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RE: Palmtop as accessory brain...
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:56:29 GMT
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alex wetmore <alex@IHATESPAMphred.org>
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On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Eric Eilebrecht wrote:
> I am currently working on an RCX interface for Pocket Scheme
> (http://www.angrygraycat.com/scheme/pscheme.htm), which should work on your
> Velo. This will allow you to program the RCX from your palmtop, and will
> also allow you to directly control the RCX. Basically, anything you can do
> with spirit.ocx or NQC, you will be able to do with my (as yet unnamed)
> Scheme library.
>
> Unfortunately, though, I haven't found a way to use the IR port on these
> devices to communicate with the RCX (due to incompatibilities between IrDA
> and consumer IR). I have had to resort to plugging the Lego IR tower into
> my palmtop's serial port.
There is someone working on a programmable remote interface for
Windows CE, but it only works on a limited number of devices so
far, and they are all handheld machines, not palmtops. Check out
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~ohmania/SkyCommander/SkyCommander.html.
Hopefully they'll make a version compatible with my Everex Freestyle
at somepoint.
alex
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| I am currently working on an RCX interface for Pocket Scheme ((URL) which should work on your Velo. This will allow you to program the RCX from your palmtop, and will also allow you to directly control the RCX. Basically, anything you can do with (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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