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Re: How to get a RCX1.0 working these days?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:45:13 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ardjan Besse wrote:
> Hi!
> I have tried to get my old (old? It was the first one in Austria!) RCX
> 1.0 working again, but didn't succeed.
> After all these years, the firmware seems to be gone, it doesn't even
> run the on-board programs... I tried to install the original software
> on WinXP, but it didn't work. Of course I tried the Win95
> compatibility mode :-)
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> I can dive into an alternative system, but then it should look like
> (visual) Basic, because that's all I know...
I suggest you use NQC with BricxCC (http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/). Since your
tower is serial, you should not need to install any other software.
Though it is not VB, it is nonetheless very easy to learn.
Firmware file is on LEGO CD-rom, but it would be better to use the newer and
more powerful 2.0 firmware (look for "firm0328.lgo").
Philo
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 | | Re: How to get a RCX1.0 working these days?
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| (...) Thanx for your answer, I'll definitely look into that. But I just discovered Robolab, from TLG itself. Does that work (RCX1.0 on XP or Vista), and if yes, does it have Firmware coming with it? A few years ago I worked a bit with LabView at the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | How to get a RCX1.0 working these days?
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| Hi! I have tried to get my old (old? It was the first one in Austria!) RCX 1.0 working again, but didn't succeed. After all these years, the firmware seems to be gone, it doesn't even run the on-board programs... I tried to install the original (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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