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I'm out of the office starting Mon, 9/25, returning Thurs., 9/28. Call Mike Kaphon 11325 with urgent matters. Thanks. (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Ever wanted to join a robot contest? No events in your area? Give your robot a try at F.IRC. Join the First Internet Robot Contest (F.IRC) for robotics hobbyists around the world. No entrance fee! DATE: Oct 1 – Nov 30 (URL) 20+ attractive prizes: (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Batteries again, sorry
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you're almost right. if you plugged a nimh pack into the HB's charge jack, the external pack would charge the internal batteries. but it would not power the board significantly. this is because the HB's charge jack includes a current-limit resistor (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Batteries again, sorry
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This should be my last question in terms of batteries. Assuming that I have nicads powering the HB, what effect would there be if, when the batteries were getting low, I connected a fully charged battery pack (e.g. containing the nimh cells) into (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Batteries again
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in theory this can be a problem. in practice, as long as the nicads are occasionally allowed to fully discharge, they'll last for a good long time in fine condition. fred In your message you said: (...) es. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Batteries again
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As Fred is recommending using nicads due to the constant trickle charge when connected to the mains adapter I have a question regarding the nicad batteries. If the batteries are trickle charged before they are fully discharged (usual practice I (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Possible error in assembly guide.
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Are you getting a good ground???...??? If it works.. then hey! RS232 is +10 to -10 but there is room for slop! +7 to -7 will work too!!!!!!! It just won't drive a cable to the max length of the RS232 spec. Most of the time though people just don't (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Possible error in assembly guide.
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Near the end of the "interface/charger serial circuit" heading of the "Assembling The Handy Board" guide, it says measure the voltage of pin 6 of the MAX232, I did that and got -9.5 which is correct. Then I connected pin2 of j9 and pin6 of max232 so (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: nimh batteries
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the issue with nimh is that plain trickle charge is not appropriate. you must remove charge current when the cells are full charge. the HB charge circuit just doesn't do that. i'd really recommend switching back to nicad. fred In your message you (...) (26 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: nimh batteries
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Would installing a diode (power diode, >3A ?) into the +ve line of the battery pack be suitable to prevent the power circuitry of the HB from trying to recharge the nimh cells ?. Or do I actually need to do anything at all ?, i.e. the nimh cells (...) (26 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Spazbotlink
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OOPS sorry, I forgot to give the complete url It's nfn.no-ip.com/spazbot (26 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Spazbot Homepage updated.. adding more!
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OK.. So now that my Explorer code has been perfected and I got more of the servo twitch out of Spazbot, I found time to update the web site! (URL) I registered with the Dynamic DNS nameserver, lets see how well it works. Just before my DHCP lease (...) (26 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | I need help! ! !
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Hi everyone, I'm studying C programing now, but I've had my handy board for more than a year now, I want to now if anyone has a small project, just a motor and some sensors, with all the code I have to put, and how to put the code in the IC program (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: nimh batteries
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Should I modify the hb circuit to disable the recharge circuitry if I am using nimh batteries or will the circuitry just not recharge the batteries ?, i.e. no damage to the cells by using them on an 'as-is' board. As an extra question to the list in (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Battery Power and handyboard.
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i'm not sure if wiring two nicad packs in parallel is a good idea. the packs would fight each other if either one's voltage varied even slightly from the other. i'd recommend either (1) John's initial suggestion of adding a separate pack solely for (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Fuzzy Logic
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(...) The Motorola reference manual (cpu12rm.pdf at motorola-site) of the 68hc12 (successor of 6811) section 9 has a practical approach to fuzzy logic. The special 68hc12 instructions are easy to implement in 68hc11 code. ntk. (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Battery Power and handyboard.
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I am currently using nickel hydride AA cells in two 4-cell battery boxes and so far during my construction and testing of the board they have not needed recharging yet. I didn't have access to a mains power supply most of the time, so after checking (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Battery Power and handyboard.
