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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dave Baum wrote: <snip> (...) Dave, Your efforts in the RCX programming language are very much appreciated! I know that my enjoyment of the RCX was very much tied into using NQC. Thank you so much for your time and (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Thank you for your work. You are one of people that was really helpfull for the mindstorms community .... nanobapt (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Thanks a lot, Dave, for all the time and energy you have put in NQC, I am sure that John, who already carried RCXcc to new heights with BricxCC, will be able to keep this project alive - and well ! I think that TLC is in debt with you too, so (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Dave, Thank you so much for your hard work and wonderful support of MindStorms over the years! I discovered NQC shortly after I got my first RIS set, and I attribute my discovery of LUGNET itself to my search for that cool underground RCX (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Thank you so much Dave. Just to let you know that I decided to enter the MINDSTORM world because of your NQC. In Japanese we say "Gokurosama deshita !". Best regards, Liem PH (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I guess it's time to say "Thank you!". You did really much. You spent tremendous effort in developing NQC and I think everybody appreciates it. We owe you a lot. Thank you once again Robert (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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NQC version 2.5r3 has been released: (URL) is my last release of NQC. John Hansen will be maintaining NQC in the future. John has done some great work with BricxCC, and has plenty of energy and good ideas for improvements to NQC. He is primarily a (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc) !!
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(...) Suggestion, dont use Cygwin at all. Provide a pre-compiled version of: 1.GCC built for host=MingW (ligtweight toolchain for win32 systems that doesnt need bulky cygwin dlls) and target=rcx or whatever. 2.the BrickOS tools buit using MingW and (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Hi Henrik Thanks for the pointers.... I've got it working a lot better than in the video now but have a way to go to get as good as Steve's. I'll try and get the video's updated in the next couple of days. I'm keen to hear what you and Steve make (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) I have a movie of my robot balancing pretty good. Sadly I don't have a website to put it on. However, from watching your movies my tip to you would be to reduce the power to the motors (a lot!) and increase the distance from the surface to the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) I'm looking into the problems that have been reported to me regarding using the pre-built compiler tools & cygwin on Win98. (...) IC4, so far as I can tell, doesn't have a command-line compiler which makes it quite a bit more difficult to (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) Thanks Chris, for the explanation, I gave it a first try this morning, and it seems to work (at least for the replacement of spirit.ocx)!! But I have to change some more coding: for example, the program automaticaly searches for the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) It's been awhile since I've used VB to do anything, but these instructions look like they will work. To add a bit more detail: 1. Download the Phantom OCX and install it on your system. I don't know if Phantom registers itself on your (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, has anyone tried to make JP Brown's Cubesolver ((URL) compatible with the USB Tower? I saw on (URL) there is a replacement for spirit.ocx (used for the serial tower), called phantom, and on that website it says "...delete the Spirit.ocx control (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Dear Scott, Unfortunately it is still true that Interactive C does not support the USB-tower, but I am pretty sure this will be changed with the further releases (I recently bought a serial-tower at Shop.Lego for 16.99 Euro only!). But it (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) I'm just passing the following on for everyone else to read. scott Hi Scott, I don't have posting privs to all these lugnet lists, but just want to let you know that actually IC does support encoders (rotation sensors). It's just not (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Hi A while ago I looked at using IC for writing programs. At the time there were 2 major turnoffs. There was no support for rotation sensors and you needed to own one of the serial infrared towers. It was easy to install and it had its own firmware. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Dear John, Thank you very much for the further improvement of Brixcc! I could install the package including brickOS on a Win 98 system as well as download the related firmware, but could not compile any of the demos!? Besides that: You said: "Of (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) Chris! I had the same kit as a kid! I've been trying to remember the name of it for a little while now. Every once in a while I search on eBay hoping it might show up in an auction... No luck so far. I remember the tray was made of metal and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) ...snip... This reminds me of a modular circuit design set that my family had when I was very young. Circuit elements were housed in square plastic boxes about 1-inch on a side. The cases were clear plastic, except for the tops, which were (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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