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Hi all, As part of our current lego project we are trying to make a PC another node on a legOS network so that we can control robots from a PC. (the end goal I have in mind is a similarish interface to the RCXCC but that is a long way down the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Just to make sure you're using the right compiler version, do the following: nqc >output.txt then post (or e-mail me) the contents of output.txt Also, see if it compiles the test.nqc program included in the distribution. Dave Baum (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: converting Mac to PC and the Lego remote
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(...) The problems you are seeing are differences between version 1.x and 2.x of the NQC language (not Mac/PC differences). Here are a few differences between 1.x and 2.x. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it should at least allow you to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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O'kay, I just must be really out of it today, because I know you guys are right, I just can't seem to get it right. I went this site: (URL) I chose Win32 - Although the compiler runs as a console command, it will not run under DOS since it uses (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | thanks
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Thanks for all the help I thought I had the newest version, but I guess not. I'll try the site and see what I come up with. thanks again. Jenny (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi Jenny, It sounds like you have two different versions of NQC. Make sure you get NQC 2 for both Mac and PC. Regards, Jonathan (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Dave Baum is right (and he wrote the language, so he should know :-). The language IS the same across environments. Your problem is a version one: you apparently have the older 1.x version of the compiler on the PC: upgrade it to 2.x and all (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: converting Mac to PC and the Lego remote
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Yes I am just converting programs and no the language is not the same regardless of the enviornment. On a PC wait = until on a Mac, void does not compile, and several others. I recently received The Unofficial Guide to LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robots By (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: converting Mac to PC and the Lego remote
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(...) I assume you want to move an NQC program (and not the compiler itself) from a Mac to a PC. If so, just copy the file. The NQC language is the same regardless of the environment it is used in (Mac, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2...) Also, the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | LNP not multitasking proof ?
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Hi there, during my study of LNP i just stumbled across a point where i doubt it's not multitasking proof. it's related to transmissions of lnp-messages. lnp_logical_write() is ok, it waits for semaphore tx_sem at the beginning and posts the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: converting Mac to PC and the Lego remote
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(...) I use mac_nqc and normal nqc quite happily. DW (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.2 on Win95 (almost)
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I have helloworld.lx running on my rcx, compiled and downloaded with legOS 0.2.2 on cygwin and Win95! Rover.lx doesn't work right now, don't know why yet (i get 'unable to load legOS executable from rover.lx'). I had to use a little workaround. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | converting Mac to PC and the Lego remote
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Are there any reference pages that show how to convert nqc from a Mac to a PC version, vice versa? Or perhaps a program that will do it? I am also having some trouble with the Lego remote. It can send messages to a RCX, but I only am able to do this (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | IR proximity
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I've managed to get a proximity detection working in legOS, using egcs 1.1.1 as the cross compiler. It has a very short range, and I haven't yet tested if the NQC variants have better range. If that is the case, I believe somebody will have to fix (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.2 on Win95 (almost) - NOT
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I finally succeeded in compiling an egcs-1.1.2 compiler for cygwin with the patch for enhanced RCX interrupt support applied. The bad news is: this doesn't change a thing. I still get "error deleting program". I can see the send light on the tower (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS 2.2 on solaris
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G'day, (...) Do you know if/how they were able to fix the problem? Btw. I used binutils 2.9.1 and gcc 2.95.2 (with the patches for the interrupts applied) to create the legOS and gcc 2.8.1 to build the cross compiler. Carsten (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS 2.2 on solaris
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(...) You're right, that's the echo of what you're sending. This looks suspiciously like the problems many people had with gcc-2.9.5 compiled legOS on regular Linux boxes, you know. Maybe you should try downloading a kernel known to work? Markus. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS 2.2 on solaris
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Hi Luis, thanks for your help. I tried both versions, the one using aioread and the one using the ioctl. Both run better than before, but still don't work (both give similar results). I now get signaled when I can read from the serial port, but what (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: problem downloading srec file to RCX
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(...) Since I use nqc for non-standard firmware uploads, I vote for 3), with a command line option to suppress in 2) You can never have enough command line options, right? Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: problem downloading srec file to RCX
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Dave ... although at this point I'm not using non-standard firmware, I'd like to cast my vote for option (2). The command line may be a bit "unwieldy", but (2) gives the best solution. Thanks, - Nick - Dave Baum wrote: [snip] (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: problem downloading srec file to RCX
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(...) In the process of adding support for quad-speed download to nqc I noticed a bug in the firmware download code that caused problems with short downloads. This may (or may not) account for your problem. Either way, the bug will be fixed next (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Play tunes with legOS: "Wir sind die Roboter"
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Cool. There is something quite appropriate about using a lego to play Kraftwerk :) -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Play tunes with legOS: "Wir sind die Roboter"
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well, yesterday i promised to post some header file that makes it easy to program the sound timer for playing tunes in a memory saving way - here it is. ( see below, file notedefs.h ) the numbering scheme is N_<key>[m]_<number_of_octave> N_A_0 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Educators: Vote for RCX and ROBOLAB over iBook!