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Jerry, I really haven't timed how long a battery charge lasts on the Handyboard but I did add a second 9.6v battery pack for the purpose of isolating the motor power from the logic circuit power. I did this to eliminate motor RF interference to the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Battery Power and handyboard.
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Hi, Quick question. How much runtime are you getting with your Handyboard based robot? With sonar /IRPD pinging once per second and my sensor array being controlled by two servos and my Lego motors pushing the 6 wheel drive rover I am getting 2Hrs. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Here's Spazbot based on the handyboard
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I put up a website regarding the robot I built with the handyboard. I'll be designing more sensors for it soon, Spazbot is at nfn.no-ip.com/spazbot (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Hall Effect
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You are going to find that it is not the encoders as I thought also. The HB seems to be incapable of reading correctly. I don't know why, but I have been trying for about 3 months with no/or little success. Someone knows, but no one is telling. I (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sonar and Compass together on expansion board.
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I am working in adapting a PNI compass to the handyboard. And I have a 6500 sonar board connected to the expansion board, here's my idea: Use a Lithium 3.6V battery to save calibration settings after poweroff M/S is jumper selectable Calibrate is (...) (26 years ago, 17-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Pcode benchmark
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The pcode includes a benchmark primitive to see how well the multitasking environment is functioning. Does anyone know how to access this function? George Musser georgejr@musser.com Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Communication Protocol
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Hi everyone, I'm working on a project that implies the communication of the Handy-Board with a PC computer via the serial port. The person who is in charge of programming the software that will run on the PC asked me what is the communication (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR transmission
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What value resistor should I put in series with the IR led for transmitting from the hb ?. The red led that is present as an indicator is rated for about 5mA (I think they normally run at about 2-3mA) using a 1K resistor (R5) so should I run the IR (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Got some code for you: Sonar on handy in feet & inches!
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Hi, I wanted to see how to convert the sonar hits into feet in inches. Well as the textbook rule goes it looke like it takes 333.333 ticks = 1 inch round trip. Since the timer is running 2,000,000 counts per second. But in real life I had to fudge (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Hall Effect Encoder = sloppy, going optical
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Well the Quad hall effect switch encoder does not give repeable resolution. If I say 14 ticks = right turn (motors going in opposite direction) well. sometime it is on the money, sometime it's not. And I don't have a racer.. I have it running slow (...) (26 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Rover based on Hanyboard is evolving well!
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Sure.. hey I thought I replied to the list. Here's the picture so far.. note: lugenet doesn't allow jpeg attachments so You will get the image, lugenet will reject them. I am hoping to put up a webpage soon. I've got a few sensors I am designing (...) (26 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | **cant use 100 step mtr prgrm wth...
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Hi, I am trying to use the 100 step motor code and a Hb expansion board. I can get either one of them to work ALONE ONLY. So I can only use the expansion board. OR the 100 step pcode, How do I install both so they dont conflict with one another. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Problems with microprocesseurs
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Hello, I work with a Handy Board and an other board based on 68hc11E2. The first is master and the second is slave. The SPI communication is OK between 2 boards. The first send the position of servos to the second. At the start, all is OK. After 2 (...) (26 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Rover based on Hanyboard is evolving well!
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Hi You can only run the counter 4x slower as now. But in this case, the complete HB works 4x times slower, so this isn't a usefull solution. The other possibility is the use the overflow flag and integers. I didn't solve that problem. For more (...) (26 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Rover based on Hanyboard is evolving well!
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Hi, I managed to build up a pan & tilt platform for my rover out of Servos, I hot glued them together and built a mount for my ultrasonic transducer out of perfboard. Also you need to make a baffle for the rear of the transducer or you do get (...) (26 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Here's the Rover with handyboard
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Please let us out of your list. ---...--- Click here for Free Video!! (URL) Original Message ----- From: T. Gathright <terrygathright@home.com> To: Jerry Normandin <jerrynormandin@ne.m...aone.net>; <handyboard@media.mit.edu> Sent: Monday, September (...) (26 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Peekword returns an int... can I typecast in Interactive C?
