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Re: RCX Programming on GNU/Linux
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Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:56:24 GMT
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NQC will run under linux. Unfortunately my preferref IDE- bricXCC does
not work under WINE. (It seems to work for everything except the
communication to the brick part).

Rob A.



On 8/22/08, Andrew G. Meyer <agmlego@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I am delurking after a year or so to ask if anyone has seen a good way
> to
> work with the RCX on Linux. I have available to me RS232 and USB towers, RCX
> versions 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0, ROBOLAB versions 1.0 through 2.9 (plus bug fix),
> RIS2.0, as well as any free or relatively cheap (<$20) hardware and
> software. I
> am not picky about language, as I was playing around with ROBOLAB, NQC, and
> leJOS a year ago when I was still running XP.
> 
> I have tried to run ROBOLAB 2.9 under Wine with no success, but I am more
> than
> willing to try again if someone else has had success. For reference, my dev
> platform will likely be my Compaq Presario V6000 with 2GB RAM running Ubuntu
> 8.04 with kernel version (as of this post) 2.6.24-19.
> 
> The reason I have suddenly come up with this issue is that, as a moving-away
> present, the teacher in charge of the FLL team I used to mentor gave me
> roughly
> half of their generous collection which, when combined with my own
> substantial
> kit, presents too great a temptation to leave dormant. Plus, I want to build
> a
> series of plant-maintainers for my dorm room, to aid in the struggle to stay
> sane through >5 months of winter... ;-P
> 
> --
> Andrew G. Meyer
> "Memento Mori Ergo Carpe Diem"
> 



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  Re: RCX Programming on GNU/Linux
 
NQC works like a charm. I take it Ubuntu users prefer a IDE to simplify things. But coding in NQC is not so bad. Open up gedit and code away! (...) (18 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)

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  RCX Programming on GNU/Linux
 
So, I am delurking after a year or so to ask if anyone has seen a good way to work with the RCX on Linux. I have available to me RS232 and USB towers, RCX versions 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0, ROBOLAB versions 1.0 through 2.9 (plus bug fix), RIS2.0, as well (...) (18 years ago, 22-Aug-08, to lugnet.robotics)

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