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A new newsgroup/mailing-list lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab has just been created. ROBOLAB is a cross-platform (PC & Mac) graphical environment for programming the LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robotics Invention System (e.g., RCX). ROBOLAB, like NQC, does not (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.admin.general)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Welcome to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab (group): Focused discussion group for ROBOLAB, a graphical environment for programming the LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ RIS: questions, comments, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 availablilty
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(...) That and Lego must be investing in battery companies ... :) -Lee. (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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I hate to admit it, but the version of Turbo C++ I just pulled out is 1.00. I departed from the Borland compiler shortly after acquiring this version and did not keep up with advances. Would I gain any advantages by finding a later version, or (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: fast firmware downloader
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(...) Yeah. Not sure about the hardware interface, though. Would it be possible to run the DOS executable to generate a binary and then download it otherwise? I too am not sure what this whole discussion is about- if it is just NQC, then it is (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: fast firmware downloader
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(...) I tried to do a DJGPP build of binutils and it didn't work for me. I really didn't want to spend more time futzing with the tools, and I was already using Cygwin, so I used one of the precompiled toolsets. I think you are just a lazy typer, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) Actually, lots of packages try to deal with filenames intelligently. QT, for example, has normal C++ NamingConventions, but uses lowercaseonly file names. I try to do the same. Notice how direct-sensor.h became dsensor.h in 0.2.0, as well as (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: fast firmware downloader
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(...) Wes and Dave, I pulled out an ancient copy of Turbo C++ 3.0 for DOS. It compiles most of the code but chokes on the >8 character file names. I might have to try Microsoft VC++ next....to make a DOS executable. I also found a DOS C Comm library (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) Wes, A good place to start with the porting is to grab the latest NQC source code from www.enteract.com/~dbaum/nqc and take a look at the family of PSerial classes in the platform directory. Create a new class (e.g. PSerial_dos) that (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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