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(...) Keep in mind a "dynamics range" of 10 units is just fine, if the variation is normally only a couple units. In other words, you can reliably determine when you are seeing a light or dark surface. Making sure that the sensor is close (5 mm or (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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hi All, a happy new year to everyone ! My new year started with a broken motor, due to a fall on the ground :-( After cutting it totally open, I've managed to get it running again. For those who also have damaged motors and want to try to fix them, (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Thomas facing the same problem since very few days (I'm also a nebie) it seems that this behaviour is 'normal'. However this is not satisfying at all because the sensors dynamic range is to low for reasonable applications. Is there someone (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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All, I've just finished updating the pbForth webiste with information on the latest version of pbForth that supports DCC. Yay! Yes, you can use Mark Riley's excellent train control firmware, but if you want to write code that starts and stops trains (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I'm working at a project where I need the ability to send a message from RCX (1.5) to a Spybotic. Do anyone know the Code for this? Andreas (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: installing Robolab under Mac OS X
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(...) Any official word on this? Or just rumor? I think that would make me break down and finally buy a copy instead of fiddling with the MindStorms Software in Virtual PC ... Greetings Horst (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi John, repairing the privilegs is a very good idea ... for the first choice much better then mine. Your second idea .... also ... (...) ... but this ways does not run on newer Mac that do not boot on MacOS 9. Ralf Am 29.12.2003 20:33 Uhr schrieb (...) (21 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: installing Robolab under Mac OS X
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<snippage> (...) try running the disk utility program found in the application/utilities folder and use it to repair the privilages on the disk. this may or may not help but I know I run into this problem when trying to install OS updates. If the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: installing Robolab under Mac OS X
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Hi Holger, I definitely know that Robolab 2.5.2 is running in classic mode of MacOS X 10.2.8. So it must be something with the file owner and user rights for a file or a folder in your system (and in every other system where the software should be (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | installing Robolab under Mac OS X
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Hello, I just purchased Robolab 2.5.2 from Pitsco and am trying to install it under Mac OS 10.2. When I try the process (while logged in under an account with administrator priviledge) the installer gets to 2 or so files remaining, and then gives (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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