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All, As I've mentioned before, I have a version of pbForth firmware for the RCX that allows you to control trains modified with DCC controllers. The benefit of pbForth is that you can write, test, and debug your application interactively using (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Help w/install _or_ It all went so well
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(...) You should uninstall cygwin and delete its directory tree if it is left behind. Then run both installers (the brickoslejos installer second) and you should be ready to go. You don't need to do a configure or make of brickOS if you use these (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: failure in communicaton between RCX & IR Tower
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well, the IR tower is fired when I tested out with different powered hubs. I used 2.0 powered hub, the same symptom occured... the OS crashed in the identical fashion. When I used 1.0 powered hub, the tower mysterably ceased to response, then the OS (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Help w/install _or_ It all went so well
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No,I didn't know they existed. What steps should I take to use the installer in an already existing install? -Wes (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: failure in communicaton between RCX & IR Tower
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hi, all, I'm going to dig into my big cable/accessories bin to for my powered usb hub tonight. I don't have a pc-usb card though. Bob, please post if your test with the pc card work... -- thank you very much... E ===...=== (...) of (...) tower (...) (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: failure in communicaton between RCX & IR Tower
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(...) I am having almost the same issues. I want to share my story because some of the key elements in your story match mine exactly: Computer: Toshiba Satellite/WinXP/3-USB 2.0 RCX 1.0 USB tower Software: RIS 2.0, SDK 2.5, Bricxcc (all have same (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: failure in communicaton between RCX & IR Tower
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(...) This sounds identical to the situation described by Rob Hendrix in (URL) Anderson from LEGO suggested via email that the USB port may not be giving the tower sufficient current. Perhaps you could try a powered hub? John Hansen (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: failure in communicaton between RCX & IR Tower
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Hi, Nathan, I truly suspect that the issue is the Toshiba hardware of this particular laptop model. I have 3 Dell desktops, 3 laptops. They all have built in usb ports, either 2.0 or 1.0. They all work fine, with the identical setup up, even with (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Help w/install _or_ It all went so well
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(...) Did you consider using my all-in-one pre-built installers? (URL) work well with XP & W2K (and presumably Win2003). There are problems with earlier OS versions. I've had several people tell me that using these pre-built installers was much (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Help w/install _or_ It all went so well
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hmmmm.... Now I have a different problem - the next step in the process: $ make strip strip fontdesign.exe strip: fontdesign.exe: No such file or directory make: *** [strip] Error 1 Is there a missing step to create fontdesign.exe? (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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