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(...) This is the big 'down side' of the 1.5. The computers themselves are identical, and you can run 1.5 software on the older brick. For the educational market (dacta stuff), Lego are still supplying all the units with the jacks. The suggestion is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Steve, and anyone else interested, There should be another way to power the RCX, but I'm not sure if you can get the stuff to do it anymore. (if TLG is replacing them with the old stock 'with a good reason' then that is the best way to go) You used (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Steve, AFAIK, the two RCX versions are identical, apart from the power jack that is. Regards, Arjen "sebarile-MOBL" <steve.e.barile@intel.com> wrote in message news:Fn1xFt.H1C@lugnet.com... (...) you (...) of (...) it (...) Is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi All, I just got a Mindstorms 1.5 and the RCX does *NOT* have an AC jack! So if you plan to power the rails from a stationary location, plan on having a lot of batteries or a rechargable battery setup... I called LEGO Consumer Affairs and they are (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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After too many delays, I have finally released the latest pbForth. You can find out about it at: (URL) Remember to hit refresh so that you get the new page with the new links, not the old one! Have fun on the holidays. Here's what's new: Notes for (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) There is very little difference in the compiler itself between 1.0 mode and normal mode. Most of the changes are due to a new API file that is included (rcx_nqh.h). If something went wrong with building this file, that may cause a crash. To (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) I modified the original R2-D2 model to use the Scout. As the Scout is just the same size of th RCX, you might want to have a look at my creature. You can find it at the Italian Lego Users Group site (URL) worry, text in English). The site uses (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, I have been trying to compile NQC (2.0.2) with the watcom compiler under QNX and succeded partialy. I can now compile the test.nqc from version 1.3 in backward compatibility mode (bin/nqc -1 testv1.nqc). But I can't compile the new test.nqc (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi all, We are having troubles compiling code that makes use of the random() (and srandom()). The error messages that occour when we compile are: undefined reference to '_srandom' undefined reference to '_random' Any help will be greatly (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | linux-lnp: select() vs. SIGIO ( was Re: Call for debugging support )
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(...) Uuh, there was a little bug in my test program. Once again, i learned i have to read gcc´s warnings carefully. On linux, select() suffers exactly the same thing as SIGIO. If the hardware fifo of the uart is enabled, and there is a stream of (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Absolutely. Together with the long delays on delivery dates, and the mysterious 'disappearance' that has now taken place, this makes a product that is exactly in this spirit... (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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As somebody painted out today, the frequency settings for PITCH_Gm2 through PITCH_Am3 (or 23-37) are erroneous. I copied and pasted these from Martin's "Wir sind die Roboter" demo, which seems to be in error, too. A patch to alleviate the problem is (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hello everyone, legOS-0.2.3 is out and available at (URL) for legOS-0.2.3: ---...--- * Better rotation sensor handling via state tables. * Sound driver to play sequences of notes. * Improved packet retransmit handling for program downloads. * (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I feel sure there's an opportunity for a really bad joke here, but my hangover is getting in the way... Cheers, Ben. -- SECURE HOSTING AT THE BUNKER! (URL) grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi everybody, Did someone here already included a RCX in the Droid Developer Kit ? - Christophe - Got today a 2nd RCX and a DDK for my son :-) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi Frank, (...) Did you try changing end-of-packet timing? This may be due to ringing in the receiver, or any sort of analogue issue. This may also be the reason why LEGO is using complement bytes ;-) (...) Yes, this is what I meant to happen. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hello Martin, pthreads and select sound fairly portable. And, as I mentioned before, there's a way of having Windows dispatch asynchronous serial events to programs, so work on porting would be fairly localized. The library approach has one serious (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I would assume that this is so that the US version can use imperial units and the European one can use metric. This would truly allow us to emulate the true spirit of exploring Mars! Cheers, Steve (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Exploration Mars, is visible on the European catalogue. However I tried to order it the other day, and the lady at Lego, said that the European release had 'officially' happened, but as yet they had no stock. The US version has a different CD, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I think I heard some rumblings about sometime early in 2000 for Exploration Mars, but couldn't remember where to confirm or even if this was official. Not much help really. What's more important is - what is going to be in it when it is finally (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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