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I am new to this group so please forgive this reply to an old thread. I've been doing embedded realtime software for over 20 years. A small amount of that has been using FORTH. The question is what does FORTH add to robotics software development? To (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Turning power off?
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(...) rubber (...) No. The 'power connector' version, is the RCX 1.0. When Lego introduced the Mindstorm 1.5, they removed the power connector. To confuse more, the case of the RCX is still marked 1.0!. The RCX 1.0 _with power connector_ is still (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Turning power off?
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(...) YES ! Definitely! BTW: Could it be that US versions of the RCX do have a connector for an power supply ? I saw that in _The Unofficial Guide to Lego MindStorms_. Stefan (24 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Checksum download of text to RCX
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(...) would (...) Can do... Currently a line is transmitted as <text>NL<checksum>, so a checksummed line can already be distinguished from a non-checksummed, CR-terminated line. Adding a line header (any objections against STX?) is more failsafe, of (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Checksum download of text to RCX
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(...) This is a neat idea, Ernst. I think it would be a good addition to the pbForth system if we can allow the user to use it for text uploads and then switch to normal mode for interactive use. (...) I'll have to think about this a bit.. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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