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I'm having trouble with braking (as opposed to free-wheeling) motors. When I use motor_a_dir(brake), the motor brakes OK, but cannot be restarted. Subsequent motor_a_dir(fwd/rev) calls have no affect, the motor stays braked. I can tell this by (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: NQC on Linux dilema...
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(...) The first thing I'd try would be to add a pair of printf() statements before and after the tcdrain() call in PSerial_unix::FlushWrite() (in file platform/PSerial_unix.cpp). Call be paranoid, but calls like this always make me nervous...they're (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC on Linux dilema...
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(...) the same thing is happening to me, and i did build it from source. i can recompile with changes, if you think it might be useful in figuring out whats going on, though. (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | ANNOUNCE: LEGO::RCX 1.00
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All I would like to announce the release of version 1.00 of LEGO::RCX.pm. This perl module allows you to communicate with your RCX. It has been developed and tested under Linux, though it most likely will run under other UNIX's. To find out more (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.announce)
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| | Mars with video capture
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I finally got my Mars Expansion Pack working with my Pinnacle Video Capture Card, type DC10 Plus. I can switch between the tiny black and white camera that fits on a robot much better, viewed through the card, and the USB QuickCam Pro golf ball (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help with RCX.pm
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Clemens, The problem is that the documentation has a slight typo. Insted of $rcx = new RCX() try $rcx = new LEGO::RCX(). Sorry for any problems this may have caused you. John C. Quillan (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RCX For Sale.
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Hi there, I do have for sale: Lego partnumber: - 1 ex. RIS 1.5 9747. - 1 ex. Extreme Creatures 9732. - 1 ex. Car 8432. - 1 ex. Pneumatic Submarine 8250. Additional to the above these parts: - 1 ex. RIS Remote Control 9738. - 1 ex. Touch Sensor 9757. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RCX For Sale.
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Hi there, I do have for sale: Lego partnumber: - 1 ex. RIS 1.5 9747. - 1 ex. Extreme Creatures 9732. - 1 ex. Car 8432. - 1 ex. Pneumatic Submarine 8250. Additional to the above these parts: - 1 ex. RIS Remote Control 9738. - 1 ex. Touch Sensor 9757. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Religious wars
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(...) I have one more suggestion, that I totally didn't think of the first time around: pico. ftp://ftp.cac.washin...-bin.linux It is decidedly unsexy, but very usable- it is what the lowest level CS courses here at Duke use- courses not designed (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Religious wars
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(...) If you need something that works well (I think that almost only on Linux) and your are familiar to Wordstar keys (^KX, ^KD ....)(AKA as TurboC, Pascal...) use joe (Joe's Own Editor) (...) 4what its worth: My fave is Gvim, vi with a gui and (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: no rule to make target Main.o
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(...) Yep, You took a DOS format makefile. Unix uses \n for line ends, DOS \r\n. When unix sees the DOS form, it thinks you mean 'ir_rover^M' ^M, Ctrl-M is the unix way of expressing \r. To fix it, load the filee into vi. Type the following (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Function list and Command List for LegOS 0.2.3 (Long Post...)
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Hi All, I am eagerly awaiting the full documentation for 0.2.3, in the mean time, I culled together some info from the readme files for 0.2.3, looking through some of the source files and the old 0.1.7 documentation that is on line. I find it (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: broken "b" port on RCX 1.0
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Does the arrows in the LCD appears when you turn the motor on/off? If yes, Teste with different orientation of the wires. mauro "Michael Kay" <Whompalompa@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Fs3vy4.69B@lugnet.com... (...) an (...) port for (...) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: VB 6 subprocedure stumper
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If your subs won't be called more than once, you can create a VB procedure with the code and "call" it where you want the code. It will work like a C macro, inserting copies of that code whenever called and keeps your code organized. I know it is (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help with RCX.pm
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: Ft0DL6.Apo@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) in (...) instead?: (...) i copied the rcx.pm into a folder named rcx instead of naming it lego! now it works with LEGO::RCX. thanks for help, Todd! (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: how detect other RCX robots with light sensors?
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(...) This does put quite the strain on your batteries though... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: how detect other RCX robots with light sensors?
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Assuming both RCXs are facing each other, this can be done by using the IR transmitter of the RCX on the detected robot, and a forward pointing light sensor on the detecting robot. Set one robot (the detected robot) to send out constant IR messages. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: how detect other RCX robots with light sensors?
