The device drivers for the CIR port are being written right now - once those
> are done, you won't need assembler to drive the port. Since it's mapped onto
> /dev/ttyS<something>, it's pretty likely that NQC will need nothing more than
> a recompile to make it run and drive the CIR port.
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> > I'm waiting on buying a hand held until one of them can use NQC and upload
> > programs and firmware.
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> I'm pretty sure the Agenda will get there first - it has hardware that should
> work without problems - and since it runs Linux and you can compile programs
> for it using gcc/g++, there is little reason why NQC shouldn't "just work".
Can you supply a URL for this Agenda device? I've been unable to locate it. Too
many normal "Agenda"'s out there. Thanks
Dean
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| (...) I have not received my Agenda yet, but from the mailing list discussions it is not clear how easily the Agenda will be able to receive non-IrDA IR communications. There is an SIR port for input, but I don't know what constraints it has. For (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) The device drivers for the CIR port are being written right now - once those are done, you won't need assembler to drive the port. Since it's mapped onto /dev/ttyS<something>, it's pretty likely that NQC will need nothing more than a recompile (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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