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Hello, my problem is that peekword returns an int. I need a long. Is there a way around this in Interactive C??? (26 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Interactive C question can you cast an int to a long?
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Hi, I have an interactive C question, I'd like to return this: return peekword(0x1014) - start_time; as a long.. since this is why there's a distance limit in the sonar.c code. Can I return this as a long? (26 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | possibly the way the driver is written limiting sonar range?
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Hi, I was playing with my handyboard's sonar.. The distance limitation is in the code, since we are using integers we are limited to -32,778 to 32,768.. and that's why I am at @15 ft limit. After we change the sonar code to longs the problem is (...) (26 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Here's the code I wrote so far, any ideas why my Polaroid 6500 has only 15ft range?
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Hi everyone, Here's some code that I have so far. I have no clue why I only get 15' range out of my Polaroid 6500. I did not get the usual fastener that clasps the tranducer into place, could that do it? My tansducer is mounted on "sensor array" (...) (26 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Polaroid 6500 ranging.. only getting 15ft range!
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Hi, How do you get 35ft range out of the handyboard? I get a negetive number when hitting an object over 15ft away! Does anyone else have this problem? Can I adjust it somehow? Thanks! (26 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | handy board
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Hello, I am in need of some assistance please. I am trying to have a portable omni view digital camera take compressed mjpeg images and send them over a modem connection. To do this I believe I would need a handy board. Another characteristic of it (...) (26 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | TI-92
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Have anybody link a TI-92 (Texas Instruments Calculator). Because I fail on my first try. And only got a cero value form the TI-92. Any Help? Thanks Daniel R (26 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR Reception
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I posted this question previously but got no reply so I am trying again. I have mounted the IS1U60 infrared demodulator on to the HB but I have realised that it can only recieve from a particular direction. Is it possible to mount another IS1U60 by (...) (26 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Encoders
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IC can't sample the A/D converters that quickly. As long as you're generating a nice squarewave you could connect it to one of the input capture pins and write a custom interrupt routine to maintain the count. --Chuck (...) (26 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Encoders
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Since some are on the subject of encoders, I have a problem I would like to get help on. I have a hall effect sensor dutifully counting pulses on a gear. The gear will rotate from 800-4000 RPM. I am running the signal through a 741 OP Amp to (...) (26 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Encoders, what are you using?
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Jerry, go to: EE 401 - Electrical Engineering Design Course - 1999/2000 then to shaft encoders they have 16, 32, or 64 sections you can print out. bye, Terry G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Normandin" <jerrynormandin@ne.m...iaone.net> (...) (26 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | I fixed my slop!
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Hey.. I added a quick reverse drive to the moter.. it turns out my slop was the drive system coasting! I added brake and I am more accurate now!!!!!!! (26 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Encoders, what are you using?
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Hi, My homebrew quad hall effect encoder works, I'm learning from it. I get @ 1/4" resolution so there's plenty of slop. I can have the robot pace back and forth on a straight track for 6 passes or so then I start to veer off track. So I guess it's (...) (26 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Robot Program for Rover so far...
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Hi everyone. Well I decided to go with a Quad Hall Effect encoder. I mounted 4 very small magnets on my 1" plastic drive gears and used the Hall Effect switch that Fred recommended. Here's the code I have and the results! For a 180 degree turn I get (...) (26 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sensor supply voltage & PC communication
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hi. you can certainly tap the 9.6v batt output to power the sensor (use J13), but make *sure* that the sensor does not put out more than 5v, or you'll blow your analog inputs. if you're not sure, put a 1K resistor in series with the sensor's output (...) (26 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | External Motor Power
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I have read the FAQ on cutting the trace that supplies motor power from the Handyboard battery so you can use another power source but it doesn't address the issue of what to do if you have an expansion board. I am sure someone must have done this (...) (26 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sensor supply voltage & PC communication
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Hi Everyone, I want to use a photoelectric sensor with my handy-board. The sensor require a 10 V supply voltage, while the digital inputs of the HB only supply 5 V. Can I simply use one of the motor outputs to supply the sensor, and plug the signal (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Newton Labs posted the pcode31 source back up!!!...!!!
