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I'm trying to figure out how much memory the RCX has. Many sources claims that it has - 16k rom - 16k ram for the firmware - 6k reserved for our own programs Does this mean the RCX has 22k of RAM memory? What an odd number... Also, when I perform (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: rcx 1.0 and an ac adaptor
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| | Re: Radio Shack CDS cells in parallel
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(...) ----- True, but the RS CDS cells are cheap and using them in parallel or series also changes the response range, since all the resistances change with light levels. This would be most dramatic in the series connected case at the low resistance (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Radio Shack CDS cells in parallel
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(...) I built a sensor out of one of those and it works fine, so yours is probably defective. I superglued mine to the top of a 2x2 brick with the studs removed. You can see my high tech design at (URL)I tried this idea and it worked. You can put (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: rcx 1.0 and an ac adaptor
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(...) According to Knudsen's book, AC or DC in either polarity is fine (which is great!). That's the only place I've seen the input characteristics mentioned, is there an "official" spec anywhere? One thing you might want to be careful of: I read (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | rcx 1.0 and an ac adaptor
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I have an rcx 1.0 and a universal adaptor (the kind with the different plug sizes and voltage settings). Two questions: (1) Do i have to worry about polarity? I found the right size adaptor, plugged it in, and it worked fine. Did i get lucky or is (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Radio Shack CDS cells in parallel
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When I first checked out the Radio Shack CDS cell five packs, the cells were all alike, about 1/4 inch and flat on two sides. But when I went back, I found some packs that had different cells. They had three of the usual small ones and a 1/2 inch (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RCX.pm 0.7 released
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I would like to announce the release of version 0.7 of RCX.pm. This perl module allows you to communicate with your RCX. It has been developed and tested under Linux, though it most likely will run under other UNIX's. To find out more information (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: lego photo scanner... Quite C?
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(...) Y'know, this is a cute name, but it's kind of confusing! (26 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Tactical Robot - A robot that play a board game REALLY!!!
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(...) original LEGO firmware can be busted wide open when you look at alternative firmware. In Francesco's case, packaging a C library for everyone is a big step forward. Many of you may remember that Kekoa's original C interface to the ROM was done (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Tactical Robot - A robot that play a board game REALLY!!!
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WOW! I didn't know any thing like that was possible with the RCX. Does it know when it wins? How long did it take to program? Thats incredibly. (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Tactical Robot - A robot that play a board game REALLY!!!
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I have done a 5-level depth robot that play a real board game (URL) Francesco (26 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: lego photo scanner... Quite C?
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Are you using Quite C? -- ___...___ Ferrara Francesco Jay <getochkn@home.com> wrote in message news:Fp0z10.D4H@lugnet.com... (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX.pm 0.6 released
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I almost forgot the change list. I added some POSIX serial port controll. It shold now set you serial port correctly. If you have any problems or suggestions please let me know. John C. Quillan quillan@doitnow.com (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I would like to announce the release of version 0.6 of RCX.pm. This perl module allows you to communicate with your RCX. It has been developed and tested under Linux, though it most likely will run under other UNIX's. To find out more information (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | LEGO Mindstorms needs volunteers in Chicago on Feb 5, 2000
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Dear All The following is copied from the LEGO Mindstorms site. Volunteers are still needed as of this morning, so if you want to participate, call now. ---- BEGIN QUOTE ---- Do you live in Chicago? If you are male, age 18-40 years old and use the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | new german "LEGO® Cybermaster + Mindstorms ROBOTICS-Forum"
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Hi, good news for all german-language legoists: there opened a new cybermaster and mindstorm forum at parsimony. adress is (URL) volker (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: [PDF] step-by-step Grabber Arm instructions from legomindstorms.com
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Thanks, Jim, for this fix. I didn't paid attention to this while writting to fast.... ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim West <Jim@jameswest.com> To: chv <chv@crazyrobots.com>; <lugnet.robotics.rcx...ugnet.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: [PDF] step-by-step Grabber Arm instructions from legomindstorms.com
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Thanks, Jim, for this fix ! (...) directly (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: [PDF] step-by-step Grabber Arm instructions from legomindstorms.com
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FYI... Get rid of the ending slash on the last URL to get there. It should just be: (...) Jim West NIC Team Lead NIC Oracle Developer and DBA in Training NIC Chief Cook and Bottle Washer MCI Worldcom (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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