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Ralph Hempel skrev: > * how does one send files to pbForth? HyperTerminal is garbling everything up - The double chars are eliminated in this release. Thanks for the quick answer! I downloaded the latest version. But what I meant by garbling was (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | FW: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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-----Original Message----- From: Stalker-Wilde, Graham [mailto:graham.stalk...@csfb.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 2:30 PM To: 'Ralph Hempel' Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit no problem. wait a minute - there is no.... No (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | FW: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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-----Original Message----- From: Stalker-Wilde, Graham [mailto:graham.stalk...@csfb.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:32 AM To: 'Ralph Hempel' Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit you did indeed get another one, and I'd love (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | FW: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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-----Original Message----- From: Stalker-Wilde, Graham [mailto:graham.stalk...@csfb.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 12:42 PM To: 'Ralph Hempel' Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit Doh! Question for you. I built a scanner (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: sending files to pbForth
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(...) Yes, they are a FAQ. PLease refer to the website for FAQ info. It sounds like you do not have the latest version of firmware. Go to the website and gran a copy of the lastest 1.1.0 pbForth. The double chars are eliminated in this release. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I realize these might be a FAQ, but cannot seem to find the answers... * how does one send files to pbForth? HyperTerminal is garbling everything up - was that one of the problems with it that Ralph was talking about? maybe another terminal program (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: O_ASYNC problem (Solaris again)
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BTW, a really good article on Solaris aio is here: (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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(...) Well, when there's nothing to actually RUN under WIN9x or Linux or MacOS then it's hard to get the installation wrong :-) (...) Yup, it's the tower. (...) Let me know what works. I suggest a simple terminal program that allows XMODEM transfers (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Hi Klaus, first: forget gcc-2.95.2 for CROSS-compiling for the moment, it does NOT work with legOS-0.2.2. You can compile legOS using it, but legOS will hang immediately when you try to download any user program. I guess only Markus is able to (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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(...) Yes, the tower... And unfortunately you can't turn it off. Sergey (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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thank you both, I got it working now (I had the 1.0.7, so I downloaded the latest one, if only every installation was that simple:-) and I subscribed to the announce list. however, I was wondering, if the pbFORTH does not echo the keystrokes and (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: O_ASYNC problem (Solaris again)
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(...) I think it is quite likely that Solaris does not have it- neither Solaris i386 or Solaris Sparc (at least the versions that I have access to) have it. (...) Hmm. O_ASYNC is defined in /usr/include/bits/fcntl.h under Linux. The equivalent file (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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hi, as many others, i also want to succeed in building legOS (0.2.2). :) my platform is linux, kernel 2.0.38, glibc1. i've builded binutils-2.9.1.0.25 and gcc-2.95.2 as described in the howto. version 0.1.7 works just fine, but if i attempt to build (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi all, We are persisting with our build on solaris for legOS 0.2.2 things are getting closer. We have sorted out the getopt.h problems by just copying the getopt.c and getopt.h into the dll-src directory (because it is a known path for the Makefile (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Notes on WinNT and legOS 0.2.2
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(...) In fact, as currently configured, building user-land programs also requires one of the perl programs in util, so we can't quite get rid of it yet. Here is my perl analysis- As far as I can tell (via extensive grepping and make-file reading), (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Yippie, heLLo world (was: Re: Kernel dies after loading)
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Well, Markus is probably better qualified, but I'm going to try to get to it eventually. Don't bet on it for anytime soon- I seem to be getting less and less freetime, instead of more :( -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Spirit.ocx Win NT and VB
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Anyone tried accessing spirit.ocx from Visual Basic 5 in Win NT 4? I get a "failed to load dll" error. Thanks, Garry Hayne (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Notes on WinNT and legOS 0.2.2
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(...) I think that making .lx files doesn't involve Perl, even though building legOS.srec and the util stuff still uses Perl. This implies that you could distribute a precompiled legOS.srec and a smaller set of tools, sans Perl, for people to build (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Notes on WinNT and legOS 0.2.2
