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Re: RCX Virus?
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Date: 
Tue, 16 May 2006 05:25:49 GMT
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Hello Jonathan,

> Is there maybe some problem with my program? Maybe some virus got into my RCX or
No, it is extremely improbable! Here is the only "virus" for RCX I know:
http://www.restena.lu/convict/Jeunes/tiny_mini_worm/tiny_mini_worm.htm

...and it requires some cooperation so that it can spread!

> is it really time to think of buying a new one?


I don't think so. Did you have very heavy load on all three motor outputs? if
so, there is a possibility that you burnt the input fuse of your RCX.

Philo



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(...) The original firmware is a very stable piece of software. The only moment that we ever had serious problems with it was linked to our robot GASTON while being used in the same room with a 10 desktop Mindstorms robotics course. Some parasite IR (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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I think I heard about something like this a while back. I recently built a "CNC Milling Machine" out of Lego. It's my first attempt so it's very rudimentary and doesn't look that nice. Once I made a small program to see how the machine worked, I (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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