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Hi You go to all the hassle of making LegOS available for us Windows users and still we have questions. I'm really struggling and can not find anything in the docs or Lugnet to help (that I understand) and so I would really apreciate some help. I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS for Windows
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Install ActivePerl ((URL) switch to the boot directory, and type MAKE. That's it. What you can't build with this package are the various command line tools (makelx.exe, firmdl3.exe, dll.exe), nor the cross compiler. Rossz (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: rotation sensor mystery solved?
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(...) Will this version also work with fresh batteries and short cable, or do we have to change tables depending on the battery state ? (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Trying to understand dynamic loading
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(...) AFAIK, Markus is currently writing a new O'Reilly book about Mindstorms systems, which will cover legOS quite detailed. I also guess there will arise some up-to-date online documentation from this project. - Martin (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: rotation sensor mystery solved?
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(...) When I wrote my original post I was afraid that major surgery was going to be required to fix this. The values with an extension wire are actually shifted into formerly invalid slots which are contiguous with the existing state groups. So the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I was getting very erratic readings from a rotation sensor (if I put a pendulum on it and moved it back and forth the 0 position would wander all over the place). I started looking at the raw values from the sensor and comparing them with what the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Trying to understand dynamic loading
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Thank you all for the help. Now I can see things much better! Now that the Windows version finally works, I will be able to experiment a little... A thought: IMHO, one of the things that should be very high on the "to do" list is documenting legOS. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS for Windows
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(...) Yes, I tested it and it worked on my Win98! Great work!! Thanks! (...) Do you mean that the kernel can be rebuild on Windows? Which parts/utilities cannot be rebuilt? best regards, Vlad (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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For those of you overwhelmed by the work involved to get a viable legOS developement system on the Windows OS, legOS for Windows is now available. If you only wish to write dynamic downloadable programs for the RCX, this package is all you need. If (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS for Windows Finished!
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(URL) I haven't tested it myself, but WinlegOS 0.2.3 is now online. Many thanks are clearly due to Rossz for making this happen. If someone wants to volunteer to write up a quick description of it's use, let me know, and I'll post that along with (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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