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Maybe you can try the laser pointer that Mike Burger (and several others?) did for the RCX. And use the light sensor to detect it? Ram -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Manuel Cabido (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | how detect other RCX robots with light sensors?
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I want to know if there another RCX infront of me at a maximum distance of 30cm. I tried to use only the light sensors but it was not enough. Does anyone has already tried this. Maybe putting some light in the RCX like infrared (I'm trying this). (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help with RCX.pm
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(...) Aha! OK, sounds like the docs are out of sync with the code. IIRC, John renamed the module from RCX to LEGO::RCX a while back, which means that the new() constructor is actually now in the LEGO::RCX package and no longer in the RCX package. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help with RCX.pm
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:FsyM2E.KoA@lugnet.com... (...) i used the following: use RCX; $rcx = new RCX(); as described in the doc-file that comes with RCX.pm. thanks, Clemens (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Q: Determining state of outputs
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(...) Yes, there is a 'data source' for motor status. I never bothered figuring it all out, so there isn't a defined API for it, but you can add it yourself: #define MotorStatus(motor) @(0x30000 + (motor)) use motor 0 for output A, 1 for B, 2 for C. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc) !
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| | Re: Q: Determining state of outputs
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(...) I'm not the expert on this but... I've been playing with firmware 2.0 and I think you can read the state of your sensors directly. (The same way you read the Battery level? Dave?) Hopefully Dave will answer you for sure. Dean -- Coin-Op's For (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Q: Determining state of outputs
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Hello everybody! For the building of my next robot an answer to the following question could be very helpful: Is there any possibility in NQC to get the state of an output (on, off, direction). While running a program I would like to control one (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Help with RCX.pm
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(...) Clemens, What are you using to invoke the new() constructor? Are you using LEGO::RCX->new(...) or LEGO::RCX->new("LEGO::RCX", ...) or new LEGO::RCX(...) or something else? --Todd (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Help with RCX.pm
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when using the rcx.pm i only recieved the following error: "can't find method new in module rcx" it seems to me that perl finds the LEGO::RCX module but not its method "new". what am i missing? thanks for any suggestions! (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: USB->Serial Converts and IR Tower
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(...) downloaded the latest drivers (Intel based). Also obtained a good troubleshooting doc to determine whether the S9 is configured correctly. Will gladly email to any interested. Problem: Having trouble getting the IR tower to talk to the RCX. I (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | problems with random function for WinLegOS
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hy !!! If have compilerproblems with random-function " undefined reference". i use kernel 0.2.3 If had read something about this problem but any solution are for cygwin or linux. i hope anyone can help me marc (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Gdb & LegOS. Progress made & help wanted
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Hi All: I've been trying to get gdb going with legOS for some time now. I've made some progress, but for various reasons, I'm now stuck. I thought I'd post this plea for help. Check this page: (URL) then email me or post a reply with your ideas. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Lego Laser
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(...) A resistor+zener fixes that nicely. Dw (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Controlling RCX with game controller
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Hi everyone, I have developed a program for Windows 95/98/2000 that will allow you to control your RCX with a game controller via the infrared transmitter that comes with the RIS set. The program is called Remote Control X. One key feature is the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I just unzipped emulegos_unix.zip to my RedHat 6.x system. I typed: export RCX_SOURCE=ir-rover make and got: make: *** No rule to make target `Main.o', needed by 'ir-rover^M'. Stop. Anyone know what I failed to do? (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Lego Laser
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(...) One thing to make sure of is that the RCX outputs are not constant. If you power the pbrick with external power it can shoot to over 9.5 volts. Something to keep in mind. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Lego Laser
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Using pointers (pun) from a previous post, I have been building a laser for my robots. I used a miniature laser pointer from Sam Goody which was only $10. The hardest part so far was chopping up the pointer to get out the guts. It turned into a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: location of NQC group?
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(...) Safest thing is a multi-step process: 1. Announce that a new group/list lugnet.robotics.nqc will soon be replacing lugnet.robotics.nqc (i.e., a "heads-up"). 2. [A day or so later] Create lugnet.robotics.nqc and associated web areas and mailing (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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(...) Yep, you can #ifdef however you want, and NQC supports -D and -U options on the command line that allow you to define (or undefine) symbols before the compile takes place. This is handy if you're using Makefiles, but even in an ordinary shell (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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I definitely intended to mean portable source. And that the "__FIRMWARE" would be used in compiler directives rather than in the code. It is a simple matter for me to define my own __FIRMWARE (or anything else, right?) and do #ifdef's to my heart's (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: location of NQC group?
