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RE: legOS make newbe question
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Date: 
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 19:48:00 GMT
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I'm someone will do that eventually....until then, I don't have enough free
time to mess around with LegOS...although I love the OS. (I want to be able
to use Arrays!)

Geez, I hate to plug my own work, but why not try the new pbFORTH. You can have
arrays, as many variables as you want, simple multitasking, etc...

No need for a compiler, just a terminal emulator will work.

You DO have to try and learn FORTH, but there is a decent free online book
available at

<ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/Forth/Literature> you want the rtfv5.pdf file

If I put it in the link, it ends up giving you the doc in the browser, not
just downloading the file....

Cheers,

Ralph Hempel - P.Eng

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Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at:
<http://www.bmts.com/~rhempel/lego/pbFORTH/default.html>
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Reply to:      rhempel at bmts dot com
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  Re: legOS make newbe question
 
I appreciate your help, and it does sound interseting. However, I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I'd prefer to leverage my (much more marketable) C skills when writing programs for the RCX. That's why I'm using NQC right now - I already know (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)

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  Re: legOS make newbe question
 
I'm thinking - we need just such a list! I mean - the only info out there for Win98 users is confusing at best. What is needed is a VERY SIMPLE explanation - basically, several steps. Download THIS zip file Unzip it to THIS directory name Put the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)

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