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(...) Are you attempting the NQC 'port' to the agenda? Please make sure you let us all know how it's going. Here's the four main things I think we all want: 1. Use it as a Remote (1 -255, motors etc) 2. Download Firmware to RCX 3. Download programs (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3A7FFB5B.EF74DE...ail.net... (...) I would agree with that totally - I hadn't realized there was a need for higher computing. (...) ...beacuse I don't write computer programs, and I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You get a cradle (USB) and all you need... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Does anybody know if the developer edition Agenda comes with any method to coneect to a PC? (Serial cable/cradle) Or do these need to be bought separately? Thanks, Henry Hallam (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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1) Popular Mechanics, June 1999 Coin sorter, Robot for picking up lego bricks off the floor (demonstrated at Mindfest), Card dealer 2) (URL) (there used to be an interview with him here about the Copy machine under Master Builders... now i can't (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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The send mail/receive mail commands in ROBOLAB are like the SendPBMessage in the OCX (Message in NQC?). Like NQC, you can send things other than strict primitive integers (a limitation of RCX Code) like sensor values. As far as talking to the scout (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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There is a default line following program in the Amusement Park theme of ROBOLAB. Its called Tour Bus. If this doesn't follow the test pattern, then you may need to modify the robot/program a little. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Short answer: no. Long answer: The demos you are thinking of were for the LEGO Dacta Serial Interface Box (Interface B) or earlier. There is a ROBOLAB-like non-PowerPC interface called LEGO Engineer for that old hardware. I can't remember why (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I think a worm gear and a 40-tooth gear worked for me. A string was fixed above, and wound around the axle connected to the 40-tooth gear. This wasn't fast though, more like a slow climb. But I think you definitely want a worm gear or some kind of (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, 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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Where can I find pictures of Anthony Fudd wonderfull models? (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3A7F6BC4.C89353...ail.net... (...) windows, (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) All the 'good stuff' is on www.agendacomputing.com - check out the 'developer' links. (...) I wasn't proposing to replace the RCX - but merely to use the Agenda to provide *MUCH* more intelligence for the robot. I want to use the Agenda to run (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I went to www.agendacomputing.com and signed up to the developer program. They emailed back an order form which I had to *post* to them with a cheque. I'm told that there is now a new site: www.buyagenda.com where you can get one with a credit (...) (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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(...) Yes, that's how it works. Dean (...) -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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You can go to (URL) click on Developers Buy Now (below the pic) Then click on the Agenda Developer Program in the first line. Then, after you've joined (I suppose) you get an email detailing the program and how to order. Tim (...) one!!!! (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Where do you order an Agenda (developer edition)? I want one!!!! :) Thanks, Henry Hallam (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) And it will be necessary to change the CyberMasters to use different radio frequencies, then. Otherwise when PC try polling, everybody will respond at the same time. Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) You mean for creating a custom LED setup for the Serial port? No IR tower? Please post a link to this 'extra' info. Thanks (...) Yes, M$ always leaves a bad taste in my mouth but I have many friends with the Cassiopeia's e-100's and 105's. I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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