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(...) Personally I like the move to robotics.nqc I don't like the idea of splitting it up. Cross posting would make reading the groups very annoying. I'd say make the current one archive only putting a LARGE message like the rules pop up to new (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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(...) I agree wholeheartedly. I don't want to see people selling their bot code. It's all about sharing and learning. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Another makefile suggestion
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This particular change would be useful in the lib directories. Instead of using this: SOURCES=memset.c strcmp.c ..... etc. Use this: SOURCES := $(wildcard *.c) Note the use of ':=', not '='. This will pick up ALL .c files in the current directory. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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(...) This seems reasonable to me. Plus, it has the added benefit of being inherently open: source is all about "here's how to do this"; binaries are "here's a thing that does this". It's nice to encourage the first attitude. (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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(...) This first define (__RCX = 2) will happen automatically in NQC when you select RCX 2.0 as the target for compilation. Selecting an RCX 1.0 target will cause the symbol to be defined as 1. (...) I hope I don't have to add a __FIRMWARE symbol... (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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Have you considered adding the firmware build version to that symbol or to a new one? __RCX = 2 __FIRMWARE=3.21 This would facilitate creation of portable, work-around code that would accomodate an end-user who hasn't updated their firmware (or has (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: location of NQC group?
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(...) Just a long term tickler. Long term, it should come to pass that this is not true, and that moving a group is not an impossible thing to do. ++Lar (24 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: location of NQC group?
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(...) Yes, I think that would be a good move. (...) I'd prefer not to proliferate too many newsgropus. Personally I don't think the nqc traffic is presently so high that people need to filter it based on target. Odds are that this would even cause a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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(...) Yes, I agree with the approach to using __RCX for conditional compile - that's really why its there. I had thought about adding some of the functions (SetSensor() etc.) as no-ops in the Scout API, but this really didn't feel right to me. I (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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(...) Very True. Does anyone know when downloading to Scout with RCXCC will be ready? Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: location of NQC group?
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(...) Yah, DaveB & I were talking about this a while back -- and since then the non- RCX support has gotten even stronger. Dave indicated that he'd like to move the group up a level, which is possible but we'll have to actually start a new group (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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(...) Coincidentally, I think someone just posted the answer to your question a few hours ago.... (URL) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | NQC Ignores based on your pbrink
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Dave Can you setup NQC to automatically ignore things a pbrink doesn't understand? For example The scout. I have a program that I use in my 2 RCX's and my 1 scout. But Constantly have to /* */ the offending code for the scout. Is there some way we (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: problem building bugbot3.nqc in cybermaster
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(...) Why not do something like this? #ifdef __RCX SetSensor(...) ; #endif (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Turning power off?
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(...) rubber (...) No. The 'power connector' version, is the RCX 1.0. When Lego introduced the Mindstorm 1.5, they removed the power connector. To confuse more, the case of the RCX is still marked 1.0!. The RCX 1.0 _with power connector_ is still (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Calling ROM from libc
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Hi all. This is just a quick moral question. I noticed that the RCX ROM has a copy memory routine (0x042a). I've modified my memcpy.s to use this: _memcpy: push r0 mov.w r1,r0 add.w r2,r1 pop r2 jmp @ mem_copy .end And added mem_copy=0x042a to (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Using ROBOLAB for FIRST LEGO League
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They now have information about the new FLL season on their web site at: (URL) Veteran teams can register now to reserve their team number from last year (after First fixes their frontpage bug). (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Turning power off?