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Go to (URL) click on the voting page. Robolab is up against School master, Site Central, and Virtual Language Lab, while the hardware is up against the iBook. You can only vote if you are an education professional and are familar with these (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: PC <> RCX Communication?
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(...) The op-code for sending a message is $F7 "set message". Unfortunately somehow it is left out of spirit.ocx, so you have to go down to the serial protocol in order to use it. See (URL) for the details. If you want to stick to spirit.ocx, you (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | linux->solaris porting info
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To whom it may concern: (I think this means Carsten :) This was the response I got from our resident Solaris/Linux god, conveniently named Karsten. He believes this one-line fix should have similar behavior. I can't test it (haven't been able to get (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: problem downloading srec file to RCX
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Yes, I encountered the same thing with nqc. However, the download works fine with firmdl.exe. Jonathan (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | HOWTO back up
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Sorry about the brief outage. The HOWTO is back up (though still not up to date.) Luis ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS 2.2 on solaris
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Carsten- I asked a local solaris guru, and he wrote me what could be a helpful note on solaris aio. I've filed it (apparently) in the wrong folder, but I'll try to post it tomorrow. He seems to believe that it wouldn't be all that hard to make the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Play tones with legOS !
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I can't think of any possible reason why I would ever use this, but it is still cool... it's great to come back and see that people (other than Markus) have been working on stuff. My two cents on all of that tomorrow- -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Play tones with legOS !
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Because dsound_play currently doesn't work for me, and because i wanted to make some noise under legOS with little memory and CPU footprint, i wrote a little function that plays arbitrary tones without using interrupts. I allows to play any (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Using Cybermaster with NQC in MPW on macintosh.
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I haven't used CyberMaster myself, but I know someone was able to get it working with a Mac. CyberMaster expects DTR to be asserted and RTS to be cleared. I'm not sure if "asserted" means +9 or -9. I know data lines (TXD, RXD) are inverted, but I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Using Cybermaster with NQC in MPW on macintosh.
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Hi all, I am having problems talking to my cybermaster from MPW on the mac. Heres my set up Mac B&W g3 with gport card providing the serial port. mac modem cable (mini 8 pin to DB-25) connected to serial port DB-25 from modem cable connected to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Even more networking stuff
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OK, So I finally got LNP to do something :) I have a very simple program on one rcx which sends out something to another rcx which the second rcx gets in. Its a good first step :) However being the difficult people we are we would like to be able to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: PC <> RCX Communication?
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Philippe jadin <philippe.jadin@skynet.be> wrote in message news:FLvD0J.106@lugnet.com... (...) written (...) can (...) features (...) That sounds exactly like what I have done here, although I have mounted the 'gantry' on a large base. At the moment (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Contact's in the RCX and Servo's
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Does any one know a URL/ptr to a wiring diagrom to connect a normal digital servo ? I found several picture's on the web of the mechanical assmebly, but no wiring details ? Secondly, I found the contact's in the corner's of the circuit board, which (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | MarsRobot Updated
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I took some time this Saturday to update my website ((URL) with two new projects. I took the mini-synchro chassis (with modifications) from (URL) and added a 360 degree halo bumper. I also purchased a 8448 Street Sensation and with a little (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: PC <> RCX Communication?
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(...) If you just listen to the 'message'es you send out from the RCX, you see them coming in. On unix just do something like cat /dev/cuaa0 It also works with most IRda ports, such as thouse found on the iMac and most laptops. Though I found the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: PC <> RCX Communication?
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Have a look at my page : (URL) buit a scanner with bidirectionnal control. Client (RCX) software written with NQC, 'server' (master=pc) soft written in borland delphi 3.0. But you can do the same with VB. It does quite exactly wath you want. This (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | PC <> RCX Communication?
