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Re: legOS
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 26 Nov 1998 01:11:36 GMT
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CyberUser <CyberUser@mksftwre.demon.co{spamless}.uk>
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I managed to get my Cybermaster into a "vibrating" state with the motors
humming and the unit shaking! (downloaded some commands while it was
running) None of the buttons worked and it did not sound very healthy so
I ripped the batteries out immediately. No harm seems to have been done
though.
Anybody got any ideas what happened?
In message <365C7105.905D3244@ameritech.net>, John Scott Kjellman
<jkjellman@ameritech.net> writes
> Guys,
>
> Everyone seems to be missing one point:
>
> The RCX does have ROM code (this is what loads the firmware the first
> time, right?). If you were to "jam up" the firmware, you could just
> simply remove the batteries, let the firmware (which must be in battery
> backed SRAM) fade away, and reload the Mind(less)Storm crap :-).
>
> the only possibility of any [physical damage to the brick would be if
> Lego did a poor hardware design job and you could program something into
> an overload state (like on the old IBM fixed frequency VGA monitors
> ;-). I highly doubt that this is possible based on the high quality
> engineering and QA job that Lego does on every one of their products I
> have seen over the last 30 years (geez, do I sound as old as I think?
> ;-).
>
> Take care (and hack those bricks ;-)
> KJohn
>
> Kekoa Proudfoot wrote:
> >
> > > I think he meants risks as in "I installed LegOS, and it got wedged, and
> > > I can't reinstall the official Lego stuff, so now I've got a very very
> > > expensive lego brick that does nothing".
> >
> > Such risks are unknown. You have to trust, in the case of LegOS, that
> > Markus did a reasonable job. He in turn probably has some amount of trust
> > that I did a reasonable job, at least with regards to some aspects. If
> > you're not sure about whether or not these risks are significant, and if
> > you're worried about having to replace a broken Lego brick, then by all
> > means listen to the disclaimers, don't make use of the information on my
> > web page, and don't use LegOS.
> >
> > Of course, if you're looking for reasons to be confident with LegOS,
> > conisder that Markus and others have been using the software with no
> > destructive effect. As more and more people use the software, you can be
> > more and more sure that the software is okay.
> >
> > > It seems to me that Lego's position would logically be "If you install
> > > anything that we don't sell, you're on your own".
> >
> > Definitely.
> >
> > -Kekoa
--
CyberUser
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