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(...) YES ! Definitely! BTW: Could it be that US versions of the RCX do have a connector for an power supply ? I saw that in _The Unofficial Guide to Lego MindStorms_. Stefan (24 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: P-brick Script code terminology
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Ah that explains it! I didn't try RCX Code, I wasn't that keen on it and also it wouldn't run on my NT workstation. I moved straight on to NQC and more recently have been trying RoboLab. That's why I didn't get the reference. Thanks, Conrad. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: P-brick Script code terminology
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Some sort of brick metaphor would work for me. Dennis (...) -- Dennis Williamson - Certified Y2K Complacent Bad News: The next millenium starts on a Monday. Good News: You get the day off. (remove .NO and SPAM. to reply) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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(...) cool :) Heh, did you look at 6.2 yet? I installed it today, though I haven't noticed any major difference yet... :) Dan btw, since you're at BU, have you ever heard of Three Kingdoms, or more commonly, 3K? ;) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | NQC in Boston University Linux :)
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So, when we release BU Linux R1 next Tuesday [1], it will be the first [2] Linux distribution to ship with NQC included. (URL), if you care. [1] or maybe Wednesday or Thursday. Hopefully Tuesday. Depends on the wheels of bureaucracy. [2] not (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: P-brick Script code terminology
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Conrad, LEGO does refer to series of commands as 'stacks'. This comes from the Robotics Invention System RCX Code interface where a program is a literal 'stack' of instruction blocks; those who haven't used RCX Code much wouldn't recognize the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: How can RIS talk to Cybermaster
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(...) Two ways I know. 1. There is a program for the PC that will translate the Radio signal into IR and back again. 2. Take a connector and put it on the motor port of the master unit and put it to a sensor port. Now toggle the master unit's motor (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | How can RIS talk to Cybermaster
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Hello Sorry but i didn't find an answer in the Newsgroups. So how can a RIS talk to a Cybermaster System ? Thanks Karsten (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Mindstorms RIS 1.5 (9747) price?
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(...) That's why I'm on my way out to get another 2 sets and put them on eBay :-) Frank (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Mindstorms RIS 1.5 (9747) price?
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My sense is that future versions (say in time for Christmas) will have new firmware, but the new firmware will also be available to current users. I'd say you got a good deal. At DM 109, even the Droid kit is a good deal, not even counting the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Mindstorms RIS 1.5 (9747) price?
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Hi. Is this set gonna be replaced in the near future? I just picked up two sets for DM 199 (about USD 100) each here in Germany. All other stores I called today asked between 399 and 449. The Droid Dev kit sold for DM 109 in that store. Frank (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Python extension for lnp - take 2
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(...) growing depth of languages we can all use with legOS. -Luis ---...--- "As an engineer, it's important to look yourself in the eye in the mirror every morning, and remind yourself that 'marketing is everything,' and engineering doesn't matter a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Python extension for lnp - take 2
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I'd like to announce a Python extension for lnp. This runs on Linux and lets you use the python scripting language to communicate with a legOS application. See (URL) for more details. If you don't know what python is, look here: (URL) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Python extension for lnp
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I'd like to announce a Python extension for lnp. This runs on Linux and lets you use the python scripting language to communicate with a legOS application. See (URL) for more details. If you don't know what python is, look here: (URL) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | problems to compile legOS under Win98
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Hi I hope you can and want help me. I get the windows intruction from (URL) for LegOS-0.2.2 but not winlegos.exe I do all thinks in this instruction but if i compile the LEGOS for the first time i have 2 erros. 3.o floatsisf.o cmpsf2.o fixsfsi.o (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: IR Tower - Laptop Comms
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(...) I've been wondering what would happen if you 'NULL'Modem'd Two IR Towers together. Would you get a repeater tower for jumping rooms? Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Windows communication to the RCX
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Hi Manuel, (...) Very good! (...) Are you talking about source code? I would be *very* interested in something like that! ;) Thanks in advance, Antonio Ianiero (24 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Religious wars
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At 19:55 01/04/00 +0000, you wrote: >I need to pick a Linux editor for legOS programming. emacs and vi suck big >time. Anyone have a recommendation? It can not be X windows based as I >have not been able to get my video card configured correctly. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Maybe not exactly Lego, but..... Has anyone any thoughts about using the IR Tower to communicate with a Laptop's built in IR transceiver? Maybe set it up using Direct Cable Connection?? If I should ask this elsewhere, please put me straight :) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LNP problems detected
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Who is maintaining the LNP code right now? Not the stuff in the kernel, but the desktop tools? It'd be great if we could wrap that up into a package and put the source into CVS. That way, it might be easier for someone like Manuel to hack in the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Robolab 2.0
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To my knowledge this is the only Robolab site where anyone participates in any discussions about Robolab. If someone knows of another site of this kind, please post a reply. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Robolab 2.0
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I had the same problem with a single-user copy ordered in the UK. The Dacta catalogue had the wrong part number in it for RoboLab 2.0. It said it was part # 2000050, but it should have been 2000051. I called the supplier and they sent version 2.0 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Robolab 2.0
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Agghh.. Our school just ordered RoboLab (site license) from Pittsco, received it April 2nd, and IT'S ONLY 1.5 !!!!! What did we do wrong?? Can we upgrade / exchange this?? Exactly what do we need to order to get 2.0?? I was depending on the 2.0 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | LNP problems detected
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A problem appeared when trying to sent the value 16. The LNP protocal makes the folowing string F0011000 I couldnt receive in my computer the final caracter the 0. This can be a problem. Another problem, this one alowed by the protocol is the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Windows communication to the RCX
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I made a Visual C++ 5.0 application to talk to the RCX. If someone his interested I can give it. My demo sample is a remote controler to a robot with differential drive. I am using WinlegOS and I would like to contribut with this application to new (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | P-brick Script code terminology
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Hi all, Perhaps someone can clarify this for me... I've been looking at the LEGO P-brick Script code language documentation that comes with the RIS 2.0 SDK PreAlpha. I was initially confused by the numerous references to program stacks. Does 'stack' (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: problem building bugbot3.nqc in cybermaster
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(...) Just delete the SetSensor() lines. CyberMaster only supports touch sensors, so the entire sensor configuration thing isn't needed...in fact CyberMaster doesn't support some of those bytecodes (which is why many of the constants and functions (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: controling two motors with only one output?