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Quick question: is there a way for the rcx to send data to the PC (and possibly vice versa)? I have a scanner base built, and ideally I would like a way to communicate with the RCX, with the PC controlling the movement of the scanner. I could (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RE: problem downloading srec file to RCX
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(...) Just because it compiled, and is from a book, does not mean it is compiled correctly. Once again, please try and load the LEGO firmware using all of the tools. Once this works, grab a known good alternate SRECORD file like Kekoa's little LCD (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: problem downloading srec file to RCX
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(...) PROGRESS REPORT: Problem persists when I try to download the SREC file for a (successfully compiled) slightly larger program (~30 lines) given on p200 of Knudson's book. (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: more networking questions
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(...) Your msg is propably not well formed enough. Just fetch a copy of nqc_src_1.2 or higher (unix, mac and lesser OS-es available) and you end up with a command ./nqc -msg XXX where XXX is a magic number :-) Which translates to a valid msg. If you (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: problem downloading srec file to RCX
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(...) Ok, the first thing I would do is that the known good firmware (firm0309.lgo) loads with all of the tools that you are interested in. The next thing is that any custom image you put in the RCX may or may not respond to the delelte firmware (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | problem downloading srec file to RCX
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Bad things happen when I try to use the firmware download tool from the NQC environment to download an SREC file produced by either Web cross compilor. After a long wait, during which the bar graph that tracks loading progress lengthens, I get (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: quick copy of legOS howto?
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A new copy is now up at www.duke.edu/~liv/HO...OWTO.html. That should be 100% up to date (which is of course out of date, but you get the idea :) Have a good weekend, everyone- Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: quick copy of legOS howto?
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Argh. Sorry about this, folks- no idea what the problem is, and the machine is not remotely accessible in any way, and I'm in at home (in Miami) while the box is still at school (in North Carolina). If you still need a copy, I may be able to find a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | more networking questions
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Will the lnp task which is doing the receiving only wake up the next layer up if the message is properly formed. Currently here is my program -- start of longish bit of code -- #include <conio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <dsensor.h> #include (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: using lego network protocol + collobartion on project??
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(...) I am still really battling with this. I have tried to hack the "program.c" which from what I understand is the code that the RCX uses to download legOS onto itself. I have gotten a very small subset of that program to compile but it seems to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | using lego network protocol
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OK after many hardware problems (who says redhat is as easy to install as windows) I have finally gotten a nice copy of legOS 0.2.2 compiled. Anyhow my drving reason for wanting legOS 0.2.2 is so we can do some networking with the 6 RCX's we have (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | quick copy of legOS howto?
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Hey guys, For me the link seems to be down to the legOS how-to (just over there on the left hand side of the messages screen :) ). Does anyone have a local copy on their machine that they could send to my email address sort of right now :) I want to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS 0.2.2 dsound_play ?
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One of my first goals for the RCX was to try and get it to speak. I talked to Markus about this a long time ago. At the time, he had written the speaker driver but was unable to get much more than noise to come out of it. Perhaps the digital (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | legOS 0.2.2 dsound_play ?
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hello again, has anybody got anything else than noise from legOS 0.2.2 dsound_play ? i'm able to compile and dll this little application: #include <dsound.h> #include "sample.h" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { dsound_play(sample,s...(sample)); (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | LegOS 2.2 on solaris
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G'day, I succeeded in compiling and running legOS 1.7 on an intel solaris 2.7 machine. However, as I would like to use the networking features in 2.x, I tried to compile and run 2.2 as well. I can compile the package after modifying loader.c in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Linux NQC GUI?
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Anyone know if there an NQC front end similar to RcxCC available for Linux? I would like to have a point and click interface to query variables while a program is running. Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.2 on Win95 (almost)
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Guys, please keep keeping the list (and myself) up to date- I want to make sure the next HOWTO has good win95 instructions from go. -Luis (who may actually work some on the HOWTO this weekend... woohoo!) (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.2 on Win95 (almost)
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Hi Peter, This is just as far as I got too. My next step is going to be to build the compiler with Markus' patch applied. But if you get to it first, that would be swell. Jonathan (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.2 on Win95 (almost)
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Well, i get: loader hostaddr=80 hostmask=f0 portmask=0f delete try 0: ack:0 try 1: ack:0 try 2: ack:0 try 3: ack:0 try 4: ack:0 error deleting program It just occurred to me that i used the pre-built cross-compiler package from Gavin Smyth. I don't (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.2 on Win95 (almost)
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(...) the symptom looks a little like the problems i encountered when i tried to compile legOS with gcc-2.95.2 under linux. The message "error deleting program" most likely means, that it was not possible to get in contact with the RCX at all. Could (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | LegOS 0.2.2 on Win95 (almost)
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What i did: 0 Follow HOWTO for 0.1.7 (with 0.2.2 archive of course) 1 Add #define O_ASYNC _FASYNC to ...\cygwin-b20\H-i58...ys\fcntl.h (Thanks Luis Villa) 2 - create a subdirectory under legOS\include named lnp, and move lnp.h and lnp-logical.h from (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS IR comm and debugging tools
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(...) Yes, do follow this vision. (...) See "info gdb", following the links Targets -> Remote -> Remote Serial. The protocol assumes a serial line, using +/- for acknowledge/nak, single character commands and hexadecimal addresses. There are several (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Version 1.5 - no spirit.ocx - can't use RcxCC
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Teaching with Robolab at the college level, I'd like to use the NCQ environment in class. I'd also like to use the RcxCC "wrapper" since I perceive it to be a little more "user friendly" at their level. Problem is that the new Robolab Version 1.5 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | V1.5 - no spirit.ocx
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I'd like to use NCQ with my new Robolab challenge set... but the CD with V1.5 I received does not include spirit.ocx. Anyone know how to get this? Couldn't find on Lego's site. Dave -- Dave Crabbe, Faculty Nova Scotia Community College, Canada (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Spirit.ocx And firmware, Anyone????
