 | | [ANN] pbForth Version 2.1.2 Release with Example Scripts
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The new 2.1.2 Version of pbForth has support for background processing and saving your work as an SREC file that you can load agin like regular firmware. This means you no longer have to load the base pbForth firmware and then load all the text (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Browse the Web with an RCX Brick
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Lawrie Griffiths, one of the developers of the leJOS project, has created some cool packages that allow web browsing among other things. Check out the details and photographs of this in action: (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.rcx) !!
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| | Workshop 3D RCX Challenge #4 Results
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Earlier today was the Workshop 3D RCX Challenge #4. There were dozens of competitors, and even more robots. This was the best turnout yet for the number of competitors and robots at this event! Below is a summary of the results. For the full (and (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Code-only Line-tracking event results
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It's time for the Workshop 3D RCX Challenge again. The main event will take place tomorrow, from 1pm to about 4pm. It should be webcast. Check out (URL) and (URL) for details tomorrow morning. This year the Code-Only Line-Tracking event was held the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Turning the RCX off and on again (was: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed))
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For the Workshop3D Event I use the following construct, the button handling is from the book "Extreme Mindstorms": : main ( -- ) \ Main Task init \ do main initialize ( ... ) BEGIN ( ... ) BUTTON_SCAN BUTTON_RUN? IF ( ... ) \ Calibrating BEGIN ( ... (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Turning the RCX off and on again (was: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed))
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I need to look at some items for Joerg, but I'll also look at a small supervisor that integrates the View,Run,Prgm,and On/Off buttons. This hsould be pretty easy and would be a good bit of example code. Cheers, Ralph (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Turning the RCX off and on again (was: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed))
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(...) off (...) True. But I find not very practical to be forced to use the terminal to switch off the RCX or start the program again, expecially when you are attending a contest or take your robot to an exhibit. What I meant by "supervisor" is some (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Two RCX with one IR-Tower
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Hello, I want to control two RCX with one ir-tower. The problem is that the RCX should send back status information. Sending information to the RCX is quite easy: Both RCX receive the message but only one will perform the command. I found (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Turning the RCX off and on again (was: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed))
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(...) If you have the new version 2.1 the POWER-OFF word via terminal to shut off and the red button to power on works fine. If you have an earlier version (1.2x) you have to use the words RCX_INIT and POWER_INIT to initialize the brick and the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Turning the RCX off and on again (was: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed))
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Mario, i'm interested in pbForth example scripts, too. Furthermore, the "supervisor" you suggested could be the answer to one of my questions in (URL) concerning turning the RCX off and on without loosing pbForth: 2) According to Knudsen, i have to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed)
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Thanks Ralph, this is great news. I just got the new USB tower, and considering my revived interest for pbForth your new version arrives really at the right time. What IMHO would really boost the spreading of pbForth, is the availability of some (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed)
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For everyone that has been interested in firmware speed over the last few days, I am ready to announce the latest version of pbForth. This version supports the USB tower under Windows!!!! (URL) An empty loop of 20,000 interations takes less than 1 (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: What happened to Spirit.ocx?
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(...) Hi Kenny, Spirit.ocx can only be used with the serial tower. RIS 2.0 contains a USB-tower, so spirit.ocx doesn't work anymore. Have a look at this message. (URL) a replacement for spirit.ocx is announced. Regards, Rainer (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | What happened to Spirit.ocx?
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Hello.. I've just upgraded my RIS 1.0 to version 2.0 and it appears Lego have stopped using the Spirit.ocx. I'm a little confused, I've used the spirit.ocx within Macromedia Director in the past to write interfaces and programs to control my RCX. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | B.Sc in LEGO
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Hi all. I'm a student in my 4 year, learning electronics. For my final project, I got an approval to make a project with LEGO Mindstorm. Basically it's a standard robotic hand that picks up LEGO parts, recognize them (using Image processing & (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Phantom - The Spirit.ocx replacement is now available.
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I am happy to announce that Phantom.dll, a replacement for the Spirit.ocx is now available for general download. Phantom implements the complete functionality of the Spirit.ocx with the exception of the CyberMaster only calls. Release Candidate 1 is (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS parts questions
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(...) The RCX 1.0 in RIS 1.0 has a jack, the RCX 1.0 in RIS 1.5 doesn't (unfortunately, I have two of them). The 2.0 on the RCX 2.0 is purely for decoration, there's no user visible difference whatsoever to the RCX 1.0 without the jack. Jürgen (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: RIS parts questions
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(...) The Parts Catalog software (see lugnet.db.inv) can both read HTML pages saved from Peeron and compute set differences - but you need Win2K William (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RIS parts questions
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Hi Johnathan, Aside from some very minor changes in the parts and the RIS software, the only difference between kits is the RCX 1.0 has an AC jack, which comes in handy for stationary robots like robotic arms or sorting machines. I've heard that the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RIS parts questions
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(...) That didn't change. (...) 2.0 software is better (...) didn't change (...) Nothing. (...) I don't think there's a 1.0 downgrade option :-), I think the difference is only a few pieces. You can compute the set difference from the Peeron (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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