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Hi everyone! I guess it pays to be polite and explain why you need something! Well Newton Labs posted the pcode source back on the web server. If anyone owns an Interactive C 3.1 license and you want to work with the pcode source, it can be found (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | The Pcode Source -> working on an agreement with Newton Labs
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Hi Everyone. I am working on aquiring the source to pcode_hb.asm. I pointed them to the newsgroup posting that has Randy Seargent himself directing someone to download the pcode source from newton labs. I also informed him that if I am going to (...) (26 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Newton Labs Not releasing PCODE source for 3.1
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That's why I Love OPEN SOURCE and the Linux Movement! OK, then I want to RETURN MY LICENSE and move on. (...) (26 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Newton Labs Not releasing PCODE source for 3.1 -> Fred Help!
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Whew. I have encountered the same problem back when I wanted the improved PWM code in the new version of IC. Back then (about 2 years ago) I managed to find someone who actually had a copy of the 3.1 pcode. Don't ask me for it, I lost it long ago. (...) (26 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Newton Labs Not releasing PCODE source for 3.1
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Jerry- You didn't 'buy' IC 3.1. You paid for a license to use the software. I doubt that you were buying the actual source code, which probably took hundreds of hours for the programmers to write. That is their intellectual property, and it is their (...) (26 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Any SPI bus gurus out there?
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Hi, I have a question. Does the sonar implementation that's suggested prohibit you from adding additional devices to the SPI bus? I know you can add as many SPI devices as you have enable lines. I'd like to add sonar, compass, and RTC / battery (...) (26 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Newton Labs Not releasing PCODE source for 3.1 -> Fred Help!
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George Musser brought up a very good issue! Where the heck is pcode_hb.asm? This code was released in ver 2.86 and enhancements were made to the pcode from the user base. Newton Labs has tunnel vision and NO CLUE to how open source software can (...) (26 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Pcode source code; disabling the LCD
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Hi all, Does anyone have a copy of the pcode source for IC 3.1? According to an earlier posting, it used to be available on the Newton Labs FTP site, but it's not there anymore. Also, has anyone ever completely disabled their LCD? Even after the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Here's the Rover with handyboard
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Hello Jerry, Did not get the picture of the Mars Rover. Sounds like you have a good start on your robot, please keep us advised on the problems and solutions. Was it hard to convert the mice encoders?? should be very accurate, please post the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Here's the Rover with handyboard
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Attatched is a picture od the toy Mars Rover that I am modifying. Right now I have the handyboard driving two lego motors and I ripped apart a mouse to use the encoder. Mice encoders sure work great! And they are much cheaper than commercial (...) (26 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Linux Works well with the handyboard! and Cool Platform Hack!
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Hi, I got all the bugs out of my handyboard! First I had to bend several leafs on my 68HC11 (Thanks Fred!), Socket was ok, the processor was not. Also, when I did a burn in of my board, I did a complete trickle charge on the battery pack, ran (...) (26 years ago, 2-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Temporary solution for W2000, but not Notebook
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Hi, I am assisting a Robotics course with the venerable HandyBoard, and have been having the same problem with the Toshiba, and ThinkPad laptops. With Toshiba though, there is no infrared as far as I can tell, and I can run and load the inital pcode (...) (26 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Servo.c
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Hi. I´m using the servo_a7.icb file to drive a servo on my handyboard, but the servo is not moving. it seems that the frequentcy is not the right one (40hz). And I was looking for the servo.c file, because it seem easy to use, but i can´t find it. (...) (26 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Hi all
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Dear Everyone, Nicolle and Jason have split up. The hoovjay@saber.net email account will end today. To email Nicolle use: hoover@math.ucdavis.edu To email Jason use: jtparks@flashcom.net I hope everyone is doing well, Jason (26 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Temporary solution for W2000, but not Notebook
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This is essentially a status report telling what I've come up with as a partial solution to to running the Handy Board in our new environment. I have not succeeded in getting IC to run under Windows2000 DOS. The labs now have machines with 120 MB (...) (26 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR demodulator
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I have mounted the IS1U60 infrared demodulator on to the HB but I have realised that it can only recieve from a particular direction. Is it possible to mount another IS1U60 by connecting the leads to the same locations on the pcb via wires and then (...) (26 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Is this a bad PLC socket?
