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Re: Downloading Firmware to RCX
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:59:09 GMT
Original-From: 
Peter Hesketh <pbh@=spamcake=phesk.demon.co.uk>
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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".

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--
Regards - Peter Hesketh, Mynyddbach, Mon.
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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