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Subject: 
RE: fast firmware downloader
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth
Date: 
Sat, 30 Oct 1999 23:54:36 GMT
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On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Ralph Hempel wrote:
I think even Linux runs old DOS executables, right?

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 definitely doable- not sure about the downloader.
-Luis

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  RE: fast firmware downloader
 
(...) 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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