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RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:06:58 GMT
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> COM components are processor specific, so no, spirit.ocx won't work.
> I have the Jornada 680 - the H/PC version - and it's a fantastic machine with
> an excellent screen, but there are limitations. One of the most frustrating
> things is that the IR device is limited to IRda, so it can't be used to talk
> to the RCX (or the TV, stereo, etc. it's been tried). You could, in theory at
> least, buy or build a consumer IR device for the CE and write to that, but
> it's not trivial.
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> If you had that you'd be there - run pbFORTH and talk via the CE terminal
> program.(Thanks Ralph - this is rapidly becoming my favourite RCX development
> environment, and I got the added benefit of learning FORTH.)
Ha, got another one! Do you want to be on the update list?
> I may give this some thought, but vita brevis, and all that.
While you are drinking some crazy new "vita brevis" beer, the rest of us
are short of time ;-)
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) COM components are processor specific, so no, spirit.ocx won't work. I have the Jornada 680 - the H/PC version - and it's a fantastic machine with an excellent screen, but there are limitations. One of the most frustrating things is that the (...) (27 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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