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Hi! Just my 2-pence thoughts about the topic... I suppose nobody will argue with me that legOS isn't well documented, as it is now. Considering that legOS is still rather user-unfriendly, documentation is very important. someone said Markus is (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS timers
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Why don't you use the system timer (sys_time)? With one timer is enough. Use relative times instead of absolute timers... Toni Vlad Dumitrescu <vladdu@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Fp1BJI.E4M@lugnet.com... (...) timers? (...) handlers (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Mmm, yes. I was thinking about things like SetTimer and GetTimer, so that wakeup handlers can be used... as things are now (if I am not wrong) one has to directly work with the ROM... /Vlad (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Curious problem with download
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(...) The iMac, iBook and G4 all work 100% fine with MacNCQ and the Keyspan single port 'PDA' usb/serial adaptor. It just appears in the pull down menu. The keyspan RS422? 'two' ADB style port usb/serial adaptor does not work for me; unless I use a (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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has anyone thought of an advantage to using two light sensors in the basic photo scanner robot that people have built. I'm working on one right now (mostly the vb programming right now for the pc side and pqc for the rcx). i have two kits to use, so (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Since I am currently working on line following, I did some tests with the Lego active light sensor. I mounted one on a small test cart pointing down a bit more than 1/8 inch above the "ground". The 1.5 test pad reads white 57 black 38 green 46 I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Curious problem with download
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(...) Er, no I was thinking of the PCI cards that give up to 4 serial ports; KeySpan used to make them. They were a short PCI card with two or four serial ports, which used a custom extension to route SerialToolBox calls to the 'phantom' serial (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Curious problem with download
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(...) I would have ascribed it to the USB to serial converter, but I also see this on the Sun with a real serial port. This is what makes me think it's a problem with my RCX or IR tower. Thanks, -Pete P.S. What you are thinking of is the stealth (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: legOS timers
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(...) You nicer than msleep() and sleep()? --Ben (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Curious problem with download
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(...) downloading (...) I don't see any strange behaviour here; the hinky USB-to-serial interface is going to be your culprit. I had no problems using NQC on my PowerCenterPro (PowerComputing Macintosh clone) with a direct serial interface, but when (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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