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(...) Thanks for the history lesson. I had no idea it went back that far. I had imagined mid 1940's maybe. You learn something new every day. Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have on at least one occasion asked a (better) programmer to explain why he held a particular strong belief about coding style that I did not share. Subsequent thought and experience proved him right and I changed my style accordingly. In (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Programmers have been arguing about this since the early 60's...we all know we'll never agree...I've *never* seen one of those debates end with one programmer saying "Wow - you're right - I'll completely change my programming style"...nope - (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks again for clearing this up, now I understand the reason behind it, why there is a certain way how you write code (and it makes sense too) I hope in a year from now I can write code in NQC at least as efficient as I can write an email in (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Does anyone know if the RIS 2.0 RCS brick comes with a power jack (for a battery eliminator)? I partially recall seeing this mentioned, but would like to confirm. TIA, Harley Myler (URL) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I went onto ebay right before Christmas for 1.0 and one dealer had 6 or so up and all ended with Buy it Now. So I went on over to Yahoo auctions and found it with no bids, same ebay dealer, different userid, $10 cheaper buy it now price. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) #22 gauge hookup wire is a place to start, I'd suggest putting a easily replacable in-line in there just in case... (...) Q1: How many batteries does it take? Q2: How much current can each battery provide? Q3: What is the series/parallel (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Why can't this list have a Reply To: block?... (...) I'm looking at my V1.0, just behind the power connector there are two small rectangular components. They don't have a band on them (probably not a diode as even SMT diodes have cathode marks). (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Good luck finding a RIS 1.0 set at Toys R Us. This item in now an X item on their system. Meaning it is a discontinued item. Go back to one of the TRU and ask them to search the entire TRU stores for the item. Make sure you have the sku number for (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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OK John, I just got a CD Burner. Give me your address and I'll try to send you a running LegOS development system and get you running (you are in the USA right?). Currently, my kernels are a pre-release LegOS 0.2.5 but they compile well. All I ask (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I checked 4 area TRUs and also HobbyTown but they do not seem to stock the Mindstorms sets these days-everything is LegoStudio or maybe MS expansion sets. I would like to know where others have recently bought the RIS set, preferably version 1.0. I (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) And the numerical system used in computers is binary or base 2. Each instruction would have a unique binary representation providing the control of the datapath that would cause the desired action upon the data. An instruction such as (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ada Lovelace (whose Biography all programmers should read BTW) called it 'coding'. She was the very first programer who was writing programs for the (never completed) Babbage 'Analytical Engine'. She invented things like subroutines, (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Got it! You need to regsrv32 mfc42.dll (which I believe are the Microsoft Foundation Classes). It was not on my Compaq Aero...so I copied this from another machine and registered it, then registered in spirit.ocx and it works fine now. How did (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Evidently a Microsoft employee. (or maybe Lego S@H webpage designer??) :-) (Sorry, I tried, but I just couldn't let that one go.) (-: (...) A touch grumpy today are we? Did you wake up on the wrong side of bed this morning?? You might consider (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Your kidding?? The term "code" dates back (at least) to the "opcodes" used in machine language (ie. an even lower level than assembly). The term "opcode" refers to Operation Codes or "instructions" which may in many cases have required an (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, sjbaker1@airmail.net writes: [snip] (...) [snip] Strange. My attempts still fail with extension cables, but still work with 2.2 meter Lego cable only. Failed twice at total 4.2m when trying to add 2m extension cables. Test #1 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi! Thanks for the quick reply-I am 100% sure it is in C:\windows\system and the path is correct. I can register other OCXs and other DLLs in the same directory, with explicit path or by cd'ing into C:\windows\system Any other ideas? I'm (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Are you 100% sure you copied "spirit.ocx" to "C:\windows\system"? The 485 error usually means it aint in the path regsvr32 isn't happy when an ActiveX component you want to register isn't in your defined path(s)... ill13 -----Original Message----- (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi folks, It's less than 12 hours away from rtlToronto 7, and I need to prep a laptop for general use at our the Toronto Lego Robotics Event. :) I'm having some trouble registering Spirit.ocx with Regsrv32.exe. It gives me an error, (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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