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    How do I control the RCX display? —Hari Wiguna
   I have a MindStorms project idea that requires the robot to "display" something, rather than run a motor. An alphanumeric displaying words would be awesome, but a two digit number would work. Looking at NQC manual, I found: SelectDisplay() (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: How do I control the RCX display? —Dave Baum
     (...) Sorry, the firmware only provides those seven display modes. In some cases you can play some tricks by displaying the Watch, then setting the watch to certain values, but this only works for certain constants (and never variables). (you also (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: How do I control the RCX display? —Brian Alano
     pbForth can control the display much better. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: How do I control the RCX display? —Mario Ferrari
     Hari, the only way to get full control of the display is to use legOS or pbForth. Mario (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        RE: How do I control the RCX display? —Ralph Hempel
   (...) pbForth lets you display arbitrary numbers. legOS lets you do rudimentary chars on the 7 seg display. pbForth displays a sign-on string. To display numbers, use the LCD_NUMBER routine and remember to call LCD_REFRESH to update the display. See (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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