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(...) Bob: Great page. :) I have one point of interest. When I have used Isopropyl Alcohol (at 99%) to clean the button contacts of tv remote controls, I have found that the black "rubber" button can degrade and erode. Maybe someone with more (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Cleaning the RCX
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I have been working on a page to assist in the cleaning of the contacts on the RCX. Principally the battery connections to the pc board and the control button contacts. If you have performed this service before, please check my work and see if (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | 3Com HomeConnect camera - very Lego-compatible
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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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| | 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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| | 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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| | Re: Is the program running?
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Is the program running?
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Deleting Programs
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(...) If you mean wiping the firmware, press ON and Prgm at the same time. If you want to delete individual programs, I've cooked up a little C code (on the PC side) to do that. It requires liblnp and lnpd. If you want, I'll post it or e-mail it to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BricxCC release 3.3.4.2
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(...) First, you are doing a great job! The support for pbForth is a good idea. And there is only one thing to make BricxCC better, if someone port it to Linux. Best Regards Joerg (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | BricxCC release 3.3.4.2
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I've just released a new version of BricxCC. This release add support for downloading non-standard firmwares (such as pbForth). I've also added support for several languages other than NQC with user customizable syntax highlighting. These languages (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: ForthPad v0.9
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I'm re-posting this message at the lugnet.robotics.rcx level in case anyone missed it. I've put together a stand-alone application which I am calling ForthPad. It is a Windows executable which should run on any version of Windows from 95 on up. It (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: h8/300 16-bit multiply
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(...) <snipped code...> Are you sure that it works for signed numbers :-) (...) If you like, I can give you some notes on how my Forth was developed. I'm using a simple pseudo-assembler that lets me port this Forth to a new processor in less than a (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: h8/300 16-bit multiply
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Thanks. I have a version just 2 words longer that doesn't use the ROM code. Basically it's the ROM's code, trimmed down after assuming high words are zero initially. It's completely untested though, so there may be a bug. CODE UM* \ 16x16=32 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: h8/300 16-bit multiply
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(...) The easiest thing is to cast your 16 bit values to 32 bits and use the built-in 32x32 multiply... Here's the code from pbForth that does it. (It's written in a pseudo- assebler, but you can probably figure it out...) #---...--- # UM* UM* ( u1 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: pbrick.dll
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(...) spirit.ocx (...) as for the spirit.ocx? (...) comes in the (...) Hi, I don't know about pbrick.dll, but Lego finally made the RIS2 SDK available. Besides a linkable API dll ("Ghost") it also contains a COM server with functionality similar to (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | h8/300 16-bit multiply
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I'm trying to implement a 16bit multiply that leaves a 32bit result on the H8/300. The RCX ROM includes 16x16=16 and 32x32=32 multiplication routines, but not the intermediate step. Any hints or pointers? (it should be straightforward, but my eyes (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | pbrick.dll
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Hi everyone, I found this replacement controller of the spirit.ocx Does anyone know if there is any documentation for pbrick.dll?Or is it the same as for the spirit.ocx? Another question:Does the pbrick.dll support the USB tower that comes in the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Power to RCX
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Hi every one, Thanks for all your help on my previous inquiery. My other idea is, to power my newly acquired Scout with a Solar panel. The Solar panel (car battery saver) is 12V at ~70mA; which I intend to connect a Voltage converter (ready made (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Java Mindstorms API
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Hi Keith, (...) on the site I saw: To build an equivalent system for on-board ML programming of the RCX using the Lejos operating system Great project, finally there will be a decent programming language for the RCX ;-) Should better get going with (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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