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Hi, I built up a handyboard and most of it works great! testmotor passes, testdigitals passes, even the infrared remote detects and trnasmitts fine! I just have one analog port, port 3 that does not work unless I apply a little pressure to the cpu! (...) (26 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lego RCX rotation sensor w/handyboard
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(...) The Expansion Board has inputs specifically for Lego sensors. In particular, I've used the rotation sensor and it works fine. You simply take a lego connector, cut the wire and put the HandyBoard connector on. Plug it in and you're ready to (...) (26 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR output driver
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it's rated for 1 amp. so you'd have no trouble at all with what you describe below. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lego RCX rotation sensor w/handyboard
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Hello, With the Handyboard expansion board, you will connect the LEGO rotation sensor (LEGO Angle sensor) easily. Here is the link: (URL) Hui (URL) Message----- From: Andrew McGeachie <geech-lugnet-news@engine5.com> To: handyboard@media.mit.edu (...) (26 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Lego RCX rotation sensor w/handyboard
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apologies if this is a frequently asked question...i'm a newbie to this list. is it possible to hook up a Lego Mindstorms rotation sensor to the handyboard? and if so, does anybody have good instructions for doing it? thanks. - andrew (26 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: IR output driver
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Hi! Zetex has a great tech page where all of the specs are listed: www.zetex.com It will have the beta values... Kent | -----Original Message----- | From: jhatton@media.mit.edu [mailto:jhatton@medi...mit.edu]On Behalf Of | John Hatton | Sent: (...) (26 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Fuzzy Logic
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Does any body know where I could find code, to run fuzzy logic on a HC11? Thanks Daniel (26 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Remote controlled robots with handy board?
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Hi Jack, You can check with the following site for radio communication for Handyboard: (URL) you want to know more "Handyboard" based robot and applications, you can check: (URL) Regards, Patrick Hui patrick@robotstorehk.com -----Original (...) (26 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Remote controlled robots with handy board?
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Hi, I was wanting to create a robot that has controlled though a wireless remote controll type of device, is this possiable with the handyboard or an extrenel device (for communications) that feeds the hand board the information? Would the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | gleason research handy board for sell
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I have a Gleanson Research GRHB-PC Handy board for sell it is in very good shape in factory box only used a few times. Email me at diamondw@kennecott.com Wayne Diamond diamondw@kennecott.com (26 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does any one know how much current the ZTX614 NPN Darlington transistor (Q1 - IR output driver) can handle. I am wondering whether I can use this to driver a total of 5 IR leds, either in parallel or series. The indicator led circuitry that goes in (...) (26 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | affiliation
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Hi, I found your site in webcrawler. I am looking for websites who are interested in either getting listed on our website or participation in co-op programs with us. We are kind of in a rush to get things going for the holiday season. If you have a (...) (26 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Assignment Abbreviation
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Hi all, I am using the free version of IC (2.860 BETA). I have some trouble with the assignment expression abbreviation, i.e. count += 2;. According to the manual, I can do: count is declared as type int. count += 2; count -= 2; count *= 2; count /= (...) (26 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: LCD Printing
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you can try e.g. printf("%c", 11); to see what ASCII 11 looks like. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | LCD Printing
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I was wondering if it is possible to print non-alphanumeric characters on the display, such as the heart that is used as the heart beat display. Is this just one of the normal ascii characters ? (e.g. heart symbol = 03h), it would be useful if I (...) (26 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC using Windows 3.11
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There's not much that can be done. IC 3.2 doesn't run on Win 3.1. Your choices are: * upgrade your laptop to W95. * downgrade your use of IC to the freeware version on all of your machines. Fred (...) version (...) it does (...) reason (...) (26 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC using Windows 3.11
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I can run the freeware version fine, my problem is the programming functionality that has been added to 3.2 that is not in the freeware version (the interface does not matter too much as once the hb is programmed it does not need the pc connection). (...) (26 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC using Windows 3.11
