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| Hi everyone. I just got my Robotics Invention System 2 weeks ago and decided to not even try the Lego software. I also just got the O'Reilly book in the mail. I have been able to compile LegOS 0.2.0a and download firmare & demo programs. Can someone (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
| | |  | | Re: fast firmware downloader
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| (...) I'm willing to cover the DOS port since I'm working on a DOS->RCX comm project already. I already have my HP LX200 doing minimal comm with the RCX with hopes of having it ride alongside as a computational component. -Wes Matchett (26 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
| | |  | | Re: fast firmware downloader
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| (...) I'll start by pulling the 4x code into the NQC source base. That should make it trivial to build a stand-alone command line based downloader for Win32 (95/nt/98), Linux, Solaris, and Mac 68k/ppc under MPW. We could also get Win3.1 and DOS (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
| | |  | | Re: legOS limitation
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| Hi Colin, (...) The one task per priority level requirement is gone at least since March. There is a priority chain mechanism now, with round-robin scheduling within a priority level. (...) Yes, a task won't die while higher-priority tasks are (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
| | |  | | Re: IR questinos and more
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| Hi Sergey, (...) if you intend only to transmit, you may just disable receiving altogether. (...) for an axle. yes, angle=rotation. (...) using the rotation sensor. otherwise, slippage may occur. night, markus. (26 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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