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(...) They don't, but they need bignums (really big integers). (...) the API is in java.math.BigInteger . (...) You could just run PPP over it I suppose, with some encryption (IPSec?) on top of it. Would be dead slow, though. The charm of the RCX (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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"Barney Hilken" <barneyhilken@mac.com> wrote in message news:Gsq8J6.Ds9@lugnet.com... (...) There is no direct way to interrogate the RCX with standard firmware. However, it could be simply handled programmatically. Use a global variable to set a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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By all means use lejOS, but don't think that legOS is hard to get working on Windows. Max. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dubravetz" <david_dubravetz@hotmail.com> To: <lugnet.robotics.rcx...ugnet.com> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 4:57 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Does anyone know how to poll the RCX (with standard firmware 2.0) to find out whether a program has terminated yet? If you can see the LCD, you can see whether the little man is still moving, but can you check this from a host computer? The (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I've mentioned my attempts to get a psion series 5 to talk to pbForth before. I've finally got it sorted enough to be useful. Anyone with a Psion Series 5mx machine (possibly a series 5 also) may like to look at (URL) It transfers firmware and text (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) If you need floating point numbers the leJOS JVM for the RCX uses floating point: (URL) seems like a very intersting idea. I actually wanted to skip the RCX altogether and somehow link up a networking protocol using just the IR Towers. One (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) It really isn't that limited when you consider other platforms that run full PK systems, such as the Dallas Semiconductor iButton. It has a much more limited processors, more limited RAM, and you write your code in Java so it has to be (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Excellent point, Benton Jackson e-mailed me with the following: (...) Good idea using a external sensor to seed some sort of random number generator function. However, the codebase for PGP is pretty darned large and after looking at the source (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) The key word is a "good" generator. Random() is way too predictable to use in a crypto application. (24 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Remote control and lejos: You can download a Java object to accept commands from the remote. Check out (URL) lejos. Roger (24 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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