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(...) About a year ago, I got involved in doing some hacking on the Sony PSP, and wrote a Windows utility that will rip any font at a chosen size as a bitmapped C array. If I can figure out which computer I left the sources on, I'll make it (...) (18 years ago, 16-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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> This is very good news. Thanks for the update. I've been waiting for this for > a long time, particularly to have a look at the rather weak graphics > capabilities. I've had an expanded font (and a much smaller one) kicking around > for a while (...) (18 years ago, 16-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Now that's a cool idea. I've been messing around with remote-controlling the NXT via Bluetooth from a PC application, and it seems pretty solid. You'd definitely have some timing issues running a remote emulation like you describe, but this (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) My understanding is that the source is version 1.04. John Hansen (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) If this limitation had applied to the rcx, I'd have suggested this. Because you can control the outputs and read the inputs direct from a pc you could run an emulation of the rcx firmware running your program on the pc. The rcx would then (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I'm working on the next beta release (15) of NBC with the focus on building the Not eXactly C (NXC) API. These features are already working: New NXC API functions: ExitTo(task), Stop(bStop), SetInput(port, field, value), SetOutput(ports, (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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(...) "Left as an exercise for the reader": Create a version which uses a bluetooth cellphone as a controller for access to more keys. Also: Nxtris, anyone? Hey! What about a physical implementation of Snake? Dennis (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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(...) I have uploaded NBC beta 14 for Linux, Mac OSX, and Win32 platforms. John Hansen (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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(...) I just uploaded a zip containing a few example programs to the NBC samples page. (URL) I'm working on documentation. I'll be releasing beta 14 later today (for all platforms) which has the following new features: Version 1.0.1.b14 Adds string (...) (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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(...) Where do we find the sample file test.nxc, or some other documentation of NXC? I didn't find the sample file in the source and binary distributions of beta 13. (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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(URL) Oops almost forgot to post this on Lugnet. Read about it (URL) here>. ROSCO (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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(...) You rock! (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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I have just released a new beta of NBC with built-in support for 3 programming languages targetting the standard NXT firmware. This beta release focuses primarily on improving the Not eXactly C (NXC) programming language support in the compiler. It (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX) !
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(...) I am curious; have you ever had a situation where bad firmware locked up the NXT? And if so, what was the process to restore it to working order? (I don't have a bricked brick, I'm just asking for future reference.) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I've downloaded firmware to NXT 100s of times with no apparent ill effect. (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Flash memories all have a limited number of write cycles before they become unreliable. Usually, the on-chip write controller will "load-balance" the writes so that different memory locations all get used the same number of times, (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) This is very good news. Thanks for the update. I've been waiting for this for a long time, particularly to have a look at the rather weak graphics capabilities. I've had an expanded font (and a much smaller one) kicking around for a while now. (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) ROSCO (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Thanks for the heads-up about this! (And also the pointer to the v1.04 firmware update, too!) It is amazing how far TLC has come since the early days of the RCX. Even for those who don't plan to change the firmware, there is certainly a lot to (...) (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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LEGO has released an update to the standard NXT firmware. Version 1.04 is now available for download. (URL) Hansen (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) !
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