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Thanks for the notes. I briefly tried to get legOS to compile on NT and gave up before I got as far as you did. Let us know if you get it all working. (...) Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Notes on WinNT and legOS 0.2.2
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(...) It's quite possible that the -nostdinc line will block out the getopt.h mentioned in an earlier post. Could this be what you recall having to move? (...) This would be Markus's bit, but do we have anyone who knows cross-platform make stuff (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: compiling legOS
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(...) getopt.h is part of the standard gnu C libraries. In a normal Linux system, it is in /usr/include/. What compiler are you using on Solaris? Is it gcc or something else? If it's gcc, then it should be there. IF you are not using gcc, then there (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Notes on WinNT and legOS 0.2.2
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No, I don't have it working yet. However, I've made progress, and I thought my experience might be helpful to others who are more savvy with the GNU tools than I am. - I did get everything to compile. As Luis suggested, the -nostdinc flag takes care (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | compiling legOS
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Hi all, I think we have finally gotten a cross compiler built for Solaris. I am still not 100% sure. I will not say that we have until I have seen a robot driving around the table which has a program written in legOS and downloaded in it. However at (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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(...) Thanks Sergey. Erik, if you check out the website, there is a link to automagically subscribe to be notified whenever pbForth gets updated... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: argh
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Hmm. I'm using 2.95.2 and getting all these weird errors. Oh well- I'll report more later. -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: argh
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(...) Do you mean gcc 2.95.x ? If so, yes, i did it 2 days ago. The native compiler on my linux box (kernel 2.2.13, glibc 2.0 ) is a self compiled gcc 2.95.1. The cross compiler egcs-1.1.2 for h8300 built without problems on this machine, and i was (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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Hi Erik, Starting after the 1.0.7 version, echo from RCX was disabled (controlled by RCX_ECHO variable, off by default). Current version (1.1.0 as I remember) shouldn't show any echo. At least with "standard" terminals. I've tried Hyperterminal, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | local echo (MMOOTTOORR__SSEETT instead of MOTOR_SET)
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hi guys, I just started the pbforth for the first time! definitely interesting experience. I use the minicom to communicate with rcx now. it looks like it's working, I can start/stop motor etc... however it always puts every character I type twice (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | argh
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So, I have a quick question: has anyone built egcs 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 with gcc 2.9.5? I'm getting some very weird errors when I try to build the cross compiler- basically, it appears that the parser is trying to read certain comments as assembly (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Palm Pilot and the RCX
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Thanks for pointing that out, Kory. I've since downloaded the .zip files and I'm sure I'll have more success. See you in the l.r.p group... Ed (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Palm Pilot and the RCX
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Hi folks, all you Palm owners out there, don't forget to check out the lugnet.robotics.palm newsgroup. The earlier problem with BrickRemote and LRemote turned out to be the server. The programs work fine now that they are in a .zip file. See: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | rotation sensors
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Hello, one of my beautiful new rotation sensors was jammed right out of the box. I built a robot to try out dynamic equilibrum, i.e., balancing a weighted stick, only to notice that my construction didn't turn at all because of sensor friction. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | dkey_multi (was: Kernel dies after loading)
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(...) Now I know what makes the RCX freeze: On my RCX , the variable dkey_multi, which stores the status of the keys, always has the first bit (0x1) set. This causes the debounce loop at boot up to hang, because it thinks that the On-Off key is (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Serial Comm with RCX
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Well, it's hard to say what the problem might be. Since you've got the green LED going, you've probably got the cable wired correctly. And yes, it's 2400 baud, 1 start, 1 stop, 8 data, odd parity. Perhaps the packet isn't correct. Here's a sample (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: I love my mailbox
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(...) I have to comment here that the O'Reilly "The Unofficial Guide to LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robots" (By Jonathan B. Knudsen, 1st Edition October 1999, 1-56592- 692-7, Order Number: 6927, 266 pages, $24.95) is one of the best "tech" books I've read in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Serial Comm with RCX
