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Re: The rarest colour in LEGO - grey on a NXT?
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Date: 
Tue, 6 Mar 2007 16:44:47 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.nxt, Rasmus Pedersen wrote:
Rasmus has done a great job getting this to compile and run as much as it >does,

Thanks Jason

but although it uses the source code from LEGO you don't get the same results
from the GCC compiler as you do from the expensive ARM compiler that LEGO (and
Dick Swan on RobotC) are using.

There are a few people working on this bug, and on getting a reliable toolchain
available for building the firmware.  If you want to get started seeing how you
can alter the firmware then go ahead, but no-one's in a position yet to offer a
stable and working version of either the standard firmware or a free toolchain
that is going to work properly yet.

On the other hand, if you can help with debugging the source then please get
started as soon as you can.
It is pretty close I think. I fixed some bugs. Now Demo.rxe and "Try Me"
loads/runs but terminates early. Actually, it is really fun as one is forced to
look inside and understand the LEGO virtual machine.
Well,
My latest sources are at
http://sf.net/projects/nxtgcc
but more about that in a couple of days.
Best,
Rasmus
PS: Anyone are welcome to download and email with me (nxtmote@gmail.com). It is
really rewarding to "kill" bugs:-)

Rasmus -

Sorry I haven't been able to work on this some more lately.  I had to spend my
birthday - a day off work - taking my car back to the dealer.  Honestly, if I
wanted the windscreen wipers and lights to go off on their own in the car park
I'd have gone for a white VW Beetle with '53' on the side...

I have a very neat small-font text-overlay which should be a big help to
debugging, but I'd forgotten how much code has to go behind even the simplest
text print functions.

I'll get your latest version, try and integrate it and let you know.

Jason R



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(...) Thanks Jason (...) It is pretty close I think. I fixed some bugs. Now Demo.rxe and "Try Me" loads/runs but terminates early. Actually, it is really fun as one is forced to look inside and understand the LEGO virtual machine. Well, My latest (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)

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