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| Hi, I bought Dave Baum's on an impuls and now regret it. I don't know about the o'Reilly book, but this one is especially weak on models. Main reason to buy it would be to learn NQC, but there are more sources for that... Duq (23 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| The example code from _The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots_ is available online: (URL) includes RCX Code files, NQC source files, pbFORTH source files, legOS C source files (0.1.7, not 0.2.0a), and even a MS Word document with VBA macros (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hello, I'm going to be speaking about leJOS at the O'Reilly Java conference: (URL) March 29 at the Westin Santa Clara. Unfortunately, you can't come see it for free, but I thought it was worth mentioning anyway. Even though the online description (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Books
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| My book was released less than a week ago. Copies are probably just getting to physical bookstores as we speak. I just got a stack (direct from O'Reilly) today. I think Ben's right: buy 'em both. But of course I'm biased. And hey, thanks to whoever (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots
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| I'm pleased to announce that my book has been printed and is now in stock in our warehouse. It should be showing up in your favorite bookstores soon. The entire book will be serialized online. Currently the Preface and chapters 1 and 2 are online (...) (25 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Sample chapter of Jonathan's book online now
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| Hi all, O'Reilly has just released a new book on Lego Mindstorms Robots, that provides tons of excellent tips and ideas on how to take your Lego Robots further. Check out the first two chapters in the serialization of "The Unofficial Guide to Lego (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Sample Chapter of Lego Mindstorms book online now
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| Hi all, O'Reilly has just released a new book on Lego Mindstorms Robots, that provides tons of excellent tips and ideas on how to take your Lego Robots further. Check out the first two chapters in the serialization of "The Unofficial Guide to Lego (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Book question
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| (...) I have both books mentioned. I found the "Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms (O'Reilly)" book to be more informative for myself. It talks about quite a few programing languages in enough detail to give you a good idea of what's involved. (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Palm Hardware Interface idea? + other stuff
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| yes, cool idea. I have a learning curve to go through, but I'd be interested in pursuing this. Incidentally, it was that palm kit mentioned on slashdot (actually I got there via Wired.com) that I'm waiting on... acroname.com have created a kit under (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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| (...) (The above is from April.) I just stumbled across this at the official LEGO Mindstorms website... (URL) worth adding a link to it just for posterity since it refers to specific articles on this thread by their URLs. Anyway, I'm not sure who (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BASIC for the NXT was Re: R21 - Robot Status
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| I think that $25,000 should inspire someone to write a basic compiler that spits out NXT Byte code. You could even get by if the compiler was written based using a non-enterprise version of basic. Lamar A retired system programmer/analyst "Chris (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | NQC chapter online
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| Hello again, The Not Quite C chapter from my book is online: (URL) the "Sample Chapter" link. It covers NQC 2.0. Enjoy! Jonathan (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC chapter online
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| Hi Don, Thanks for pointing that out. (...) Nope, I'm still trying to decide between "The Black Book of RCX Voodoo" (suggested by Jason Spangler) and "These_Are_ the 'Droids You're Looking For" (suggested by Suzanne Rich). Seriously, I have no idea. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | MINDSTORMS links
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| Hi all, The Online Resources from my upcoming book are now online. There are links and short descriptions of each resource--everything from the official MINDSTORMS site to the patent for the electrical bricks to legOS to Mouser. It's organized by (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MINDSTORMS links
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| (...) Our production staff is scrambling to get the book out for a release date of October 15, 1999. I'm trying to figure out if I'll be able to bring some to MindFest, or possibly even sell them at the show. Jonathan -- Did you check the web site (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pawl and rachet?
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| Hello, I designed just such a drive, using worm gears instead of ratchets. It does, unfortunately, take a tiny amout of time to shift between moving forward and spinning in place. Perhaps it will meet your needs anyway. The relevant images are steps (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Request for designs
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| (...) Sorry about the syntax. I was rushing to get that posting out while being called to dinner. I have Mario and Giulio's book and am in the process of getting permission from Syngress (the publisher) to use examples from it. They are such nice (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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