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Garry- I can't speak to your problem specifically, but you may actually want to try to make the HP speak directly to the RCX, skipping the IR Tower altogether. Someone claimed to have done this months ago, but never posted any code, so I have no (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Serial Comm with RCX
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I am trying to connect my HP49 Calculator with the Mindstorms IR Tower, I thought I had got the protocols right, the Green LED lights when I send the packet but nothing else, no reply from the RCX. Am I missing something?. Protocol 2400 baud odd (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: I love my mailbox
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Gee. I need to write a book for O'Reilly... or at least an OS... -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | I love my mailbox
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Look what I got in the mail today: two rotation sensors, courtesy of O'Reilly. Thanks, guys! Now to fix that driver for good... Markus. (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS on Win95
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(...) There was a report at one point that someone could get the cross-compiler running on Solaris, but that never materialized. My own half-hearted attempts built binutils (a beta version which might not have actually worked anyway) but never made (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | legOS on Win95
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Hi We are a couple of 4th year Computer Science students who have been given the enviable task of programming a set of 6 RCX's to do something "impressive" (please forward any cool ideas for a project to michael.yates@studen...le.edu.au) anyhow in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: What should be in the next version of RcxCC
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Dear Mark (and fellow readers) Sorry for jumping the gun - I just saw that RcxCC 3.0 has ability to send messages to RCX. Thanks again - Lars (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: What should be in the next version of RcxCC
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(...) Well, I think RcxCC is just great. Thanks for making it. And esp., thanks for wanting to make it better. Interfacing w/windows programs would be great, but I would be happy with something simpler: a facility to send and receive IR messages (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Yippie, heLLo world (was: Re: Kernel dies after loading)
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Hi Luis, i got thes egcs-1.1.2 sources today and rebuilt the cross-compiler and legOS and -- it works now. Thanks a lot for your help !! Could you perhaps give me a starting point to get some understanding of how legOS works internally ? (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Where to begin ?
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I would like to thank Arjen, Hari, and Mark for there help. The advice given was informative and useful I really appreciate it :) I am placing an order for a space shuttle and am looking into obtaining a technology resource kit as per your advice. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Kernel dies after loading (was: Re: legOS-0.2.2)
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(...) A quick grep of the sources show that only a few things (other than lnp, which depends very heavily on interrupts) need the interrupts- task visualization and sound appear to be the two victims. If you don't need these and don't want to worry (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Kernel dies after loading (was: Re: legOS-0.2.2)
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(...) In theory, everything should work with an unpatched cross compiler, too. legOS code checks a preprocessor define, CONF_RCX_COMPILER, I think, to determine whether patched or unpatched compilers are used. The problem is, I don't have an (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Kernel dies after loading (was: Re: legOS-0.2.2)
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As I understand it, the patch provides support for interrupts, which, at least from my glance over the code, are necessary only for LNP stuff. (Markus, feel free to correct me on this.) So, it will compile with your "old" cross compiler and provide (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Kernel dies after loading (was: Re: legOS-0.2.2)
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(...) does this mean legOS will or at least should compile and run without the patch ? if that's true -- what is the actual effect of the patch ? (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Connecting two RCX's
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Joost Reuzel wrote in message ... (...) Apparantly you can just do that. I tried it; it works and it *should* not be harmful. Note, the output should be in the right direction. Eric (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | WebSite Update - Building a MazeWalker
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Ok. You have heard me blather on about how I will eventually get the mazewalker posted. The code isn't posted YET, but the pictures and text are...here's the link. (URL) This is a complete maze navigation system. It figures out where the boundaries (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: legOS on Mac
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Chris, check if gnu tools (gcc and binutils) is available for MAC, I guess they are: (URL) says: ---...--- Newsflash: gcc is included in Mac OS X Server after all. Apple just renamed it to cc. To make apps see gcc, open a terminal and type: ln -s (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Where to begin ?