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sorry about the blank msg, what i meant to say is: doesn't the freeware/DOS vers of IC run nicely under win 3.11? in a DOS shell, of course. maybe some readers can share their experience with this. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC using Windows 3.11
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(26 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC using Windows 3.11
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Is there a version of IC that will run under Windows 3.11 ?, The current version (3.2) only runs on Win32 platforms (9x & NT) and the freeware version only runs under DOS. The reason that I ask is that version 3.2 contains alot of functionality the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: play wav files on HB
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What I was actually wondering was whether there was a utility that could convert small wav files (only a couple of seconds or so) into a format playable by the hb, possibly using the existing tone functions using some form of sampling. The intended (...) (26 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC registration number
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Hi John, (from their web pages (URL) Newton Research Labs, Inc. 4140 Lind Avenue S.W. Renton, WA 98055 Tel: 425.251.9600 Fax: 425.251.8900 mailto:support@newtonlabs.com I've had a similar problem (system I was running lost the HD, big time crash) (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | play wav files on HB
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I've seen mentioned in the last few weeks something about playing wav files on the hb, is this using the standard hardware or is there a utility that can convert small wav files into a format playable by the hb. I have gotten as far as playing the (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC registration number
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Thanks for the suggestion, the problem is that the main machine that it was installed on was my pc at my previous employers (I was intending on using it at lunchtimes) and when I moved jobs the pc would have been reformatted. I thought I had (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Complete memory map on Handy Board
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yes, please see (URL) your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Complete memory map on Handy Board
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Is there a complete memory map for the handyboard I can Look at? I'm building up a board and would like to use the expansion port. I am going to interface a VX1, the interface will be different than what has been previously done. AlsoI've been (...) (26 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Question on Handy Board connected to three other 68hc11
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Hello, I bought an Handy Board and I would like to use it with 3 other 68hc11e2 cards. These four 68hc11 are connected together with the port D (MISO, MOSI, CLK). SS of Handy Board is connected to +5v and Handy Board always is the master. On the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC registration number
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Could somebody let me know who I should contact for the following problem. I bought IC3.1 a year or so ago (have downloaded 3.2 since then) and I was provided with the relevant registration codes via email. I need to reinstall IC onto my pc but (...) (26 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | config register.
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I am using hbdl to download to my hb. In the config text box if I set it to OCh the downloader reports an error stating the the config register is ODh. I thought that the program was supposed to set the config register to whatever was in the text (...) (26 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: More download trouble w/Windows 2000 on notebook
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can you try booting the computer into DOS mode and running IC from there. not that it's a good long term strategy, but sometimes this works when running IC from within Windows doesn't. fred In your message you said: (...) g (...) t (...) (26 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Gameboy cam, HC11??
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Hi I was wondering... is it possible to hook up the gameboy camera to a MC68HC11? Even for still frames? Any info would be appreciated! Thanks -Mike (26 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | More download trouble w/Windows 2000 on notebook
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I was overly optimistic when I thought getting the pcode interpreter downloaded via dl was most of the solution. Now I get IC errors. e.g. trying to load a hello world program gives errors like Initializing interrupts Board sync error: looking for (...) (26 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Download from Notebook on Windows 2000
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Fred, I used dl in full screen mode as you suggested and successfully downloaded the pcode interpreter. I haven't actually tried to load an IC program yet, but at least I'm heading in the right direction. (I forgot your advice about throwing away (...) (26 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Download from Notebook on Windows 2000
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I don't know why HBDL doesn't work sometimes. Can you try dl.exe. It's part of the stock Interactive C distribution. There are command line switches to tell it to use COM2. You'll have to throw away the PIF file that comes along. Sometimes it works (...) (26 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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