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Indeed, your circuitry is interesting (I'm not sure though it would save time, since soldering can be pretty tedious...). But the challenge here is to make it out of Lego. (and not destroy one piece, by the way...). Denis. (...) Denis Cousineau, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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First, I must apologise for posting the wrong URL to my update. It's actually at (URL) 8?/ OK. I bit the bullet & installed egcs 1.1.2 as well. I've confirmed two things: 1. My memcpy/memset update doesn't break under egcs, and 2. gcc 2.95.2 causes (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | problem building bugbot3.nqc in cybermaster
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When I try to compila bugbot3.nqc (the code of the Dave's wonderfull book) using my cybermaster as target, the compiler return twice the following error: SENSOR_TOUCH not defined I used the command line nqc -TCM bugbot3.nqc with NQC 2.3 thanks in (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Checksum download of text to RCX
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(...) would (...) Can do... Currently a line is transmitted as <text>NL<checksum>, so a checksummed line can already be distinguished from a non-checksummed, CR-terminated line. Adding a line header (any objections against STX?) is more failsafe, of (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: sending output to LCD possible?
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(...) Not possible with the existing RCX firmware. However the RCX 2.0 firmware (currently in early-alpha) does support displaying a variable (and almost anything else) on the LCD. These operations will be available in NQC...but only when targetting (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | sending output to LCD possible?
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I skimmed through the NQC docs but I didn't see anything about sending messages to the display on the RCX. Is it possible? More specifically, sending the value of a variable to the display? I have a little robot that I plan to use to count things, I (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 PreAlpha SDK
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(...) I believe the PBBattery() command is very different from using the Battery 'data source'. Specifically, the command is direct only (after all, there's no equivalent within a program for the response data from a command). However, data sources (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx) !
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| | RE: Checksum download of text to RCX
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(...) This is a neat idea, Ernst. I think it would be a good addition to the pbForth system if we can allow the user to use it for text uploads and then switch to normal mode for interactive use. (...) I'll have to think about this a bit.. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Checksum download of text to RCX
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I wrote a simple addition to pbforth that allows it to receive text with a checksum across every line. Every line is ACK/NAK-ed and if necessary resent. Timeouts are not implemented. Now, the main word looks like this: : PBX-RECEIVE ( -- ) BEGIN (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: 0.2.4 coming?
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(...) I suppose you could call what is in CVS at sourceforge 0.2.4, especially after someone adds in Ross's patches, 0.2.4. The advantage of CVS is that we can now all get /the/ most up-to-date version of legOS. The disadvantage is that what you are (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | 0.2.4 coming?
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is 0.2.4 available yet? any clues? (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 PreAlpha SDK
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(...) Check out page 11. It states that it's DIRECT only. Not program. That's what I gather anyway... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NQC and RIS2.0 Firmware
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(...) I found the problem... When verifying the checksum, the ROM scans [8000, cc00). Since it zeros out this area initially, this would indeed reflect the checksum of the firmware, provided it is less than 4400 bytes long (in hex). NQC sums the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 PreAlpha SDK
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(...) Check out page 7 of the LASM Byte Codes doc. They've added a lot more data "sources" including one for the battery level. This means you'll be able to use the battery level the same way you currently can read Timers, the Watch, etc. Too bad (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NQC and RIS2.0 Firmware
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(...) I've been looking at that for most of today. The 2489 is basically the last packet to go to the RCX, and the error is a "checksum error" coming back from the RCX. As far as I can tell, nqc breaks with any firmware file bigger than 20K (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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