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(...) I'm also playing with interfaces to pbforth at the moment. What you're doing and I'm not is syntax highlighting. I'm not actually sure how well that works in pbforth, since I'm not sure how the editor knows which words have been defined (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Do I have to manually frequently read the values from rotation sensors for the count to work, or does the firmware monitor the sensor for me? I have home-brew passive sensors, touch sensors and light sensors working fine, but the rotation sensor is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Support for pbForth in BricxCC
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I've started a project recently related to pbForth. And I'm interested in some community feedback. Last night I wrote a preliminary pbForth syntax highlighter for the editor component I use in BricxCC. And I modified BricxCC slightly so that you can (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: problems with communications
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(...) Dear oh dear. Probably because I'm being dense. (...) And the obvious answer - if it's software handshaking I should be able to see it with software. Having written a program to feed the serial port arbitary bytes and capture and log arbitary (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I'm trying to get started with pbforth, but not finding it easy. While I know no forth, I'm happy with RPN (long-time HP calculator user) and stacks, dictionaries and defining words (ex-Postscript programmer). What I'm struggling with is getting as (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: IRC
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(...) Please, in the future, cross post to multiple groups instead of separate messages. You can cross post in the web interface by entering all of the newsgroups separated by commas. If posting via NNTP, most newsreaders allow you to sellect (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Anyone who is a regular user of IRC can join my channel #LegoMindstorms (on dalnet). Coma and chat or give/recieve assistance. If you join you are welcome to Ops because anyone in here will know more about Mindstorms than me as i know almost (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Using IR Remote within pbFORTH
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(...) If Caldera OpenDos supports QBASIC, then there is a program out there. I'll email it to you separately. (...) This can be awkward, because pbForth is expecting communications at 2400,n,8,1 while the remote is at 2400,o,8,1 You can call a (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Using IR Remote within pbFORTH
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(...) Interesting. What sort of class/project is this? (...) I think I have some DOS dowload program at home. I never tried it, so I can't tell you whether it really works. I got it from the internet, so I suggest you try some search engines. If you (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Using IR Remote within pbFORTH
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I'm trying to work a project for class using a Mindstorms kit. I want to program the system using Forth, but I've had two minor glitches. 1) Is it possible to download the firmware from an old DOS system? I've had no problem using NQC, but the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: LegOS forced to use another name?
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Ross crawford points to: (...) I can see their point too. As long as it's only about the name then I can't see anyone getting too upset. It's just a name, after all. But if it's about the replacement firmware, then I have more to worry about. So do (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Love the new Music capability with the new firmware!
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(...) You need an excuse??????? 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Love the new Music capability with the new firmware!
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(...) The 2.0 Firmware has been out for ages. It's fully useable on the 1.0, 1.5's. Dean -- Dean Husby LUGNET Member #320 TFM's LEGO Workshop - www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm The Vancouver LEGO Club - www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc/ (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: Love the new Music capability with the new firmware!
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(...) That IS cool. Now the problem is to figure out if this new feature was implemented using the exisiting ROM or if the entry points have changed. Has anybody tried to run legOS or pbForth on the new RCX 2.0? (Maybe I can use this as an excuse to (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: FW: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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I have found a new website: (URL) offer a program for windows ce, which can control Mindstorms and Cybermaster. (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Custom Firmware, IR Problems, and Dead RCXs (long)
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The following information is my own opinion and not endorsed or verified in any way by LEGO. That being said, I think that now is the time to relate some experiences I've had over the past couple of months with my RCX and IR tower - and it boils (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: Ooooops!
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(...) You're right Mario. Like everyone else, I'm busy at my real job, but when I get time here and there I'm making improvements to the kernel. One idea was to provide multi-tasking built-in and having a standard button driver will help with (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Ooooops!
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(...) it? (...) From what I understood (I might be wrong) while the pbforth kernel is running the buttons have no predefined action, so there's no way to make the RCX sleep without using the terminal console. Of course you can do that in your own (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Ooooops!
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Ingore the message where I wrote that the RCX didn´t start. It started without showing the "4th" on the lcd screen. Does anyone know how to do that? I mean that when you press the "ON - OFF" button it beeps and shows the "4th" or something. Just so (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: RCX Crash!
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Well, acually I wanted to download the pbForth into the RCX because I was reading the book EXTREME MINDSTORMS that you wrote with Dave Baum. In the pbForth chapter I just read trough until I got to the second part. There I needed to test for myself (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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