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Re: pBricks & W2K?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:07:55 GMT
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I had *no* trouble installing RIS 1.5 on my Win2K system, and it runs pretty
well, most
of the time. But then, I don't program in RIS myself, only use it to answer
questions for
people doing FLL and using the RIS programming environment.
-Peter
Coach, FLL Team #1096: The Unibots
"Ben Carter" <geckois@home.com> wrote in message
news:3A3E4DC8.5090006@home.com...
> No, it won't, here's what I did:
> Install the software, it will probably crap out on parts of the
> QuickTime 2 & 3 installation, continue thru everything to the end.
> Don't bother trying to run the installed software, it won't, but the key
> components you need to program the rcx will have been installed. (the
> firmware will be on your HD, the drivers for the IF tower will have been
> installed, and the OCX for programming the RCX directly will have been
> installed.
>
> Now, you will need a third party tool to program your RCX. I've listed 2
> below:
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> BrickCommand can be downloaded at
> http://www.geocities.com/area51/nebula/8488/lego.html
> RCX Command Center can be downloaded at http://www.cs.uu.nl/~markov/lego/
> (Link appears to be down at the moment...)
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> From either of these apps, you can download the firmware to your RCX to
> begin programming.
> Both of these apps let you write programs and download them to your RCX.
> Both have lots of tools to help you along as well. Yes, it is a little
> bit more complicated than using the drag-drop programming model Lego
> supplies, but in trade you get access to alot more functionality.
>
> Hope this helps get you going!
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>
> Matthew Fisher wrote:
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> > Can Lego's RIS 1.5 included software run on Windows2000?
> >
> >
>
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| You must not have had QuickTime 4 installed previously. The RIS software forces install of QT2 and 3 (pretty damned archaic if you ask me) and if you already have 4 installed, which huge numbers of people do now, yer up the crick. As I mentioned (...) (26 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: pBricks & W2K?
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| No, it won't, here's what I did: Install the software, it will probably crap out on parts of the QuickTime 2 & 3 installation, continue thru everything to the end. Don't bother trying to run the installed software, it won't, but the key components (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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