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"Ralf Krause" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:B662C15A.A0C%kr....web.de... (...) ... (...) very (...) The book is also available here in the UK - try (URL) for 10% off the RRP. Dan (25 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Matthew Fisher" <matthew.fisher@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:G5q9vI.EsB@lugnet.com... (...) I did not have any trouble installing it and running it a little, but most of my development happens in nqc now. :) -john (25 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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The tower is just a serial device! No driver (other than that supplied by Win2K) needed! You can also use NQC to program your brick, or order RoboLab ($25) from Pitsco (www.pldstore.com). Here are my biases: RCX code teaches you *nothing* about real (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Aaron Nabil" <nabil@spiritone.com> wrote in message news:G5s74v.ECM@lugnet.com... (...) what (...) mindscript (...) I stand corrected. I guess I should have upgraded to 1.5 after all. RCX2's Mindscript language does appear to be much better than (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Michael Gasperi" <gasperi@alynk.com> wrote in message news:G5s1Dx.KnC@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) The "real" 1.5 RCX code is a text file, when you make a program, that's what it makes. It appears to be a slightly less elegant version of RCX2 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) There are no IR drivers required -- it connects to a serial port and Windoze already has serial drivers. John A. Tamplin LiveOnTheNet.COM, Inc. jat@LiveOnTheNet.COM 2104 West Ferry Way 256/705-7007 - FAX 256/705-7100 Huntsville, AL 35801 (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I guess I need the SPRIT.ocx file as well?!?! "Matthew Fisher" <matthew.fisher@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:G5s1p1.LJK@lugnet.com... (...) 2-3 (...) the (...) is (...) CD... (...) for (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Thank you very much Ben for taking the time to help me. I called up Lego and they say they're sending me the CD, but it'll take 2-3 weeks! So much for a Merry Christmas. :( I suspect your suspicions are correct about a driver being required for the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Ben Erwin" <ben@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:G5ovr6.Jro@lugnet.com... (...) my (...) programs, (...) I don't think the real RCX Code is ever in this text form. You find these text files on the CD, but when you make RCX Code programs they (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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You'll be waiting quite a while I'm afraid. I just got my RCX about 4 weeks ago and am running Win2k, of course the included software doesn't work on Win2k. actually, it only works on Win98 and 95, and not always then. I sent a message to support, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, in Germany you can get the new book "Extreme Mindstorms - An advanced guide to Lego Mindstorms" from Dave Baum, Michael Gasperi, Ralph Hempel and Luis Villa. It 's great!! If you are interested in some deeper hardware informations, RCX 2.0 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Can Lego's RIS 1.5 included software run on Windows2000? (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, has anybody an idea to use the vision command with a macintosh? All newer Macintosh have usb for connecting the camera but there comes no driver for it from Lego. Ralf (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) it surprised me, since i dind't know that rcx code was text... (robolab sure isn't text) and yes, i realize that the browser has no lego-awareness and that a similar effect can be seen with some text editors. i still think its cool. (...) yeah (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) That is not very surprising, as RCX Code is text. So there is no LEGO-awareness in the browser. (...) Yes, they did the right thing using text for storage of programs. Jürgen (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I should add that this was Internet Explorer 5.5. I just discovered that this does not work with Netscape... although maybe there is some setting that you can do to make it happen. Of course, I could always link the .rcx extension with launching (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I don't know if this has already been discovered a dozen times before (I would search to find out, but the text search cgi is down!)... but I just found something cool. If you put a link to any RCX Code program with a .rcx extension in a web browser (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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