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Re: Searching for alternatives
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 6 Feb 2001 12:34:57 GMT
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
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> > now, i know that there are lots of people that have a problem with • windows,
> > especially CE, but i don't care.
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> Is it possible to write programs for Wince without a costly development
> system?
Is that the point? I mean, if you want to program in NQC, why go to all the
bother of purchasing this "Agenda" device, trying to hack into it, solder
all these connectors and crap... when you can plug in your Mindstorms IR
Tower to your WindowsCE palmtop, download freeware CENQC, and begin
progarmming right away?
> The thing about Wince is that it's a heavily cut-down version of a 'real'
> operating system. The Agenda runs a pretty much complete version of Linux
> with all the neat features that come along with having a full-blown OS
onboard.
If that's true, it makes Pilot seem like a child's toy.
Iain
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| (...) I'm not suggesting that you 'hack into it'...it has a perfectly well documented set of programming tools and is easily interfaced to the PC. I had a new program that I'd written myself running on the Agenda within a half hour of taking it out (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Is it possible to write programs for Wince without a costly development system? The thing about Wince is that it's a heavily cut-down version of a 'real' operating system. The Agenda runs a pretty much complete version of Linux with all the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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