Subject:
|
Re: interest in JVM porting effort
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.robotics
|
Date:
|
Thu, 6 May 1999 21:48:49 GMT
|
Original-From:
|
"Keith Miller" <kmiller@talon.net>
|
Viewed:
|
1053 times
|
| |
|
|
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 what I do.. ramble.
<G>
----- Original Message -----
From: Kekoa Proudfoot <kekoa@pixel.Stanford.EDU>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: interest in JVM porting effort
> 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
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: interest in JVM porting effort
|
| (...) - 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) (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
|
13 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
