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Re: Downloading Firmware to RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:59:09 GMT
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Original-From:
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Peter Hesketh <PBH@PHESK.DEMON.CO.UKnospam>
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In article <F4wwLv.DwC@lugnet.com>, Kekoa Proudfoot
<lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes
> Peter Hesketh <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote:
> > Is there a description anywhere of the RCX firmware download protocol in
> > plain English or in pseudocode? I am trying to write a QBasic program
> > to do it. I have looked at firmdl.txt and dltrace.txt but my knowledge
> > of C is not sufficient to work out what is required.
>
> Does QBasic let you use spirit.ocx? If so, that is by far the easiest • way
> to write code to download the firmware. If not, here is an explantion • of
> the download process:
[snip excellent description]
At long last I have done it! While recovering from an illness I have
managed to get it going - thanks for your help, Kekoa.
It doesn't use spirit.ocx, so that it can be run on an 80286 DOS-only
machine under QBasic. The source code is available on the lego link at
the bottom of my home page "here.is/shirenewton".
If you don't like the advertisements there is a "Get rid of the adverts"
link you should follow first.
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Regards - Peter Hesketh, Mynyddbach, Mon.
Forty reasons why a dog is better than a woman: number 39
"Dogs aren't catty."
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| (...) Does QBasic let you use spirit.ocx? If so, that is by far the easiest way to write code to download the firmware. If not, here is an explantion of the download process: I assume you know the basic packet protocol. If not, it was described by (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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