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FW: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 19:45:51 GMT
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stalker-Wilde, Graham [mailto:graham.stalker-wilde@csfb.com]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:32 AM
To: 'Ralph Hempel'
Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit


you did indeed get another one, and I'd love to be on the update list (use
my personal email grahams@pipeline.com <mailto:grahams@pipeline.com>  ).
What a great wee language!

I started programming from the top down - high level languages first, so
FORTH is a great corrective - and perfect for this environment.

BTW, I only started using it when I read Dave Baum's chapter on it - and
realized how straightforward it was to set up.

Thanks again for making a fun toy even more fun.

-g

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Hempel [SMTP:rhempel@bmts.com]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:07 AM
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit

> COM components are processor specific, so no, spirit.ocx won't
work.
> I have the Jornada 680 - the H/PC version - and it's a fantastic
machine with
> an excellent screen, but there are limitations. One of the most
frustrating
> things is that the IR device is limited to IRda, so it can't be
used to talk
> to the RCX (or the TV, stereo, etc. it's been tried). You could,
in theory at
> least, buy or build a consumer IR device for the CE and write to
that, but
> it's not trivial.
>
> If you had that you'd be there - run pbFORTH and talk via the CE
terminal
> program.(Thanks Ralph - this is rapidly becoming my favourite RCX
development
> environment, and I got the added benefit of learning FORTH.)

Ha, got another one! Do you want to be on the update list?

> I may give this some thought, but vita brevis, and all that.

While you are drinking some crazy new "vita brevis" beer, the rest
of us
are short of time ;-)

Cheers,

Ralph Hempel - P.Eng

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