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(...) I faced a similar problem at the beginning of this year. If you want the most pieces for your money as a single kit, I'd recommend set 9609, the Technology Resource Set. It contains something like 1,700 pieces including a 9v motor and a fwe (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Kernel dies after loading (was: Re: legOS-0.2.2)
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Don't know much about the compiler differences (except that I thought most of the 1.1.2->2.9.5 differences would mainly cause compile-time failures, not run-time) but I have compiled every legOS thing I've done (including 0.2.1) with 1.1.2. I have (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Kernel dies after loading (was: Re: legOS-0.2.2)
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(...) Hello Heiko & all other brave legOS'sers, i think i got some ideas related to my (and maybe someone else's) troubles. gcc 2.95.2 with Markus's patch applied looks like having general problems... I downloaded the legOS kernel contained in the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Kernel dies after loading (was: Re: legOS-0.2.2)
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Hi, if I am not wrong, I have a problem similar to Martin's: When I load the legOS-0.2.2 kernel to the RCX, the kernel dies leaving "on -" on the LCD. It doesn't accept any key input, only removing the batteries helps. When I nevertheless try to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | legOS on Mac
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Hello, I've decided to post this question since I've not found the answer so far in previous posts. Has anyone expolored building a legOS system on the Macintosh? I've just entered the world of RC, and am intrigued by the possibilities of using (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Multitasker and MARKER word
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Hi Ralph, (...) There is present automatic detection in XMODEM protocol group (they are three XMODEM, XMODEM/CRC and XMODEM-1k). But difference comparing to YMODEM and ZMODEM is bigger. Simply because XMODEM transfers only a raw data, but YMODEM and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Save image in pbForth (without any save-supporting code)
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Hi Ralph, It appears to be a quite easy task - to save the pbForth image without SAVE- SYSTEM support. Only thing you need to do is to define a marker before you will upload the “save” words: MARKER end_of_image [ upload SAVE-SYSTEM support ] After (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Where to begin ?
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David Johnston wrote in message ... (...) would (...) gears, (...) and (...) I agree with Arjen. The Technic Space Shuttle is an excellent set. (URL) you cannot find it locally... LEGO S@H (1-800-453-4652) has it for $158 (shipping INCLUDED), or (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Multitasker and MARKER word
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Sergey, (...) Never mind my last message. I can see you store the actual task chain in the definition of MARKER and then restore the task chain correctly. WOW! I think pbForth is on the cusp of respectability now! Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Multitasker and MARKER word
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(...) WOW! This is great Sergey! I haven't had a close look, but are you actually taking ALL of the tasks out of the list, or just the ones defined AFTER the point in the dictionary that is being restored by MARKER ? (...) Thanks for the kind words. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Multitasker and MARKER word
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Hi Ralph, Here are my results regarding MARKER and multitasker problem: small additional code in MARKER word could do the trick. It was even easier then I though: you don’t need to put tasks in the “sleep” mode. Just remove them from the task chain (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Where to begin ?
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Dave, If you can still lay your hands on it, get the Technic Space Shuttle. I know it's an older set, but I still see them in shops occasionally (in the Netherlands). Price is around US$ 120. It comes with lots of gears, beams, plates, axles, parts (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Where to begin ?
