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| (...) As a professional programmer, I just don't have the time, interest, or inclination to fiddle with building the GNU tools. I have tried to do this by following other folks best efforts and got something that was 95% functional. and in the end, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| (...) 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, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| The existing HOWTO is nice, and I know he worked hard on it BUT.... What I think we need is a howto with a REALLY narrow scope... which, ironically, would cover more people than any other group. You know what's probably out there right now? A ton of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| Phil, Matt, other Windows/LegOS users- If anyone would like to write them up, I'd love to add Windows instructions to my LegOS HOWTO. Only problem is that I cannot test them myself, so I need others to provide them and make them usable. Currently, I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| 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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