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Re: Original Mindstorms software on Win XP
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:24:29 GMT
Original-From: 
Paul Miranda <PAULCMIRANDA@GMAIL.COMspamcake>
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Forgot one of the most useful parts...
Set virtual memory to 4000MB, as described here:
http://www.geek.com/forums/topic/director-player-60-error-need-at-least-3-mb-virtual-memory-to-run-the-program

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Paul Miranda<paulcmiranda@gmail.com> wrote:
> By trial, error, and lots of googling, I found a recipe for getting to
> the programming feature in the RIS software that came with my old
> original set.
> 
> When installing, let it install quicktime 2 and 3 as well as the old
> DirectX; only do the minimum install so that it doesn't put the
> animations on the hard drive
> After install, correct the "Start In" field of the desktop icon's
> Properties to point at the installed directory, not the Probe.exe
> program within it.
> Whenever the program asks you to insert the CD, just hit cancel and
> you'll bypass the broken videos.
> Don't click on the getting started materials, just go straight to the
> programming tool. I found the second video would always hang and once
> you've started looking at the getting started videos, it won't let you
> do anything else until you finish.
> 
> Hope somebody finds that useful. I haven't actually tried downloading
> or uploading any programs yet.



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  Original Mindstorms software on Win XP
 
By trial, error, and lots of googling, I found a recipe for getting to the programming feature in the RIS software that came with my old original set. When installing, let it install quicktime 2 and 3 as well as the old DirectX; only do the minimum (...) (17 years ago, 11-Aug-09, to lugnet.robotics)

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