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Having recently purchased my RIS 1.5, faced the challenges within, perused NQC, PbForth, and the Spirit OCX, I came to the following conclusion. I have the skills to use the programming languages of my choice, I have the RCX to control the robots I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Constructopedia v1.0
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(...) Jason, I currently have an item running on Ebay called "LEGO Mindstorms Constructopedia v 1.0". Current best offer is at $1.99. Check the link below: (URL) Anikanov anikanov@usa.net or vanikano@haywire.csuhayward.edu (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Mindfest Extreme Mindstorms
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Here is a little page (actually two pages) of notes and stuff from Mindfest. No pictures - that's already been done. The summary of the 2 (or 3) days is: (URL) and the text of my opening remarks is: (URL) Have fun... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Building a MazeWalker
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Ok. You have heard me blather on about how I will eventually get the mazewalker posted. The code isn't posted YET, but the pictures and text are...here's the link. (URL) This is a complete maze navigation system. It figures out where the boundaries (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: RIS 1.0 to 1.5 software upgrade
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Rich, I originally thought that the free upgrade was a software only upgrade. I thought that's what I saw on the MindStorms web site several months ago. I was surprised when I received the free upgrade to get the full upgrade kit that sells for (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | legOS-0.2.2 and C++
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in the old legOS-0.1.7 there was this first-c++ demo program. I don't see it in latest version of legOS. however the sensor class is still there... what's the status on all this (parts of legOS being in C++)? does it work at all? (yes, I can try it (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RIS 1.0 to 1.5 software upgrade
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(...) Now I'm confused again... I've been told that the 1.0->1.5 upgrade includes some parts (a clutch gear, IIRC from an earlier thread) as well as software. Quoting Doug Wilcox: (...) which implies that the upgrade comes with pieces.... (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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Sergey, I'll add the other basic wordlist stuff to the kernel, then I'll let the users "build" the optional system to their needs. In fact, I have three extra files that I assemble into a complete kernel. The RCX definitions (all assembler) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Save image in pbForth (srec version)
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Hi Ralph, (...) Well, I meant that I know how to do it, but not yet tried ;) Also, it shouldn't be so difficult, so I will try it now. (...) Thanks for "really good forth coding", I can only say "I did my best" ;) Seriously, manage it as you think (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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The basic difference between PCs/PalmPilots/WinCE IR ports and the RCX is a different physical transmission/modulation protocol. In the PC etc case the commonly used format is described by the IrDa standard (www.irda.org) where seperate IR pulses (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Oh, you mean that you can save the system dictionary up to the point of the SAVE_SYSTEM stuff that is at the end of the dictionary? Great! (...) I think a SAVE_SYSTEM script that is loaded in just before the system is to be saved is right. I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Also, it is possible to create an alternative SAVE-SYSTEM word that will generate image without SAVE-SYTEM support included (similar to MARKER word). (...) It would be great. I would like to have it in a standard distribution. Only thing, in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: legOS-0.2.2
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Hi Markus, sorry for the delayed response, but finally i'm back: (...) i found a way that may be somewhat cleaner, by separating the lnp related header files needed by the utilities from the libc stuff: created a directory in legOS/include named (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Ultimate Resume Item
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Robot Builder Intern Position Available Firstly, my apologies for posting a job advert in this group. Gentle redirection to a more appropriate newsgroup is welcome. We are a 250-person company with a very successful product which integrates many (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I'm looking for a complete package which includes all the tools I need to work with legOS on a Windows95 platform (or DOS). Something for a beginner if you like... Anyone know where to find this? CU Bert Lego robots and artificial intelligence (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: Save image in pbForth (srec version)
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(...) <snipped pbForth code> COOL! I guess you could load this in just before you actually need to do the dumping of the memory. This is a great contribution, Sergey. Do you mind if I put it in script format and package it with the standard (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi Pavel, check out the program loader. Basically, you have to register your own port handler for incoming packets on the PC. You should also acknowledge them in some way, so the RCX knows what's going on. Maybe IR networking should become secure. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi Ralph, Finally I got it to work. Now there is XMODEM protocol and S-record writer on top of it. SAVE-SYSTEM word has been redefined to produce S-record image. Although upload time is up to 5 min now, instead I don't spend time anymore to mess (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: communication PC <-IR-> RCX
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(...) You can use lnp_logical_write. But - the IR tower automatically turns off if nothing has been sent through it, so in order to see the data coming in, you have to keep sending something through the tower. [...] -- Regards, Modemch (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Does anybody have an example of a LegOS program that sends data back from the RCX to the PC? Is this possible also with SPIRIT.OCX poll/datalog protocol? Tnanks, Pavel. e-mail: petrovic@ifi.ntnu.no (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Search this newsgroup. I remember seeing a link for a site that had the entire constructopedia from v1.0 scanned in full color and full size. Jason (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I have just purchased a RIS v1.5 and am very pleased with it. I would like to obtain the v1.0 constuctopedia. Does anyone know of a place that would sell JUST the constructopedia? Maybe Shop@Home? Thanks for any help John Reichel (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Long range IR mode.
