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I would prefer to keeep the present system. Eudora Light (freeware) also allows you to categorize the messages. I realize that people who are stuck with the AOL mail client don't have that luxury. Brett Anthony Equipment Technician College of (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Vector2X and motors
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(...) I wrote the compass routines, and needed at least 2 outputs. The motors were the most convenient places to get output. I am just wondering if someone else has fixed the byte swapping problem? Every once in a while the results are byte swapped. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Recommendation for LEGO set
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(...) Looking through the Lego Shop-At-Home catalog (1-800-453-4652), it looks like the best deal for a starter robotics kit would be the Universal Set with Storage Case (#8062) for $68. Not that you would need the case, but it has a bunch of (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: The HandyBoard Mailing Lst
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(...) The junk mail part is true, but I'm not sure how true it is that you need Internet access to read newsgroup. You see, the dialup is regulated by a server computer. This computer has different accessible ports. One of them is the email port. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mailing list advantages
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Jaron, No offense taken here...I was just voting my support for Fred, no matter what he wants to do. I think he is an incredibly generous guy to answer my dumb newbie questions. :) I also subscribe to several newsgroups for hypothisizing (sp?): (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Mailing list advantages
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Fred, I agree...There is no need to go to a newsgroup. I prefer the mailing list. Here are some reasons why: 1) No spam! Yeah!!!! 2) You don't get alot of lurkers who occasionally spout off just to critisize (sp?) someone's difficulty with the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: The HandyBoard Mailing List
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Unless Fred knows any different and 2 days is an accurate time I would suggest changing your ISP as I have always received the mailing list copy of any messages that I have sent within 30 minutes of being sent. Also a news group would require this (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Inconsistent startup
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I'm trying to get a minimal 68hc11 board to run in single chip mode. After I download the code and switch to run mode, pushing reset works fine. The problem is when a startup in run mode, this Line of text comes up in my terminal emulator. "BUFFALO (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: The HandyBoard Mailing List
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Won't a news group boost the volume a bit? I sometimes have to wait 2 days before seeing my own message appear in de list... Which does not tempt to use it a lot. jaron -----Original Message----- From: Fred G. Martin [mailto:fredm@media.mit.edu] (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: The HandyBoard Mailing List
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i don't think the volume justifies a news-feed. also i prefer the subscription based model. regards, fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | The HandyBoard Mailing List
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Howdy Fred and all others, I still enjoy the HandyBoard mailing-list a lot. So much that I would like some easier way to use it. Is there a reason this group is not on a news server (too)? In my humble opinion this would allow faster responses. And (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Recommendation for LEGO set
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Hi all, I'm looking for a recommendation on a LEGO set to buy for use with my Handy Board. I'm looking for a set with a reasonable number of pieces, gears, wheel and stuff to build a simple robot. I already have some motors and micro switches, I (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Improving the analog drivers
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Hoi, I have been playing around with the Chuck McManis (Thanks!) code for the HandyBoard. Everything compiled quite easily on my COSMIC compiler. (Isn't there a small bug in the LCD driver, I had to remove an = sign). I have (almost?) finished a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | My address blues...
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Hi all, I am here to tell you that you should love your Handy Board for it to love you and stop giving you problems... and I feel love is all around...<smmmooooch...>juz kissed my HB... But alas, my HB has stopped lovin me...well, its not really (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: cannot communicate
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you are using the wrong kind of RJ11 cable. See the FAQ question (URL) the heading "The R11 on my Interface/Charger board is smoking hot and is turning black! What is wrong?" Always check the FAQ, there is a lot of good stuff in there, Fred In your (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | cannot communicate
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Hello All, My handy board will not communicate with the host computer. When I connect the phone cable the charge led#14 lights bright, and resistor #r11 gets real hot. I have a v2x compass on the robot and program already loaded and it works ok. Any (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Infrared I/O
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I have done a lot of work in the area of infrared I/O for the Handyboard. My software at (URL) will let you send and recieve codes for a wide variety of remotes. (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Dear HandBoard list's Members> I am using your Handy Board and I have some questions: 1) I have been trying to use the infrared subsystem. However, i have got some problems. First I load the "sony-ir.icb" and my single program which looks like this: (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Fred's book
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Is Fred's book still coming out this fall? (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Mindstorms
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Pls man... don´t ask the mail with handyboard mailing list in the second place !!! My Rules Wizard don´t detect that!!!! I´m tired of clean my input folder!!! thanks... (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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