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| (...) works (...) and (...) as to (...) BrickOS (...) both (...) I'm no expert on leJOS, but I've experienced a similar problem with my LDCC firmware and the NQC downloader. Originally the memory sequence in my .srec file was non-contiguous (i.e. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| Hello all Mindstorms fans! I have a few questions regarding Robotic Sumo (Lego Mindstorms Robotic Sumo that is). I have gotten interested in Robotic Sumo and would like to learn a few more things about it. I would also like to know if everyone does (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| So I've got BricxCC compiling and downloading leJOS programs now. That's exciting (for me, at least). I'm using lejosrun.exe to download the .bin file to the brick. It takes a *long* time to download. Is there some way to download a program to leJOS (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| (...) Hi Steve, Here's a handy table: TYPE BITS MIN MAX ===...=== char 8 0 255 unsigned char 8 0 255 signed char 8 -128 127 int 16 -32768 32767 unsigned int 16 0 65535 unsigned 16 0 65535 long 32 -2147483648 2147483647 unsigned long 32 0 4294967295 (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Lego RCX Emulator
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| Hello, In this mail I want to advertise my Lego emulator, again. This emulates a Lego RCX brick on hardware level, so it should run any firmware you like. You can find it at this URL: (URL) can emulate multiple RCXes communicating via infrared and (...) (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: to analog as rcx is to programming plastic
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| (...) Chris! I had the same kit as a kid! I've been trying to remember the name of it for a little while now. Every once in a while I search on eBay hoping it might show up in an auction... No luck so far. I remember the tray was made of metal and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: I'm passing the NQC torch...
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| (...) Your contribution to the Mindstorms community through NQC has been fantastic. When I started with Mindstorms, that was the only language I used for a long time. Thanks and the very best regards !! KK (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| (...) Please allow me add my sincere thanks to Dave for all the hard work he has put in over the last few years. As far as I am concerned, RIS only really appeals to me because of the access that NQC has permitted to the RCX. Were we to have been (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| NQC version 2.5r3 has been released: (URL) is my last release of NQC. John Hansen will be maintaining NQC in the future. John has done some great work with BricxCC, and has plenty of energy and good ideas for improvements to NQC. He is primarily a (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc) !!
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| (...) Two problems: 1. From what I've read about the problem, the speed I ran it at was right in the "sweet spot". 2. BrickOS would not qualify for the competition. I wonder if (hope?) the recent unavailability of rotation sensors at Pitsco is (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, FTX)
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| (...) Tyler, Happy to be of help! Regarding Garbage Collection, I'm not usually one to criticise without being able to suggest a better alternative. In this case, I think most GC systems could be improved by mimicking the concept of "smart pointers" (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Hi Iain! (...) Cool! (...) I have a question about this: If NDEBUG is defined, shouldn't it still execute x? That is, shouldn't the code in assert.h (or wherever) be: #ifdef NDEBUG #define assert(x) (x) #else #define assert(x) if (x) else (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| (...) <delurk> The first definition of assert is the correct, standard definition. However there is a slight boo boo in the original post in the line: assert (myptr = malloc (sizeof (mystruct)); Which will delete the malloc when NDEBUG is defined. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| "nanobapt" <nanobapt@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message news:3FF961FA.404050...adoo.fr... (...) set, (...) of (...) Hi, Thanks for that reply. If the fiber optics cable in the spybotics set have an identical length to the RIS2.0 one then it seems Peeron's (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| (...) For more fun with asserts: See if your compiler supports the FILE and LINE macros (or something equivilant). #ifdef NDEBUG #define assert(x) ((void)0) #else #define assert(x) if (x) else assertfail(FILE,LINE); #endif your assert_fail function (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| (...) I agree it seems to be the wrong way round. That's the standard implementation. NDEBUG seems to stand for "No debug". One advantage of making it negative, is that you get the assert()s if you don't do anything (ie dont define NDEBUG). BTW, (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| Thanks, Tim. I haven't used the #x idiom myself - I like it. Your implementation with the boolean: (...) Will need an extra level of parenthesis surrounding the bool so that its declaration scope is made local. You can certainly go to town with this (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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