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I was looking for references to the Control Lab in Lugnet and came across this post ((URL) by John Hansen trying to buy a Control Lab to add some support for in in BricxCC/NQC. I can't seem to find out if anything ever came of it. Can anyone tell (...) (18 years ago, 6-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Control Lab & NQC
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(...) Nothing has ever come of it. Partially because I haven't yet gotten my hands on a control lab unit and partially because I got involved with other things. John Hansen (18 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Control Lab & NQC
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(...) The Control Lab is a serial I/O device. I don't see the benefit of using NQC with it since it doesn't run programs itself; the computer does. NQC would have to change in a fundamental way to accommodate it: either compile to bytecodes for a (...) (18 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Control Lab & NQC
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(...) Is that the same as the Dacta 70909? I have a page with some info about that and its protocol, and a test environment programmed (with a puny 'programming language') in Delphi - no OCX needed. Source is available. (URL) Anders Isaksson, Sweden (...) (18 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Control Lab & NQC
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(...) Unfortunately the link is dead. Why not use real C? Because I'm not a programmer and don't know C. Anything I do know (like NQC) I got from tutorials specific for LEGO. linmix (18 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) that's the one. Thanks for the link. I'll certainly try it out. (18 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Control Lab & NQC
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(...) linmix, if you can program in NQC, you can use C. It's pretty much the same language. You'll just have to learn how to use the serial port, it's not that hard. Get a book on C programming from your local library or bookstore. Get a little (...) (18 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Control Lab & NQC
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(...) someone still has an information page up. (18 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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