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My son has reinstalled his computer and also broken the Mindstorms CD. I've talk to lego sweden but it takes about three to four weeks before we can get a new CD. I've help my son with the programming using NQC. So the only thing I've really need (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NQC wishlist
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(...) Yes, that seems to be the best way to go about it. (...) Don't we all do? :-) (...) Hmm, yes, thata I did not think about... well, we'll continue using macros! ;-) Thanks for the response. And for NQC. /Vlad (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC wishlist
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Dave, All of these additions to NQC sound great ... especially the char and bool data types! There is no way that we (all the NQC users) can adequately express our appreciation for all of your work in developing and freely distributing NQC. I hope (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC wishlist
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(...) I'm not really comfortable with variable-length bit allocations since this isn't something that happens in C outside of structs. But there could still be a couple "smaller" types. Right now an int is 16 bits. Perhaps a char could be 8 bits, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: legOS IR comm and debugging tools
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(...) Lorenzo, i also just started with legOS and just thought about exactly the same issue. I'm wondering, if anyone has tried to run gdb in remote mode on the RCX. Imho, this would be the perfect solution... I've never ported gdb-remote to a new (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | legOS IR comm and debugging tools
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Hello, as I begin to appearch dangerously the 32 variables limit of nqc on a current project, I have started to approach LegOS. After some apparently common problems, I managed to compile the h8300 programs and compile legOS 0.2.2. The demos work as (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | first impressions about pbForth
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Hi! After fiddling around with pbForth this weekend, I have to confess I have mixed feelings about it. Maybe not everybody will be thrilled to share them, but maybe I am doing something wrong and I would appreciate the input... The language itself (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: What should be in the next version of RcxCC
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Hi! well, I am missing something in an otherwise great RcxCC... Variable values display in dec/hex/binary would be great, as converting by hand every time is tedious. thanks /Vlad (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I am not sure if there is such a wishlist... I remember there was a "call for wishes" for RxCC... The biggest problem with the standard firmware is the small amount of variables. Since not every use of a variable will use all 16 bits, I think it (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: sending files to pbForth - results
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(...) think (...) Also, try the places like www.forth.org or www.taygeta.com (...) com port (...) I'm afraid there is no any good way. Seems this "garbage" appears due to some design problems in IR tower scheme. Usually it happened whenever the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Has anybody figured out the meaning of values got from the BATTERY sensor ? Currently, my little testproggy "cputw(BATTERY>>6);" displays F9, and i guess my batteries are close to their end of life. BTW, if you read this, Markus: The new rotation (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Help - RCX sensor port failure
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(...) I should tell my wife about that ;-) Anyway, in the LEGO supplied software there is a little test window that you can pull out that lets you configure sensors without writting and running programs. You can also see the values that the RCX is (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: sending files to pbForth - results
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Hello. I became acquainted with pbforth via Jonathan Knudsen's (O'Reilly) books and think that it's a terrific place to learn forth. I am using CRT with line delay=100 and char delay=20, but if I wait between carriage returns, I get "garbage" I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Help - RCX sensor port failure
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(...) "Stuck" was the magic word. It was (of course) somehow only stuck thinking it was a touch sensor port. I used the Mindstorms RCX code to re-program all sensor ports as light sensors downloaded and then - nothing - still the same error (no (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help - RCX sensor port failure
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Franz-Michael S. Mellbin <fischer-mellbin@fis...llbin.com> wrote in message news:FLK4xM.F86@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) is (...) Reading 0 or 1 means the port is configured for touch type input. I don't see anyway it can get stuck in this mode. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Help - RCX sensor port failure
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Our first RCX has a sensor port failure on port 3 (Aaaarghhh...). The sensor port will read 0 and 1 only. It can react with the touch, light and rotation sensors (showing 0 or 1), so it somehow still senses if a sensor is present. We have no idea (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Lego s/w and spirit.ocx
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(...) NQC doesn't use spirit.ocx, so if you're just using the command line version of NQC, don't worry about spirit.ocx. However, if you're using RcxCC, then you'll need to make sure spirit.ocx is installed. Dave Baum (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I Didn't find it on a search of the mindstorms or Robolab site. dave Arjen Gerstel wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Problem with asm statement in loader.c
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(...) hmm, i did not have to do that (...) just looked at your original posting and saw you are using glibc-1 -- i guess that's making the difference. In glibc-2.0 headers, O_ASYNC is defined to be 0x20000, and FASYNC is defined as O_ASYNC. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Lego s/w and spirit.ocx
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If I remember correctly, you can download spirit.ocx from the mindstorms internet site. I'm not sure if the 1.5 software installs it to HD, the 1.0 did. I never bothered to install the 1.5 upgrade CD. Arjen Dave Crabbe wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I installed the lego robolab ver 1.5 s/w from the CD and now want to install the NCQ program which uses spirit.ocx. However, I don't seem to have spirit.ocx on my system. Why did ther ver 1.5 s/w from lego not download the OCX to my hard disk? Will (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | ?? LabView - Sub Vi's, variables ?
