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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Joseph Woolley writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Ok, so I was wrong about this. I double checked the standard task scheduler, and sure enough, it cycles through the high priority tasks, until all are P_WAITING, then moves (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Final RFC on next legOS release (would have been legOS 0.2.6)
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Concerning the name change, call for ideas and a vote, I would suggest that a NEW thread entitled similar to "Call for legOS name change" be created in lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos. The details when worked out and as outlined in the rlswork doc should (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RFC: smaller task scheduler
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"Stephen M Moraco" <stephen_moraco@agilent.com> wrote in message news:GtKIM4.Gws@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> (...) Sounds good. Now, who would like to provide a second opinion? BTW, as far as intended purpose of the task scheduler... I can see how (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Deleting Programs
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That would be great. Thanks Mark! Obviously, it will be prudent to make some or all of these optional at compile time... but I believe at least half of them are useful for most users. Anyone have an idea of priority on this addition? Should it be (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RFC: smaller task scheduler
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Joseph Woolley writes: <snip> (...) This is exciting... <snip> (...) Good work on this! Since you have the config and simple swap we'll need to prove that both versions are still working and I'd like a 2nd opinion (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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(...) Sounds good to me, I'll fix them up and put them in as patches. As far as keeping things small they will be able to be excluded at compile time, much like everything else in LegOS. It is probably also a good idea to have all 3rd party sensors (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Deleting Programs
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(...) I created a user space program which does some of this. I call it "inspector" as it mostly inspects the values of sensors. It also shows the current battery reading and how long the RCX has been on. The UI is pretty simple to use. It also (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Final RFC on next legOS release (would have been legOS 0.2.6)
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(...) Since there has to be a name change, perhaps keep the numbering for continuity? Unless you think we should go direct to 0.3.0 :-) Max. (22 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Deleting Programs
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And another option would be: 3.5) View/Set RCX ID for lnp. <snip> (...) <snip> - Joe (22 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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(...) Stephen, My SourceForge id is emanlove. And a few comments ... - Although you say the idea of a distribution shape is minor, it might be useful to start off using this so that we can be consistant from the beginning. And it sounds like a good (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Deleting Programs
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Per message: (URL) there be a way to delete programs via the RCX buttons? Or perhaps just a dll -delete option? I have concidered adding a simple menu (using the view button or something in program.c perhaps) Could provide these functions: 1) View (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Another LegOS Feature - Combo Sensor
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With the latest surge of interest in updating LegOS, I’d like to offer an idea that I think would be nice to add. A few months ago, someone posted some sensor code that allowed a light sensor and a rotation sensor to be connected to the same port. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RFC: smaller task scheduler
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I have been working on some changes to the task scheduler (and therefore execi, kill, killall) and have reduced the size/complexity a bit. I think it is ready for use (although I am going to continue to test it). Here is a bit of info. about it: (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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"Stephen M Moraco" <stephen_moraco@agilent.com> wrote in message news:GtIG2u.7Gy@lugnet.com... (...) I believe the firmdl application could load the .srec, look for a tag and replace the tag with the user selected RCX ID. Then transmit as it always (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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(...) Thanks for reading it. (...) I'll need time to play with this. It seems to me this is not the first time this has been mentioned in this news group. Has anybody thought of using the downloader as a means for setting the RCX id? Seems to me it (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Final RFC on next legOS release (would have been legOS 0.2.6)
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We are now actively deciding what the next release of legOS will be. (yes there will be a name change and, likely, the numbering will change but -for now- let's call it legOS 0.2.6) I've put together a more formal description of what we know today. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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I read over the proposed release changes for 0.2.6, just a few ideas. I recently picked up a second RCX and found it quite difficult to do development using legOS on two RCXs. I might just be missing something, but I had to maintain two seperate (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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This looks good so far Stephen. I agree with the time-to-release remarks (although I love to dive in to new code 8-) Also, I like the idea of not updating to a new compiler (as I just got this machine setup and the compiler working well). I am (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Name suggestion
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I think I suggested this before, but how about Leg-OS. This isn't easily confusable with Lego, and allows us to keep saying "leg os". mark (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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And don't forget: We need a new NAME!!! There is no reference to legOS on the LEGO MINDSTORMS homepage. I understand their reason for this but it would be good for brickOS (formerly known as legOS) to get more popular. Mike (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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