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(...) I had this same problem yesterday when I had the IR tower in long range mode and had the RCX quite close to the tower. If its not in long range mode sometimes I have to turn the RCX off and then turn it back on again before dll will (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RIS 1.0 vs 1.5: which more "desirable"?
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pardon my newbie-ness. i am researching mindstorms, as i am getting myself a set for xmas. now i am confused about the fact everyone seems to want RIS with the v 1.0 RCX. is this true? i guess i am just caught up in the details and new (to me) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi, guys. I've got legOS compiled and running pretty happily on a redhat 6.0 and a 6.1 machine, after some fussing with settings, i've figured out that it wants to use /dev/ttyS1 for the serial port... however, once the firmware is downloaded, i (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi there, i just found an evil little bug in lnp ( or maybe it's actually a bug in gcc ). The problem is the definition of tx_state as char, and compare operations like if (tx_state < TX_ACTIVE) . The compiler generates wrong code for this (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: firmdl3 problem? - Tower not responding
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(...) "Tower not responding" really means that it can't write to the tower. Check batteries and the range. (...) Weird. As far as I can tell, exit is called correctly in all circumstances where "tower not responding" could be generated. (...) Again, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi.. I am having problems making firmdl3 work.. I have compiled it on a Linux box (Mandrake 6.0) and I get 'tower not responding' but the LED is coming on.. Also, after that error message, control does not return to the terminal. After playing (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 availablilty
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What I don't understand is why does it still say RCX 1.0 on the plastic? The mold is obviously different, why diddn't they change the version stamp? KL (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 availablilty
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Jorge Rodriguez <rodriguez.136@osu.edu> wrote in message news:384b69a4.915347...net.com... (...) I was told by LEGO guys that it is totally gone and even the circuit board has been changed. You have to somehow feed power in as though it was coming (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Is there a clear way to just create a brief beep or tone in legOS-0.1.7? I've never really looked through the direct-sound code, and one of my fellow students wants an answer NOW- so I thought I'd ask here before digging into the code. Anyone? (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Want rover.lx compiled on linux
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Hi, i'm trying to track down the problems i have to download rover.lx to my rcx on Win95 (i get 'unable to load legOS executable from rover.lx'). So i have a little request: i would like a copy of rover.lx compiled on linux with egcs-1.1.2 (with the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Did they take out the whole jack or just put on a new cover that hides it. (...) Jorge Rodríguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New Dave Baum Book?
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I'd have to say that both Knudsen's and Baum's books are quite helpful. The CD that is included with Baum's book has all the programs and nqc versions. There is even a quicktime video of legos putting themselves together to form a tank. All of the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC listing mnemonics
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I agree 100%. Go with the new. Dave Baum <dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com> wrote in message news:dbaum-041299143...act.com... (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC listing mnemonics
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In article (...) IMHO, there are some cases where extra features are actually cost justified, but in many cases they are added because the short term cost is deceptively low. Even something as simple as an extra command line switch carries with it a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RE: New Dave Baum Book?
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In a nutshell, both books are excellent. Jonathan's unofficial guide is a great overview and starting point for the many different languages that have sprung up around the RCX. Dave's book is more geared towards building in depth with both the Lego (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC listing mnemonics
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Dave Baum skrev i meddelandet ... (...) I would suggest changing to the 'official', and keeping a 'translation table' in a text file. In that way you can use the LEGO documentation in the best way, we 'oldtimers' that have looked at the old keywords (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I notice Dave Baum has just published a book called "Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to Lego Mindstorms," complete with CDROM. Has anyone read this book? The cover claims the book includes: -- Numerous projects including 14 sample robots to build (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC listing mnemonics
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I second this. I look at the listing a lot; esp. when optimizing. But actually would feel quite happy with the newer format. Of course it would be nice to just have a flag; and quite cheap./ creature feep. Dw (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC listing mnemonics
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Dave, I'm one of those who do look at the listings. I am somewhat torn between the old and the new mnemonics. I like yours better, but I think it would probably be better to go with our new "standard" from Lego. Of course Lego has only given us the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | NQC listing mnemonics
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I have started looking at adding Scout support to NQC, and in the process I am questioning whether or not to change the mnemonics used in the disassembly listings (the -l option for nqc). Currently, I use a set mnemonics that I made up when writing (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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