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A few questions about programming RCX using LabView's Inventor Level 4. (Is this proper group for posting?) 1. In using Inventor level 4, can a user create sub VI's? As programs get more complex, I'd like to break them up. I am somewhat familiar (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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Paul, I've snipped all of the text about how RoboLab and the Mac might not play nicely together. I have had great results with my own system at my office, and then when I did the tutorial at MIT, things failed miserably. I turned off the large (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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You could try using NQC (or MacNQC) and see if it works any better. I know in the long run you want to get Robolab working, but testing MacNQC would at least separate a Robolab-only problem from more general problems (serial port problems, cables, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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I'm a user, not engineer, but.. you might want to try this if you haven't already. I had the same difficulty and went through all the toubleshooting methods you have. This is going to sound silly, but has worked for me: With the IR tower on low (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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Hello, I'm teaching an RCX-based programming class using the Robolab software to a group of 19 4th,5th and 6th graders. I've been trying to get the Robolab software installed and running on the Powermac 5500/225s and 6400/200s owned by the school. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Relocation trunctated to fit (LegOS 0.2.2)
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Hi all, I overcame my last problem while compiling LegOS 0.2.2 only to be presented with a new one. I assume that these are errors as they are being dumped to sterr. Here is a sample of the errors (?) that are being produced: (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: compiling 0.2.2 (legos.srec)
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I had same (similar) problem using legOS-0.2.1, I am able to build 0.2.2 without problems... erik (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Problem with asm statement in loader.c
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hi martin, thanks for the good explanation, that makes the whole problem somewhat clearer to me. yesterday i fetched the egcs-1.1.2 sources, built the crosscompiler with applied interrupt-patch and attached -Dinhibit_libc at the end of CFLAGS. in (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: compiling 0.2.2 (legos.srec)
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Quickly, before I leave for dinner... I know this has been mentioned here before. Try looking through the archives of it. I'd find it myself, but I'm in a hurry. Good luck- Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | compiling 0.2.2 (legos.srec)
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Hello all, I have successfully built a cross compiler. However, I am having trouble getting legOS to compile. I am recieving the following error message: [root@localhost legOS]# make for i in util lib boot demo ; do make -C $i || exit -1 ; done (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: sending files to pbForth - results
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Hi Vlad, (...) These commands are low-level calls to ROM firmware. If you want to simulate original firmware' behaviour you mast do a little coding. May be you will be interested to see my small example at the end of this post. This is the part of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: sending files to pbForth - results
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i tried, and indeed CRT works much better. but, when using POWER_INIT and POWER_OFF standalone, the display remains lit, showing 4th... and when running TEST_POWER from the supplied scripts, the RCX suddenly (at the fourth step) did not want to come (...) (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, that I forgot to do... (...) yes, and it works well in direct mode via HyperTerminal (...) I will try it sorry for bothering with FAQs... have a nice day /Vlad (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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(...) The IS a forth.com already :-) (...) Right on. You sell support, or bokks, or whatever to go WITH the software. I'd like to know what the profitablilty of Microsoft Press is... (...) There are lots of Forths written in C. Try to pick one (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: sending files to pbForth
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(...) Remember to set up character and line pacing. Char pacing should be about 20 msec or so and the line space should be 100 msec. Does the LCD display 4th after you have uploaded pbforth.srec using NQC? I personally HATE hyperterminal. Try CRT. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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