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(...) You could either take just the source file out of gnulibc and link it in, or you could change your setup to actually use the gnulibc (which is what I am doing, although not with legOS). (...) It depends on what you want the RNG for. If all you (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Probably a dumb question, but how do I link in another copy of libc, besides the hacked-down one already present in legOS? I can't just copy the one on top of the other, and the linker should just link in the first it finds, correct? At any (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | firmdl for Win32? (Re: random numbers)
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(...) Hi, Luis Villa - author of HOWTO has some that he will soon include into the HOWTO. If you need just random 16 bit integer, you can use for example this random = 25173*previous + 13849; but I don't know how good it is; start with an arbitrary (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) gnulibc has a good LCGM you can just link in. John A. Tamplin Traveller Information Services jat@LiveOnTheNet.COM 2104 West Ferry Way 256/705-7007 - FAX 256/705-7100 Huntsville, AL 35801 (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | LegOS HOWTO- updates
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For those of you who have looked at the LegOS HOWTO before, or for those who have not, there are some new topics covered, some of which may make you think twice about sticking to the old firmware. new topics: *random number generation. Don't make (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) [snip] (...) Yes -- check out my RoboTag program at (URL) RoboTag, the sensor is pointing at the ground, which is probably grey/brown/white, with black border lines. My program reads the light level at start, and assumes that it isn't on a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: is IR considered broken?
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Sorry it took so long to reply, Mark... I somehow seem to have deleted your mail and only noticed it on the newsgroup by accident. Here are my thoughts. (...) Uhuh. This is (apparently) not a unique experience. (...) I have not had that experience, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Light sensor initialization?
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I haven't done that yet. But if you're doing a line follower, I would suggest the following: 1. First, build the line follower in such a way that it can rotate in place and make the light sensor sweep out a circle on the ground as it rotates. 2. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Lots of new FAQ answers and some revisions
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I have just sumbitted a large number of answers to FAQ questions that hadn't been answered yet, and revisions to other answers. There is also just one answer that I did not change (-: The answers are in the lugnet.faq newsgroup. Here is an index to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.faq)
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| | random numbers
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I'm most of the way to getting it working myself, but I was curious to see if anyone has implemented a random number generator in their bot. Anyone? Anyone? -Luis ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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