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Subject: 
Re: RIS 2.0 Problems - Low Level Languages?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 7 Mar 2005 22:44:38 GMT
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Mr S <szinn_the1@yahooSAYNOTOSPAM.com>
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Mark,
Try this

--- Dick Swan <dickswan@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> First "official" version of Mindstorm replacement
> firmware can now be
> downloaded from www.drjsoftware.com and follow the
> links on the page.
> 
> Basic firmware file is there for downloading. More
> documentation coming
> over the next few days.


--- Mark Bellis <mark.bellis@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Michael Obenland wrote:
> > This thread made my day. Really!
> > 
> > In the end, the brick is an embedded system with a • whopping 32k of RAM, mostly
> > filled up by the operating system. For me (ok, I • admit, I want to drive the
> > war a bit further...) even c++ has too much • overhead to be used for my brickOS
> > programs.
> > 
> > Real programmers don't use Pascal!
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
> > (real programmers even don't use assemblers but
> code directly in hex)
> 
> Reminds me of BBC micros, where the most useful
> BASIC command was the open
> square bracket to go into assembler!
> 
> Do you have facilities to program the RCX in
> assembler or hex?
> 
> I'm interested in a lower level language so that I
> don't have to learn another
> higher one!  At the moment I program the RCX in VB
> using the OCX file but I'd
> like to experiment with alternative firmware.
> 
> Since I soon learned that the way to squeeze more
> out of a BBC micro was to use
> machine code, I think the same is probably true for
> the RCX.
> 
> Are the sensor port power/read cycle timing and the
> available motor speeds
> dependent on the firmware or the hardware?
> 
> Mark





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