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Re: interest in JVM porting effort
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 6 May 1999 21:43:54 GMT
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John A. Tamplin <jat@liveonthenet.com> wrote:
> I realize there is still ongoing discussion about the "next generation" OS
> for the RCX, but it appears there are two immovable camps. One camp wants
> to do the minimum work possible and come up with an incremental upgrade to
> the existing firmware. Another group wants something that provides
> everything they can get by writing native C/C++ code under something like
> legOS but gain the advantages of an interpreted environment (compact size,
> avoid relocation issues, error checking, easier development environment).
> I think continued discussion is unlikely to merge these two camps. Thus,
> I expect there will be two projects.
- I agree there will be two projects - if both projects get off the ground
in the first place
- Partly I disagree with your characterization of the other project; I do
not think the goals are quite as stated. The other group wants to (I
think) design a new byte code based in spirit on the best qualities of
the old firmware and other places of inspiration (JVM included) and come
up with an entirely new firmware/byte code/machine model from scratch
that is dedicated to, specific to, and optimized for the RCX
- Seeing that is a good chance I know a few things about the RCX that other
people might now know, I will assist any project might need answers or
advice regarding technical details of the RCX, or feedback on ways to do
certain things, especially those currently handled by the ROM
-Kekoa
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| BTW, we need to thank a LOT of people, people who gave time to reverse engineer stuff.. This is all due to HARD work by a lot of people.. lets not loose sight of how this all was made possible.. Excuse me if this sounded like rambling.. Cause that's (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: interest in JVM porting effort
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| (...) Your help will be greatly appreciated. John A. Tamplin Traveller Information Services jat@LiveOnTheNet.COM 2104 West Ferry Way 256/705-7007 - FAX 256/705-7100 Huntsville, AL 35801 -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I realize there is still ongoing discussion about the "next generation" OS for the RCX, but it appears there are two immovable camps. One camp wants to do the minimum work possible and come up with an incremental upgrade to the existing firmware. (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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