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Re: Love the new Music capability with the new firmware!
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 25 Aug 2001 22:35:09 GMT
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FRANK_SCHAFFER/FRA/ITELLIGENCE@stopspamSVC-AG.NET
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Martin Lane-Smith <mlanesmith@^AntiSpam^earthlink.net>
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Is there any functional difference when you put 2.0 firmware into a 1.0 or
1.5 RCX rather than a 2.0?
Martin
"Tilman Sporkert (webMethods)" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
news:IJEDLKPEKPPCLPNMLHJCEELBDAAA.tilman@webmethods.com...
> Don't confuse the hardware version number (RCX 2.0) with the firmware
> version number. The 2.0 firmware has been available as part of the "2.0 • RIS
> Beta SDK" download for quite some time from the Mindstorms web site. The • 2.0
> firmware can be downloaded into all RCX bricks, no matter if it's a 1.0,
> 1.5, or 2.0 brick. The 2.0 desktop software works just fine with both the
> USB IR tower and the older serial IR tower, and with all RCX brick
> versions - as long as you upgrade the firmware to 2.0.
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> Tilman
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> > That IS cool. Now the problem is to figure out if this new feature
> > was implemented using the exisiting ROM or if the entry points have
> > changed.
> >
> > Has anybody tried to run legOS or pbForth on the new RCX 2.0?
> >
> > (Maybe I can use this as an excuse to buy one...)
> >
> > If so, then we need to do a heck of a lot of work to get legOS,
> > pbForth, and
> > other replacement firmware to play nicely with the RCX....
>
>
>
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| Don't confuse the hardware version number (RCX 2.0) with the firmware version number. The 2.0 firmware has been available as part of the "2.0 RIS Beta SDK" download for quite some time from the Mindstorms web site. The 2.0 firmware can be downloaded (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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