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I installed the legacy blocks on my MacBookPro and now whenever I start up NXT-G it crashes saying "The application MINDSTORMS NXT quit unexpectedly". Anyone else with an intel mac have this problem? (...) (18 years ago, 18-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | New NXT updates at 'mindstorms.LEGO.com'
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Hi everybody, There are some new software updates available on the LEGO site. (URL) it will be possible to use the RCX-sensors with the NXT. I haven't tried it yet, just finished downloading. Have fun. Eric (18 years ago, 18-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Bluetooth "Dongle" or "Adapter"?
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(...) In my experience (and usage), "dongle" is usually used as a derisive or semi-derisive term, much in the way "wall wart" is used to describe a power transformer with integrated plugs. Matt (18 years ago, 9-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Teaching NXT - Engineers without Boarders
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I started teaching an NXT Robotics Club at the High School level today. In tandem with the Engineers without Boarders Challenge. I must say how impressed I am with the new NXT! The documentation, the parts found in the kit and the up and running (...) (18 years ago, 9-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: NXT Bluetooth "Dongle" or "Adapter"?
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(...) Well that explains the presence of "adapter/dongle" on the Internet. Thanks for passing along the information! - David (18 years ago, 8-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Bluetooth "Dongle" or "Adapter"?
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In article <J8Ds7J.73z@lugnet.com>, David J. Perdue <david@davidjperdue.com> writes (...) Essentially they are synonyms. Formal: TDK manufacture Bluetooth adapters. Informal: I have a Bluetooth dongle sticking out of the side of my laptop. "Dongle" (...) (18 years ago, 8-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I've noticed that the MindStorms User Guide in the NXT set and official Lego websites refer to using a Bluetooth "dongle" for your computer, but Bluetooth "adapter" is also commonly used elsewhere. In fact, I'm using the DBT-120 adapter, which is an (...) (18 years ago, 7-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | iCommand 0.5 - Java for NXT
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iCommand 0.5 is ready for download. New features include webcam robotics, compass support, synchronized motors, and convenient sensor wrappers. Everything can be found at www.lejos.org (18 years ago, 1-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | How to: BT dongle not supported work with NXT
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Hi people, After a lot of effort and googling around, i managed how to make a cheap "blue soleil" USB bluetooth dongle comunicate with NXT. I have information that this one was not supported, but with some "software adjustments", now it is working (...) (18 years ago, 30-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXT Life
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I have written a version of the life simulator for the NXT using NBC. It probably could be optimized even more but I thought I'd let you guys see it in action. (URL) the samples section, first item. John Hansen (18 years ago, 29-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT-G: Structured Programming
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(...) Today one of my students made a myblock out of a 545KB program. He simply copy and pasted it into a myblock. It reduced to 45KB! (18 years ago, 28-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC with NXT - crash!
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(...) Well, I had to replace the batteries yesterday, and with the new batteries this no longer crashes! Seems weird to me, but there you are. Has anybody else seen weird behaviour with their NXT when the batteries are running low? ROSCO (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Sonar Driver V1
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(...) oops Brian Davis i meant ;) (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Sonar Driver V1
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Based on David Brians JennToo chassis i have build this little scanning rover. (URL) Some pictures and the NXT-G software can be found at the (URL) Driver> page -- Spirou (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: NXT-G: Structured Programming
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(...) Agreed. I've seen this approach being bounced around with some FLL teams, and it's really a nice solution to the limited memory issues some are having. Not only can they switch between programs rapidly, but this can potentially save a *lot* of (...) (18 years ago, 23-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: LCD image editor for the NXT -- at LEGO Engineering.com
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(...) Ah, so it's just the documentation which is unclear. (...) Yep, that now draws correctly and returns -3 same as faceopen.ric. Thanks! ROSCO (18 years ago, 22-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: LCD image editor for the NXT -- at LEGO Engineering.com
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(...) The way that RIC files are drawn, a valid file will always produce an error result. This is because the code iterates through all the opcodes in the RIC file, executing each of them in turn until there are no more opcodes left. At that point (...) (18 years ago, 22-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: LCD image editor for the NXT -- at LEGO Engineering.com
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(...) Hmmm. Just created a simple image and uploaded it using the NXT explorer, but when I try to display it, nothing displays and syscall returns -122. Same program displays faceopen.ric ok, but curiously syscall returns -3 for that, even though (...) (18 years ago, 21-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Simple Tic Tac Toe
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(...) embelishments ;) (...) Thanks John, I'll soon start working on a miniature chess program. (URL) (18 years ago, 21-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NBC with NXT - crash!
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(...) Settings shows FW 1.03, AVR 1.01, BC4 1.01, Build 2803060845 Diags window shows 01.1240/01.03 (...) Thanks John, but as you may have suspected, this program was going to be an example of how to use mutex variables in the NBC tutorial - this (...) (18 years ago, 21-Oct-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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