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Jeremy, The motors that come with Mindstorms are geared internally, and it's probably jammed gears that are causing you woes. Your "friend" gave you some broken motors. I've never taken one apart-- it snaps together in a way that looks easy to break (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I recently inherited an RCX 1.0, a serial IR tower and a few motors from a gracious friend. After many headaches, I finally got legOS 0.2.5 running on RH 7.1 and am able to compile and DL programs to the RCX. There is one odd thing, however - of the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hey, I just discovered that my 3Com HomeConnect USB camera is extremely Lego-compatible. It's so close I have a feeling it's not an accident. I built a very nice pan-tilt mechanism for it. What fun! Anyway, now I don't feel so bad that I bought the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: Spectrum as source of Technic Spares
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"Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:CAEBIOGHPFFJALB...mts.com... (...) (URL) mpSearchCode=SP> (...) ummm, is that US funds or Canadian cause if it's Canadian then those prices are really cheap. my 0.02USD mike "new job" fusion (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) this must be char test4 = 'a'; I think. Otherwise, you won't sent an 'a' anyway. But I can't imaginge why you want to do this. Michael Ash has shown a way to fiddle the strings into a contigous data area ready to be sent. But why do you want (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) That's wrong. You should write "char test4 = 'a';", otherwise you are implicitly casting the character 'a' to a pointer to store it in test4 (the compiler should warn you about this; use -Wall to catch these errors). (...) Then this line (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: problem with lnpd...help!?
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This is really more of a general C question than an lnpd question. Anyway, the problem is with serialization; you want to take a structure in memory, and turn it into a stream of bytes, either to store in a file, send over a network, or whatever. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | problem with lnpd...help!?
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hi all. im using legOS 0.2.4 and using lnpd to communicate with my linux box. now then, here is my problem. lets imagine i have the following: foo{ int test; char *test2; void *test3; }; char *test4 = 'a'; char *test5 = 'b'; struct foo bar* = NULL; (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Spectrum as source of Technic Spares
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With all of the back and forth lately on the lack of Technic spares, I've found that Spectrum Educational Supplies in Aurora Ontario has many hard-to-get parts, including the little pneumatic pumps. Without keeping everyone in suspense... Specturm (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: legOS not working with external relay switches
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quite possibly. I havn't hooked up a scope, but it seems to be as close to full power as possible....interesting "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net> wrote in message news:006401c1c9ec$bd...ibm.com... (...) power (...) otherwise (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS not working with external relay switches
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I think I remember hearing that legOS full power is actually about 99% power ??? Something to do with an optimization to the code, which would otherwise require special handling ??? This is a vague memory - can others confirm ??? Max. ----- Original (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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A better link would be (URL) you have to find the link for the Project Home Page (under Public Areas). Ed P.S. I am not involved either! Rainer Balzerowski <balze2@gmx.net> wrote in message news:Gpn9Lo.6E@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Reading exceptions
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(...) The 0078 is the method signature number of the method where the exception was thrown. The 8, is the least significant figure of the number referring to the exception class thrown. To get further information, you must add the -verbose option to (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Book on Programming the RCX with Java
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If anyone would like more information on the new book "Core Lego Mindstorms Programming" check out my announcement on Lugnet: (URL) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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three 2200uf capacitors fixed the problem but does anyone know why the difference between legOS and the standard firmware?? "Kingsley Gifford" <kgifford@thezone.net> wrote in message news:3C8BDD44.809080...one.net... (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Fw: exponents, e^
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legOS isnt hard to setup on windows, but i think lejos is an easier environment to setup/use, especially for users who have no cygwin/unix experience.... (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Reading exceptions
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Hello, I've recently started working with lejOS and was having some dificulty with my code. When ever I get an exception, there is a buzz, the arrow under the 2 lights up, and a number like "0078 8" shows up. I was wondering how I read this number (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | legOS not working with external relay switches
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I'm in the process of "reviving" past inventions with my new knowledge of legOS. One such invention (if you can call it that) used 3 12V relay switches to control external circuits. Full power on the outputs would trigger the relays. however, under (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | New version of NQCEdit
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Version 1.6 of NQCEdit is now released. This program is a front-end IDE for the NQC command line compiler that offers syntax coloring. NQCEdit is able to do most of the things that NQC is capable of: - Compile program for all targets - Download (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RE: Psion 5mx and pbForth
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(...) Way to go Ian! I'm moving along in my attempts to get the USB tower working with pbForth. The USB tower uses ODD parity, and that cannot be changed. Sooo, to all the other environment writers out there, be aware that the next version of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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