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Re: Searching for alternatives
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 6 Feb 2001 18:42:18 GMT
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
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> If you *ONLY* want to use NQC, yes. But if you want to write large,
> complex AI programs and have them drive the robot from an on-board
> computer, then I don't think Wince is a good choice because I strongly
> *suspect* that the tools and API documentation needed for writing new
> Wince programs are *far* from free.
I would agree with that totally - I hadn't realized there was a need for
higher computing.
> > > Is it possible to write programs for Wince without a costly development
> > > system?
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> ...which you didn't answer.
...beacuse I don't write computer programs, and I don't have an answer.
> I don't like the term 'PDA' to describe the Agenda. 'Palmtop Personal
> Computer' would be a better description.
WindowsCE operates just like your desktop computer, which is why they've
used the names P/PC and H/PC for as long as I can remmeber.
Iain
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| (...) Actually, the "Windows® CE eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0" cost $7.50 direct from Microsoft and let you develop in Visual Basic and C++. The VB is a cut down version, more like VB Script, but will drive the serial port. I have not tried the C++ as (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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