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Re: FLL not allowing NQC
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:19:04 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Dick Swan wrote:
> Having followed this very active thread with interest, there's several
> important points that seem to have been very lightly glossed over.
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> The content of Robolab is changing and the FLL organizers will almost
> certainly have to deal with this issue.
Robolab, in fact, currently delivers a different version of the standard LEGO
firmware than what is otherwise publicly available. How, pray tell, is that
fair to FLL users who don't use Robolab? Talk about an unfair advantage.
> Ultimate Robolab (UR) creates a standalone firmware file from a program
> that is then downloaded to the RCX.
I can't imagine FLL ever allowing Ultimate Robolab in their competitions.
> Mindstorms for the AFOL and consumer market appears
> totally stagnant.
I agree. It is quite discouraging.
> I haven't seen much comment on John Hansen's recent add to NQC to create
> a text file containing LASM commands. It would seem that developing and
> testing a program using NQC and then, just before competition, compiling
> the LASM text with Mindscript will be "legal". If so, why not simply
> allow NQC? [As an aside, Robolab also has an graphical "icon" where a
> block of LASM commands can simply be pasted.]
Sounds legal to me. :-)
> How
> do you tell the unsophisticated FLL team and its coach that their entry
> has been disqualified because they downloaded a patch from the official
> Robolab site?
That's a good question. If it becomes part of an official Robolab distribution
then it must be legal.
John Hansen
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