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(...) The >R and R> words are used as little helpers. The put (or get) the top element of the data stack to the return stack. As long as you dont fiddle with the return stack between uses, they are a great way to do this. The alternative way to code (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Long range IR mode.
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(...) Great, much more generalized code. What are the >R and R> words BTW? Did FFB7 C@ . and found the contents to already FE, as in, it appears that the default IR mode is indeed Long to start with. Seems like the effective range is much shorter (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: RIS 1.0 to 1.5 software upgrade
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OOPS! I missed the 4129418 "Robotics Invention System 1.5 User Guide" English, 27 pages Sorry Rick Rick Kirkwood <dynamics@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:00e101bf2bad$cb...one.net... (...) LEGO) (...) full (...) a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RIS 1.0 to 1.5 software upgrade
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I received my free (+$3.95 P&H) upgrade kit today and was pleasantly surprised ( or should that be AMAZED, Y-A-H-O-O-O-O!!!! and THANK YOU LEGO) to see that was NOT just a software upgrade, as I had thought, but the full #3803 "RIS 1.5 UPGRADE KIT" (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX motor voltage
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Wes, I'm sorry; I missed the Rcx Motor info... If the Rcx Motors start/run with 6V but don't work with the Rcx Outputs, something is 'Funny'. The Rcx, with decent batteries, puts out about 7 volts to a running Rcx motor (full power setting). I'm not (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: JVM and spirit.ocx
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(...) I don't exactly know how _much_ has been done, but I know there's been quite a bit of interest at times over the past year, and I know of at least three Java/JVM efforts related to the RCX. Here are some links which you might find useful: (3 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Hi Martin, the FD_ZERO bug sounds interesting. Maybe there's a way to work around this issue in a more portable way? Like, remove /usr/include from the Makefile and hope for the best? The debugging output shows that the host is sending packets and (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: JVM and spirit.ocx
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(...) Hi, I am currently working on a Java API for the RCX based on LEGO's firmware. It is basically a model of the RCX with LEGO's firmware, that is, the instruction set described by Kekoa Proudfoot in his RCX Internals. The basics (instruction (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Hapless WinNT user
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(...) Here is a suggestion for those who are trying it on NT. (I can't right now- access problems :( In Makefile.common, line 20, add the flag -nostdinc (i.e., line 20 should read "COPT =-O2 -fno-builtin -fomit-frame-pointer -nostdinc"). (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS-0.2.2
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(...) well, i got it and compiled everything using linux 2.2.13 and glibc 2.01. My native compiler is gcc 2.95.1, for cross compiling i built gcc 2.95.2, after applying the rcx-interrupt patch. compiling the dll and makelx utilities was a little (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Hapless WinNT user
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Apparently, standard gcc include files are processed as well. This should never happen, as legOS defines everything on its own. Maybe there's an additional command-line switch for that? -Y or something? Good luck, Luis - I have access to a NT box in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RCX Power connector
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Hi all, If you still want to get a (second) RCX with a power connector, order online from www.legoworldshop.com. Make sure you order the RIS 1.0. Lego will throw in the upgrade to 1.5 in for free, so you still get the same set. I just got mine. I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX motor voltage
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(...) That sounds like a good approach. (...) As I stated before - I'm using the motors that came with the RCX. -Wes (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX motor voltage
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The simple thing would be to do the short delay in the software. Identical relays usually 'make' faster than they 'break' due to energy stored in the magnetic circuit. It's hard to do this without active components. If you use a typical small (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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